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Support Worker - Great Gonerby (Grantham) Learning Disabilities - Lifeways Group

In 1995 Lifeways opened its first location for people with complex needs. Over 25 years later and we’ve grown to become the UK’s largest supported living specialist and are proud to help almost 5,000 people to live more fulfilling, independent lives.

Our commitment is to provide extraordinary support that creates life-changing outcomes for people with complex needs. We do this through our stability, our local teams, our strong relationships, and our shared focus on quality and reassurance.

 

 

Support Worker - Great Gonerby (Grantham) Learning Disabilities - Lifeways Group

We are looking for Full Time and Part Time Support Workers for our supported living Service in Great Gonerby Grantham.

Position Duration
Permanent
Role Type
Support/Care Worker
County
Lincolnshire
Company
Autism Care
Salary / rate of pay
£11.44
Post Code
NG31 8NS
Town or City
Grantham
Ref No
4717

Job Description

The Lifeways Group is looking for Full Time, Part Time positions as a Support Worker for adults with Learning Disabilities, in Great Gonerby, Grantham..

The rate for this position is £11.44

We are looking for positive, compassionate and caring support workers and in return you’ll get back so much more from one of the most rewarding careers. You’ll make new friends and feel inspired to reach your potential through our learning and development programme. No experience is necessary, as we are looking for people with the right values and attitude.

As a Support Worker for the individuals that we support you will be responsible and involved in the everyday life of the people that we support, making sure that they are fully involved when it comes to receiving support.

The team that work within our services are really friendly and happy, as are the people we support here and everyone is really excited to meet the new Support Worker who will be supporting them.

We support adults with Autism and Learning Disabilities. The team at Grantham work closely with the people we support to be an integral part of the community as well as achieving goals set out with input from themselves to encourage active participation within their care.

The team are always open to try new ways of supporting the people we support and strive to work on their independence skills, to reduce physical intervention requirements and to promote self-efficacy and overall wellbeing.

We believe that all our team members are amazing and we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without them. Here are just some of the ways we would value and invest in you

Key Responsibilities of supporting the individuals that we support

  • Ensure the individuals that we support lead valued and fulfilling lives
  • Helping them to reach their potential and achieve to the best of their ability
  • You may support them to go to work
  • You may support them to do household jobs
  • You may support them to enjoy their favourite hobby
  • You may support them through to more exciting tasks such as moving into their own home for the first time or planning a holiday
  • You will be required to work some weekends and bank holidays - we do try to be flexible and plan our rota's in advance to accommodate your own commitments

All applications will be subject to DBS checks that we pay for and references. Our support workers are very important to us and are an essential part of our service. If you have previously worked within a similar environment or if you believe you have the skills to complement our service, we would love to hear from you.

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