Support Worker, Community Health

Overview

Support Worker
Hours – 35 hours position
Salary – £12.94 per hour
Location – Based at Hady Lane, Chesterfield

Want to enable people with learning disabilities to enjoy the things that they love? Hello, we are three gentlemen sharing a home in Chesterfield. We are looking for someone friendly that can support us to live our lives in a way that is fun, sensory and person-centered.

• Promote individual rights and personal dignity
• Provide every opportunity for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual development
• Be flexible where and to whom you provide support
• Deliver an intensive housing management service to our customers

• Encouraging and friendly
• Patient
• Committed, reliable and a team player
• Has a sense of humour, is fun and will have a laugh with us
• Is able to follow individual plans and support structured routines
• Skilled in non-verbal communication and is able to recognise it and use it
• Able to provide sensory support to make activities engaging
• It is essential that you are able to work waking nights, weekends and bank holidays, have a full UK driver s license and are able to drive manual cars
• Full induction and training provided
• Funded enhanced DBS check
• Flexible working and sick pay
• Career development and further training opportunities
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and benefits portal

EMH care & support focus on putting people first. We provide excellent housing and support services for those with a learning difficulty, a disability, mental ill health, or for other vulnerable people such as older people, victims of domestic violence and homeless people. Our work allows service users to live an enjoyable, independent life by advocating on their behalf, and by providing activities, support, and housing that match their needs.

EMH care & support are part of EMH group which includes EMH homes, Midlands Rural Housing and EMH sharpes gardening services. Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country, leading the market as service provider and employer. For more information about EMH Care & Support, please visit our website on

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