Relief Support Worker

Are you looking for a diverse role that is fun, stimulating and rewarding every day? If so we are looking to recruit a passionate Relief Support Worker to join our services in Stockton and Billingham.

This is a dynamic and growing service that offers a range of support packages to support our service users with mental health needs and learning disabilities. As a Relief Support Worker at our Stockton and Billingham services you will be supporting our service users, promoting independence, reducing isolation and encouraging mental and physical wellbeing. We aim to be flexible and responsive to our clients who have a range of different needs so no two days will ever be the same at this service!

Relief Support Worker Duties:

• You will provide person-centred care and support to clients to take part in all aspects of everyday life and to enjoy a wide range of activities,
• You will have skills in positive communication and engagement and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support,
• We are looking to recruit people who are confident when lone working.

This rewarding role will require flexibility and experience is essential. The benefits of joining Creative Support as a Relief/Bank staff member is the flexibility to pick shifts to suit you and work in services that are local to you. We pay for a DBS for all staff and provide a free uniform where required.

As a Creative Support Bank Staff member you will have access to our free app which allows you to pick up shifts in any area of the country, provides information on the service and shifts as well as directions. You will be paid on a weekly basis.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme. We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.

Please note, we do not accept CVs as a form of application.

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.