Female Support Worker

Avenues is a place where people smile, laugh and grow - and achieve extraordinary things.

This is an exciting time for us, as Avenues Group also now includes Autism Hampshire - a leading Hampshire based charity supporting autistic people and their families.

We are creating opportunities, challenging perceptions, enhancing choices and providing high quality services to meet the diverse needs of people on the autism spectrum.

We know that well-supported people support people well to do their very best for the people we support, and achieve our vision.

Are you looking for your next social care role, or a change in career and a feel-good reward? If so, then we would love to hear from you!

Job Title: Female Support Worker

Location: Alton

Salary: GBP24,829 per annum pro rata

Hours: Part time 20 hours available.

Driver desirable.

We are looking for Female Support Workers to work with us in Alton, supporting female adults with learning disabilities and epilepsy in their own home.

No two days are the same, but your day might look like this:

1. Supporting our people to be engaged in all day-to-day living activities, including making full use of their community and beyond.
2. Supporting our people with social activities, and connecting with family and friends.
3. Supporting the management of our people's finances.
4. Keeping our people's home clean and fresh, and going shopping.
5. Providing, and encouraging, personal care.
6. And enjoying what you do!

Experience in social care is not essential; we provide a full range of accredited and award-winning training programmes at no cost to yourself, including the Health and Social Care Diploma that will really support your career progression.

Benefits you can expect:

1. Early Pay - ability to access your earnings more frequently if you wish.
2. Paid enhanced DBS.
3. Flexible working.
4. Paid annual leave (pro rata).
5. Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
6. Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
7. Shopping discounts via Blue Light Card and The Benefits website.
8. Recommend a friend scheme - earn up to GBP500.
9. Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal, counselling, and support.

Apply now! We look forward to hearing from you.

As part of our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at the interview stage.

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be female in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.