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Reference

PRI96045

Location

Turketel Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2PA

Priory Group Division

Adult Care

Salary

£12.30 per hour

Hours

Bank

Vacancy Type

Bank

Job Advert Location Description

Turketel Road is located in Folkestone, in Kent. The home provides residential support for six males and females who are autistic or have a learning disability. We are in a tranquil setting on a private housing estate, just a short distance from the town centre and the beach.

Our team are dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the people we support, helping them to achieve positive outcomes. We want to help each person we care for to have a healthy, happy and independent life, within a safe and welcoming home.

We can also support those who have:

  • Difficulties with communication
  • Moderate to severe behaviours that challenge
  • Epilepsy

Job Advert Role Description

As a Support Worker you will be a key member of our team, providing high standards of person-centred support and care to our service users. Through a creative and caring approach, you will build good relationships with both service users and their families, supporting service users in the planning of goals and in living as independently as possible. Both personal care and participation in activities are key tasks for the role, so energy and initiative is vital; experience however is not essential, providing you have a willingness to learn and the compassion and patience needed to support.

What we’d like from you:

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Effective organisational capability
  • Great team player
  • Flexibility to respond to the changing needs of those who we support
  • Strong “can do” attitude

What we’d like to give you:

  • A competitive salary
  • Enhanced disclosure cost coverage
  • Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training
  • Online benefits and cashback rewards

Division DBS info

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland, and the cost of this will be covered by Priory. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Closing Date

01/11/2024