Community Support Worker Advert

Job Description:

What people admire about you?

You are:

  • flexible
  • hardworking
  • able to use your initiative
  • able to work as part of a team
  • able to work independently
  • positive with a ‘can-do’ attitude
  • trustworthy
  • a great listener
  • enthusiastic about making a difference

What is important to you?

  • People! Developing positive and trusting relationships with a wide variety of local people who require our services
  • A job where you are trusted to work on your own
  • Being able to problem solve and generate solutions
  • Work to make our service better for everyone
  • Knowing that your work makes a difference to people and their community
  • Promoting independence
  • Providing the best possible care for the people of Bolton

How we will support you

  • We will provide you with a mentor for 6 months so that you have someone you can turn to for all your needs
  • We will have 1-1s every 8 weeks to commend successes, problem-solve together and look at what is working and what is not working for you
  • We will provide you with the technology and equipment that ensures you can deliver the best service for our customers
  • We will provide training opportunities so that you can work and deliver services to an exceptional standard

We will provide learning opportunities around

  • Developing your skills for care by ensuring you comply with the Common Induction Standards
  • Provide you with an opportunity to study a Diploma in Health and Social Care
  • Using person-centred practices
  • Developing your one-page profile so you can continue to receive feedback on what people like and admire about you, what is important to you and how best to support you
  • How to use technology in the workplace, ensuring the best value for our customers
  • Using our quality processes.

Job Requirements:

“Your Life Your Support gave me training from the start. I like it because it gives me the confidence to do the job properly as I’m entirely new to this kind of thing. Co-workers are really friendly and supportive and quite unusually speak very well of the managers! The managers are great, they do regular meeting’s for training, debriefs and show a general interest in you as a worker. Quite honestly, I wish I started for Your Life Your Support a lot sooner” – Phil (Care Worker)