Specialist Care Support Worker - Havant

We are currently looking for a compassionate Support Worker to join a brand new team to provide compassionate support for a young lady in her early 20's who lives in her own home within the Havant area. Your primary purpose will be to support this individual to live a meaningful, happy life, empowering her to pursue hobbies and activities, support her health and wellbeing and conduct person-centre care. This particular individual enjoys activities such as going to a day service, walking, shopping and visiting family and at home enjoys listening to music and watching her favourite programmes on TV, therefore an interest in these would be advantageous., You're an empathetic and resilient Support Worker who can display a high level of professionalism, deeply committed to assisting people with additional needs who can present challenging behaviour. You're compassionate, observant, patient and confident in handling potentially difficult situations. You are skilled in monitoring changes in mood and developing techniques to calm and de-escalate. Ideally you will have knowledge and experience of complex needs including cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and epilepsy and have a clear understanding around the importance of recording and reporting information, as necessary. You're able to communicate clearly and sensitively with vulnerable people and their families and always adopt a person-centred approach. Experience of peg feeding and stoma care will be a distinct advantage.

Social Care in Action is a group of charitable social enterprises providing community services across Southern England. Everything we do is focused on supporting individuals to lead the life they want, in the way they want. As a not-for-profit organisation every penny we make in surplus is reinvested back into the wider communities we work with. Our head office is in Southampton, with our main services delivered across Southampton, The New Forest and surrounding areas.

• £11.80 per hour for day hours/ Waking Night £12.80 /Sleep Night £61.50 (per 9 hour shift) - all rates enhanced for qualified staff and all rates subject to pay increase from April 2024


• Weekend and Bank Holiday Pay enhancement


• Charitable organisation, Monday, Wednesday, Friday


07:00 - 08:30 & 16:00 - 22:00

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

07:00 - 22:00

Night hours:

Monday - Sunday

Wake Night 22:00 - 07:00
Sleep in 22:00 - 07:00

A full detailed job description can be provided upon request and will be given as part of our recruitment process.

If you're successful, we need you to have an Enhanced Disclosure Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service which we'll pay for
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What can we offer you?

Investing in our staff is important to us; when you thrive, we thrive. This is why we provide full training and will work with you to build your career to the level you desire. We also offer a range of exceptional benefits as we appreciate our staff are just as important as the work that they do,
• Paid travel time - £11.50 per hour


• Paid mileage, which is calculated for you (45p per mile where applicable)


• Paid day off on your birthday....so you can relax.


• 6 weeks paid holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)


• Excellent Refer a Friend bonus scheme


• Training time paid (National Living Wage)


• Guaranteed hour contracts, if that's what you would like.


• Pay enhancements for a care qualification over level 2 (50p uplift if you have Level 2 or higher qualification in Health and Social Care)


• Free training & comprehensive training package (including QCF qualification)


• Free branded work wear and lanyard


• Access to a free Blue Light Card (discounts in stores and online in large national retailers and local businesses)


• Employer contributory pension scheme