support worker

We are setting up a new service within our current service in Hove. This service will be to provide support to young adults to learn independent living skills both at home and in the community. It is also connected to a service where we currently support people., As a support worker you will be required to support people in all aspects of their daily life, such as, medication administration, financial support, personal care, support in the community, travel training, helping the person find employment or education opportunities. You will work part of a team and there will be some lone working.

The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity based in Brighton & Hove and the wider Sussex community that has been working with people with a Learning Disability and autistic people since 1898. Our mission is to work towards being led by people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people to deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. The people we support tell us that they want "good support from kind and friendly people" - so that is what we are looking for!

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• One paid celebration day a year
• Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous refer-a-friend scheme
• One paid volunteering day a year
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Enhanced death in service
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working opportunities.
We are also:
• A living wage employer
• Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader
• Accredited as an Investors in People employer
Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.