Support Worker

About The Role

Joining Bonus GBP500

Life Practitioner GBP27,144 - GBP29,406 per annam DOE

We are looking for Life Practitioners to join our team at our Children's Residential Homes Church View and The Old Vicarage. Both homes are located within four acres of the beautiful quiet village Swinderby, just ten miles from the centre of Lincoln.

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated Life Practitioner to join our team. As a Life Practitioner, you will provide essential support to individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs. You will play a key role in helping them live fulfilling, independent lives by assisting them in daily activities and accompanying them on trips into the community.

We provide a company vehicle that can be used to transport the people we support to community activities such as shopping, meals, appointments, and outings. To drive the company vehicle you must have held a full UK drivers licence or have been driving in the UK for 2 years or more.

About the Role.

As a Support Worker/ Life Practitioner you ll be an integral part of the team, teaching young people life skills in context and support them to integrate these skills. We ll give you all the training you ll need. You ll contribute to and promote the development of young peoples communication, self-help, and independence skills - undertaking actions devised by other specialist colleagues, such as speech therapists and educational psychologists and providing feedback on sessions. Plus, support individuals with maintaining and improving their health and supporting emotional needs, always promoting increased independence. Support Workers participate in a wide range of innovative and exciting recreational activities such as trips to the Safari Park, fun fairs or local restaurants.

What will you be doing:

• Working with the staff team across all levels to safeguard our young adults at all times.
• Participating in a wide range of innovative and exciting recreational events held within the home and wider community.
• Assisting with practical tasks relating to care. For example, cooking and cleaning.
• Creating positive relationships with the young adults, maintaining dignity and respect at all times.
• Meeting the physical, emotional, behavioural and cultural needs of the young adults.
• Continually maintaining accurate and clear record keeping.
• Ensuring that the needs of the young adults are being met and regularly reviewing and recording any changes to their needs.
• Actively contributing to the development of the team.

Benefits

• Genuine career development - Opportunities with transparent pay grades (find out more here Kisimul Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)
• Fully funded qualifications Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare
• Blue light card - which give you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
• Refer a friend - Earn upto GBP500 through our refer a friend scheme
• WageStream - a financial wellbeing app, allowing you early access to some of your wages for those unforeseen expenses
• (email address removed);- a well being app which gives you access to unlimited GP appointments, confidentiality 24/7 mental health support and physiotherapy sessions
• Life Assurance
• Flexible working patterns
• • Joining bonus GBP500 (GBP250 once employment commences then a further GBP250 on completion of probation period)

About You

What experience and qualifications do you need:

• A genuine passion for care and to be motivated by contributing to the progression of others.
• A strong team player
• Resilient and confidence to ask for support as needed
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Computer literacy
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or a willingness to complete this within the first 2 years of employment.

About Kisimul Group

Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, valuing diversity and promoting equality for all. Our values and commitments are shared throughout the whole of our community.

What is it like to work at Kisimul?

All applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS Check. Kisimul Group Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.