Job Details
Grade 4, £12.18 per hour
Allowances / Market Supplement : Shift Allowance
Contract Type: Casual
Hours: 0 per week (Day, night, and weekend work available)
Are you looking for a positive, upbeat, and fun work environment? Are you great with people and would you enjoy encouraging and enabling individuals to lead happy and fulfilled lives?
Are you looking for flexible or additional hours that fit around your own schedule?
At Westminster House in Newport, we provide an active, friendly, and welcoming respite service for adults with learning disabilities and ‘behaviours that challenge’. We ensure that those we care for can engage in an active, fulfilling lifestyle and we need a team of proactive and inspiring Casual Workers to support us in this goal.
As part of our team, you’ll enable and support with all kinds of activities encouraging service users to enjoy Island life, from trips to the park and taking part in community events to supporting with arts and crafts and activities on site.
We care for people with a wide range of complex care needs and diverse interests, so you’ll need to tailor your work to suit each person, ensuring everyone is happy and engaged in the activities and experiences that suit them best.
You’ll need to be great at emotionally connecting with a diverse range of people, because, as a respite service, we have ever-changing service users, all with different emotional and physical wellbeing needs. We also specialise in emergency short term care, supporting people during challenging emotional times in their lives.
When you work at Westminster House, you’ll see the results of your hard work and support, as people return to their homes feeling more capable and confident than when they arrived. It’s an extremely rewarding job, and a wonderful feeling to know you are making a positive difference to the lives of others.
As a Support Worker you’ll also help with regular personal care when needed, this can include toileting, dressing and feeding or administering medication (training provided) always supporting each individual to be as independent as possible. You’ll also help with on-site domestic duties such as cooking and cleaning as part of your role. Every day is filled with a variety of tasks and challenges, making this a dynamic and interesting work environment.
Weekends are our busiest times with more individuals using the service, so we have plenty of hours for those looking specifically for weekend working as well as availability for shifts during the week.
Contact us today to discover how you can fit in with our team as a Casual Support Worker at Westminster House!
