Support Worker (Full Time) – Driver Required - #1641877

Support Worker (Full Time)

Must Be Driver with UK valid Driving Licence

Please note - we are Not offering Sponsorship for this role as it does not meet Gov.UK criteria

Salary: £24,570 per annum (£12.60 per hour)

• Enhanced Payments for Bank Holiday


• Sleepover Duties: paid at £50 per night

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)

Location: LS17 6

Benefits: Free DBS, Death in Service Benefit (Life Insurance), extra day of leave increase after 3 years’ service up to a maximum of 3 extra days.

About Us

For over 145 years, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board has provided support to the Jewish community and North Leeds community as one of North Leeds’ most established Social Care Charities. Our vision is to positively change lives, and we do this by delivering an extensive range of community support and registered care services to over 1,000 people every month.

As part of our registered care services, we run three Kosher residential homes for people with learning disabilities. All three homes are well-established with a "Good" CQC rating and excellent reputation.

Role Summary

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Support Worker with a UK valid driving licence who wants to help us make a difference in our service users’ lives. Our homes are busy and always filled with activities that enable our service users to live active and independent lives.

Working pattern will be 5/7, which will include weekends and bank holidays. You may be required to undertake sleep-in duties, for which an additional allowance is paid. The ideal candidate will therefore need to be flexible, fun, supportive, and confident driving our residents to and from appointments/activities.

Responsibilities

As part of your role, you will:

• Undertake a wide range of key tasks which will include assisting residents with personal care, cooking, and light domestic duties around the home.


• Drive/accompany residents to appointments and fun outings.


• May be required to undertake sleep-in duties, for which an additional allowance is paid.


• Be a confident driver with a clean driving licence.


• Have great written and verbal communication skills.


• Be willing to be flexible and attend our excellent training and development programme.


• Hold NVQ Level 2 / Diploma in Health & Social Care - anyone who does not have NVQ Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care must be prepared to do the Care Certificate within their induction period.


• Have experience in learning disability support/care work.


• Have the Right to Work in the UK full-time.

The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our workplace values which are:

• Open


• Transformative


• Caring

CVs are accepted; however, please ensure that you request a job specification to be able to evidence the essential criteria for the role.

For further information and an application pack, please email ***********@ljwb.co.uk or call 0113 218 5865.

The recruitment for this post is ongoing.

The vacancy may close earlier once a suitable applicant is found.

If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted directly. If you do not hear from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, it can be assumed that unfortunately, your application was unsuccessful on this occasion.

LJWB is committed to making any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job role and the working environment so that disabled people have access to job opportunities or current employees can continue to work should they develop a disabling condition.

All job applications are retained for 3 months, and your data is used for recruitment purposes only. Please inform us if you would like your application destroyed before this time by contacting via email: ***********@ljwb.co.uk.

Please note we will only consider applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK, and all appointments are subject to receipt of satisfactory references & DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check.