Female Support Worker - Driver essential

Role: Female Support Worker - Driver essential

Here at Cartrefi Cymru, we’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. Our colleagues, the people we support, and members of our community contribute to how we build community as one of Wales largest support providers.

With a new opportunity to join us as a Support Worker you can play a part in this.

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community. We want to work with the best people with the best skills and who demonstrates our values and are committed to making everyday remarkable.

Location: Llanfairfechan, Conwy

Hours: Part time 16 hours per week, typical shift patterns include:

all day and sleep in - 08:00-10:00 start – 23:00 + sleep in
Day shift – 08:00-10:00 start – 19:00
Tuesday / Wednesdays vary 08:00-18:00 and a 14:45-23:00 + sleep in.
This role includes 1 sleep in shift on average per week, this might not be every week and would vary week on week depending on the needs of the service.

Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night. If you use your own vehicle to attend training for example, we cover milage at 45p per mile.

What you’ll be doing:

In this role you’ll be supporting older adults to develop skills and independence in their home and in their community. You’ll be supporting individuals with learning disability, mental ill-health, autism, limited verbal communication, dysphagia and physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy. The role will involve personal care.

One individual enjoys activities in the community such as going to the zoo and other similar venues, going on trains and buses etc and is very sociable and enjoys trips to the pub, and trying new activities. One individual prefers time at home and their own comforts – magazines, TV and enjoys pamper days. Does enjoy going out for food and some light shopping occasionally.

Your goal is to make ‘everyday remarkable’ through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.

Who we are looking for:
No experience is required as full is training provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

have patience and empathy
can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity
have strong communication and teamwork skills
are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people
have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning
The ability to drive is essential for this role as you’ll be driving the people we support own cars.
It’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it — we’re looking for someone who can believe and demonstrate our values every day.

Our Rewards

Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications
25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues
Long term service awards
Access to online shopping discounts and benefits platform
24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Eligibility for Blue Light discount card
And much much more…..

Our Mission

To build a better future by focussing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work.

Our Values

We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:

Honesty

Trust

Kindness

Respect

Wellbeing

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.