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  • Position:
    Paid
  • Town/City:
    Peterborough
  • Salary Details:
    £23,810 per annum pro rata
  • Advertising End Date:
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  • Vacancy Type:
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  • Job Advert

  • Mencap are looking for a caring and enthusiastic Support Worker to join our dedicated team in Peterborough, supporting a wonderful lady to live life to the fullest. She is a creative individual who spends her time doing arts and crafts, making collages, watching her favourite TV shows, and tending to her garden in the summer months. She has a passion for animals, and enjoys going out for tea and cake at local cafés.

    Being a Support Worker means that you will play an important role in helping maintain independence whilst providing support with daily tasks, this will include personal care, administering medication, supporting with her finances and manual handling, whilst always promoting dignity and choice. You will also follow her SALT (Speech and Language Therapy) and PBS (Positive Behaviour Support) plans to ensure her needs are fully met and she feels safe, respected and understood.

    This role requires a full UK driving licence, as she has access to a mobility car that allows her to get out and about in the community. Shift patterns vary, with day shifts running from 9am to 9pm and sleep-in shifts from 9pm to 9am. Flexibility is essential, as occasional weekend work is part of the rota.

    If you are someone who is kind, patient, and passionate about making a real difference in someone’s life, we would love to hear from you. At Mencap, we believe every person deserves to live a meaningful, enjoyable life – and your support can help make that happen.
     
    Please note: This position does not meet the minimum salary requirements for a Health and Care visa under the UK Skilled Worker route, as set by the Home Office. Therefore, although Mencap is a licensed sponsor, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK, as we are not able to support new visa applications or sponsorship requests for this vacancy
     
    *Due to the nature of these services, we are looking for female only applicants.  This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1. 
     
    Job ID: 35069

  • Benefits

  •   Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

    Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

    For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
  • About Mencap

  • Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

    We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

    At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

    Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

    · Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

    · Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes

    · Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

    We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

     We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

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