Night PBS Support Worker (Female only)

Taverham, Norfolk

Permanent, part time (35 hours per week)

Pay £13.21 per hour (£25, 838 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

This post is open to female applicants only, as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational qualification under Section 29, Schedule 3 7 (27-7) of the Equality Act 2010

Join us in this great and rewarding job, as our Positive Behaviour Support Worker . You’ll join our team to provide person-centred and strengths-based support to our customer (let's call them V) and help them reach their full potential.

V has complex needs including a moderate learning disability. She loves the outdoors and going on trips to National Trust homes and gardens. V is bubbly, chatty and loves to sing and dance!

Typical day as our Support Worker

• Helping V overcome barriers and help them lead a fulfilling and meaningful life and reach their true potential.
• Recognising their strengths and abilities and help them take the small steps at their pace, never losing sight of their dreams and aspirations!
• Supporting V using Positive Behavioural Support model to promote independence and social inclusion through person centred support.
• Monitoring our customers’ mental and physical health to identify any signs of deterioration and take positive risk management to their health and wellbeing.

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!

You have

• Experience in a Complex Care setting, with a Level 2 Diploma in Adult Health & Social Care or are prepared to work towards it.
• Worked as a Support Worker, supporting people with complex needs, or behaviours of distress.
• A patient and calm approach, able to adapt your style to V's needs, as well as to the occasion and circumstances, even when they challenge you.
• Experience of positive risk management, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of customers and colleagues.
• Driving is not essential for this role but is preferred.

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.

Our team

You’ll join our Team Leader and our sparkly new team who are all joining Home Group this year, so you’ll all be learning together! We are super passionate about what we do. You'll also join the wider team of PBS support workers and team leaders in Norfolk, there’s loads of us and we’re a supportive bunch.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

Job details

• You’ll work primarily in V’s home to support her with independent living
• You'll join the team on rota, with occasional sleep-ins for which we pay an enhancement.
• Able to use technology to record care delivery, communicate with colleagues and complete online learning.
• We'll make sure you have a fantastic induction with ongoing learning and support.
• You'll need an enhanced DBS check to do this job, which we pay for.
• Driving licence preferred, although for night work driving is not essential.

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our PBS Support Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk