Job Introduction
We’re all about possibilities. Are you?
Do you enjoy getting out and about into the local community, meeting new people, exploring new places?
Do you like animals and trips to the garden centre?
And patience. Do you have patience and empathy?
Become a Bank Support Worker
What matters to the people we support matters to us. It’s their life, their way.
We are looking for a female bank support worker to join our team supporting 2 adults living in their own flats in Burton Latimer.
You will be working in people’s homes, so it’s important you can connect, share interests and be interested, So if you enjoy building meaningful relationships and think you could plan, communicate and deliver support with and alongside people, then this is the place for you.
The 2 people in Burton Latimer like to get out and about and have their own vehicles, so you will need to be a driver and willing to drive their vehicles. For this you should have a full UK manual driving licence and have held it for at least 1 year for insurance purposes.
This is a Bank role with shifts available across the week and weekends, including sleep-in shifts.
"Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010".
Affinity Trust does not presently hold a Sponsorship Licence and while this status is reviewed regularly there is no present proposal to apply for such a Licence.
What will we do?
We will train you in everything you need to be a great bank support worker. We will apply and pay for your enhanced DBS, and we have a mentorship scheme in place to provide support and guide you on your journey with us.
What will you do?
Supporting people is really important but it’s not all trips out and garden centres. We also support people to make healthy lifestyle choices and maintain their home in a way they feel safe and well.
It sounds exciting to say no two days will be the same, but in support, sometimes they are. Sometimes people like routine and struggle with change… But when you support someone to try something new – what a feeling!
If you want to empower people to live the life they choose and you share our values… Apply to become a Support Worker today.
Ready to do things differently? Submit your application.
We’re committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
Please contact our recruitment team for further information: recruitment@affinitytrust.org
Check out more opportunities on our careers page: https://www.affinitytrust.org/about-us/careers/job-search/
This advert may close early if the people we support find their new support worker or sufficient applications are received.
