Support Worker

We are looking for highly motivated and compassionate Support Workers to join our Support Team.

We provide a housing related support service to individuals who are in need and living in any tenure in Ceredigion. The aim is to assist and support individuals to live as independently as possible in the home of their choice. We provide guidance and support which are strongly outcomes focused on issues such as housing, employment, training and volunteering, financial/benefits matters, accessing other statutory and voluntary services and help with integrating into their local community.

The successful candidate will have a caseload of vulnerable people who are either homeless, older adults or ex-offenders.

We are looking for support workers to work in the following geographical areas:

1. Aberystwyth/Lampeter

2. Cardigan/Lampeter

Rydym yn chwilio am Weithiwr Cymorth hynod o frwdfrydig a thrugarog i ymuno â’n Tîm Cefnogi.

Rydym yn darparu gwasanaeth cymorth cysylltiedig â thai i unigolion sydd mewn angen ac yn byw mewn unrhyw ddeiliadaeth yng Ngheredigion. Y nod yw cynorthwyo a chefnogi unigolion i fyw mor annibynnol â phosib yn y cartref o’u dewis. Rydym yn darparu arweiniad a chymorth sy’n canolbwyntio’n gryf ar ganlyniadau ar faterion fel tai, cyflogaeth, hyfforddiant a gwirfoddoli, materion ariannol/budd-daliadau, cyrchu gwasanaethau statudol a gwirfoddol eraill a chymorth i integreiddio i’w cymuned leol.

Bydd gan yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus lwyth gwaith o bobl fregus sydd nail ai’n ddigartref, yn oedolion hŷn neu’n gyn-dorseddwyr.

Rydym yn chwilio am weithwyr cymorth i weithio yn y meysydd daearyddol canlynol:

1. Aberystwyth/Llanbedr-pont-Steffan

2. Aberteifi/Llanbedr-pont-Steffan

We would like to get to know our future employees and for you to get to know us before committing to a permanent role. You will have the opportunity to meet potential future colleagues that, if successful, you will attend induction training together. We will guide you through several work-based activities to enable you to get a full understanding of what the Support worker role entails. Therefore, following selection all candidates will be invited to attend an Assessment Day. Our Assessment Day will take place in Aberystwyth from 10:00 – 15:00.

The next Assessment Day will take place on:

Thursday 1st June 2023

Starting at 10:00

Finishing at 15:00

Successful candidates will be invited to join our induction cohort commencing on:

Monday 3rd July 2023 subject to satisfactory references and Right to Work checks.

• Overtime opportunities at overtime rate of £12.26 per hour
• Bank Holiday overtime pay rate of time and a half
• Full induction and role specific training before you start your job
• Funded opportunity to gain QCF Level 2 in Health & Social Care
• Annual training programme and opportunities for progression
• Mobile phone provided for work
• Annual leave of 29 days (pro rata including Bank Holidays)
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Financial support towards dental, optical & medical treatments
• 24/7 Counselling support
• Enhanced Sick pay after a qualifying period of employment, and successfully passing probation

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: £10.90-£12.26 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 26/05/2023
Reference ID: Aberystwyth
Expected start date: 03/07/2023