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Support Worker
- Posted 17 October 2025
- Salary 22.95
- LocationDudley DY1 United Kingdom
- Job type Contract
- Sector Social / NGO / Health & Care
- ReferenceRQ1625040
Job description
Shift-Based Role with a Local Authority
Summary
- This role involves working as part of a team to maintain a safe, supportive, and caring environment that meets the needs of individuals and groups residing in the facility. The position requires a positive, person-centered approach at all times.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues and other staff as a full and active team member.
- Provide individual support to service users, aligning with the service's aims and objectives.
- Adapt to flexible working arrangements, including weekends, evenings, waking nights, and sleep-in duties.
- Participate in planning, delivering, and reviewing care plans, assuming keyworker responsibilities when necessary.
- Act as an enabler for service users, encouraging independence rather than dependency.
- Offer practical and emotional support while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Encourage and support service users to live as independently as possible.
Essential Experience Required
- Demonstrated belief in inclusion through work practice.
- Commitment to placing individual needs at the forefront of decision-making.
- Dedication to valuing and empowering the people supported, advocating for their autonomy, and addressing concerns when necessary.
Essential Qualification Required
- Ability to work effectively and supportively within a team.
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Additional Information
- Must have access to own transport due to rural location.
- Shift-based role.
- Location: Oakleigh Lodge, Dudley
- The role requires an Enhanced DBS.
The role closes soon, apply ASAP.