Support Worker - Edgware & Borehamwood in London

Kisharon Langdon has an exciting opportunity for Support Workers to join their growing team in the Edgware and Borehamwood areas of North & North West London. Kisharon Langdon are a charity offering a wider breadth of services of enhanced quality, enabling us to better support people with learning disabilities and autism and their families. From nursery and school to further education, through to employment opportunities and supported living, Kisharon Langdon will enable people with learning disabilities and autism to thrive and realise their ambitions and aspirations.

Whilst we support the Jewish community, we celebrate and benefit from the diversity of the communities in which we are based and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are looking for caring enthusiastic people who share our values and can support someone to live the life they want to have.

As a Support Worker you will be required to work individually and as part of a team to enable our members to live as independently as possible. You will be responsible for working with our employment team to facilitate employment opportunities and assisting and supporting our members to enjoy an active social life. The large majority of our vacancies are for full time (37.5 hours per week) therefore you will need to be able to work full time to apply for a role with us.

• Provide personal or supported care.
• Work flexible hours which will involve working early and late shifts, typically between 0700 to 2200, every other weekend, some sleep ins and bank holidays in accordance with member need.
• Assist and support in the provision of social, health and personal care including providing support in assisting moving, use of wheelchair and hoist as required.
• Support and enable our members to live as independently as possible and develop new and existing skills including shopping and other domestic tasks like cooking & cleaning.
• Support individuals to observe Jewish Culture and achieve goals that link to the Kisharon Langdon mission.
• Assist in supporting our members in designing and developing their support/care plans.
• Enable our members to form relationships and wider social networks.
• Support at mealtimes and with social activities including music and art therapy.
• Attend appointments and maintain their health and wellbeing.
• Promote and adhere to our workplace values (Respect, Integrity, Community, and Excellence).

New to Support work? No problem, we are keen to hear from you and discuss your personal attributes that may make you a great support worker. Unqualified candidates are encouraged to apply (£12.71 per hour).

If you are already working in the care sector or looking for a career change and enjoy engaging with people, value diversity and have a real desire to make a difference to someone’s life, then we also want to hear from you.

Ideally you will be:

• Confident with dealing with challenging behaviours and provide personal care.
• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, you must have a good standard of written English.
• Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities or Autism is desirable but not essential as full training will be given to the successful applicant.
• Ideally you will hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use, but this is desirable and not essential.
• Happy to work shifts as part of a rota system which will include some weekend and bank holiday working and sleeps ins as required.
• Work as part of a team to deliver an excellent person centric service to the people we support.
• Be flexible in your approach to work.
• Have a commitment to equality and diversity and take a positive approach to supporting people with learning disabilities.

• 217.50 hours holiday per year (including bank holidays) which increases with length of service, pro rata for part time.
• Pension scheme - (NatWest Cushion).
• £45.00 per sleep in performed on top of your basic pay.
• Blue light card - access to more than 15,000 discounts from large national & local retailers.
• Eyecare benefits – via Vision Express.
• Long service recognition and reward & employer referral bonus.
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme with free access to independent advice, support and counselling on a wide range of issues.
• Fully paid enhanced DBS (If not on update service).
• Training and development and career progression opportunities.

If you are interested in joining our friendly team, please click apply below. We welcome applications from everyone who holds the right to work (full time) in the UK, and we value diversity in our workforce. At this time, we cannot offer Certificate of Sponsorship or Visa support, all applicants will need to demonstrate the ability to work full time and without restriction in the UK.

Appointment to this position will be subject to satisfactory right to work in the UK, enhanced DBS, employment references and medical checks. Please note that we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis and therefore we may close the vacancy early. Interested applicants are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure they are considered.