Day Opportunities Support Worker (Audleys Day Centre) HCC616568

Job Details:

Salary Range: £23,115 to £24,140 pro-rata, per annum
Work Location: Audleys Day Centre, Basingstoke
Hours per week: 37 (part-time hours will be considered)
Contract type: Permanent
Closing Date: 27 May 2024

Joining our friendly team here at Audleys Day Centre, you’ll play a key role in supporting people with learning and/or physical disabilities, to engage in a variety of personalised and meaningful activities. This could include involvement in projects within the local community, helping people develop important social networks.  Providing person-centred support, you’ll help people with eating and drinking, personal care and communication.

We support people with a range of differing needs, abilities and interests and you’ll celebrate this diversity, promoting inclusion while offering fun and fulfilling activities to suit the individual.  In this role, no two days are the same. You may be out and about swimming, bowling, going to the cinema or even the pub. Or simply sharing a personal hobby or interest, within our well-resourced facilities.

Take a look at our candidate pack for more information about the role, team and our values.  The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about.  Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.

You may already have experience of enabling or providing care, but it’s not essential. For this vital role your life experience is just as important as work experience. Most importantly, you’ll demonstrate our core values, showing patience, empathy and compassion and share our commitment to enabling people to lead full and active lives as independently as possible. As a strong team player, you must have good communication skills and the ability to interact with a diverse range of people. With a ‘can do’ approach, you’ll enjoy thinking creatively and inspiring others to engage.  Sound basic IT and accurate information recording skills are also essential. 

In return we can offer you a comprehensive induction programme, so that you’ll have all the training you need to do a fantastic job.  You’ll also get great satisfaction from supporting people engage in the activities that mean so much to them. We are committed to your continued personal development and offer an extensive Benefits Package.

For this role there is no requirement to work evenings, weekends, or bank holidays. 

Values Based Recruitment:

We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application.  

For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.

Additional Information:

Find out more about Working with us in Adults’ Health and Care, including our benefits and the recruitment process. 

Vetting Requirements:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

For general enquiries contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk.

For an informal chat about the role contact Shirley Lumley, Day Opportunities Team Leader at shirley.lumley@hants.gov.uk.