Support Worker

We are recruiting for a full Support Worker at one of our supported living services in Milton Keynes. No experience necessary.

About the role
You'll help to support George*, a gentleman in his early 50s who lives in his own home. George enjoys a range of activity including meals out, watching videos online, cars, going for walks locally, shopping and much more.

You'll be helping George with a range of different activities including domestic tasks, administering medication and helping him with his finances. Our main focus is to offer a consistent and stable environment to help George achieve meaningful goals and to ensure he feels safe in his home. On occasions, George may require emotional support due to some mental health and behavioural needs.

We're currently looking to cover day shifts. The day shifts run from 7:30 - 14:30 and also 14:30 - 22:00. Staff will be required to do a mix of both shifts and both weekday and weekend work.

*name changed for privacy

What we need from you

The right candidate will need to be patient and calm. A good sense of humour always helps as does being able to work well in a team as you will be working directly with another member of staff on shift.

As long as you have the passion and drive to want to make a real difference, no experience is required and we provide training to support you as you learn the role. With your key attributes and our training, together we can deliver the best possible support.

About us

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

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