Support Worker

We are looking for caring, compassionate individuals who want a rewarding career helping individuals live a fulfilled life.

Now in our 30th year, Creative Support remains a not-for-profit organisation focused on delivering an excellent standard of care and support to vulnerable people. We want you to join our passionate teams of Support Workers working with service users who have Learning Disabilities and Mental Health support needs at Lanchester Court in Rugby, Warwickshire.

We offer our Support Workers:

• A one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period.
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• Free employee support programme
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma

Lanchester Court, Rugby is an exciting supported living complex for 16 people, consisting of a mixture of self-contained bungalows and town house flats within a walking distance of Rugby town centre. This is a fresh approach to supporting people in their own tenancies – this innovatively designed Housing with Care and Support service delivers a modern, comfortable and safe environment for people to thrive within. We want individuals who enjoy inspiring the people we support to enjoy opportunities for personal development and engagement within their local communities.

Whilst previous experience in a care, support or NHS role may be advantageous, we encourage applicant from all caring and considerate individuals who want to make a difference in people’s lives.

Support Worker duties include:

-Providing dignified and respectful Personal Care

-Provision of medication and supervision of medication

-Assisting Service Users with household duties such as cooking and cleaning

-Enabling out service users to lead fulfilled and valued lives

-Assisting our service users to increase their independence

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

We offer all employees competitive pay and a pension contribution in addition to 28 days annual leave. As an employer that is committed to the professional development of our staff we also support our care staff to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and pay for your enhanced DBS. Additional benefits include enhanced maternity leave, employee support programmes and an additional day of leave each year on or around your Birthday.

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 – Please be aware we are currently at full capacity with our Visa Sponsor Licenses, therefore we are not accepting applicants who are seeking sponsorship.

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.

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.