This Learning Disabilities Support Worker post sits in the ECL team at Essex Cares' Saffron Walden Day Centre, supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. The work centres on personalised plans that build independence and social inclusion, covering practical help, personal care and daily living tasks. Set across weekday daytime shifts for 28 hours a week, it involves travel across Essex, so a full driving licence and own vehicle are required. Direct applicants must already have the right to work, as visa sponsorship is not offered.
What the job involves
- Deliver personalised support plans for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism
- Provide practical, emotional and social support towards individual goals
- Support people with daily living tasks
- Provide personal care
- Support people with eating and drinking
- Support people to gain qualifications, manage money, travel independently and build social skills
- Log customer information
- Travel across Essex to training, other centres and the community
Skills & knowledge
- Passion for providing high-quality care and support to adults with learning disabilities and/or autism
- Exceptional listening and communication skills
- Empathetic approach
- Willingness to provide personal care
- Basic IT skills for logging customer information
- Proactive, able to work on own initiative and flexibly to meet the needs of the environment
Checks & eligibility
- Full driving licence and own vehicle
- Enhanced DBS check
- Right to work in the UK
Nice to have
- Previous experience in the care industry
What’s offered
- 55p per mile tax-free mileage
- Up to 32 days annual leave a year, including bank holidays
- Fully paid induction and training with ongoing support
- Career development with paid-for qualifications
- Enhanced contributory NEST pension, employer contributes up to 6%
- Annual salary review and performance-related bonus
- Healthshield healthcare scheme, 24/7 employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders
- Long service awards, £350 referral bonus, Blue Light Card and reimbursed professional membership
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
