Male Specialist Support Worker 25/02

We are expanding and need Specialist Support Workers to support individuals with various needs including learning disabilities, autism, complex behaviours, mental health conditions, and more.

You’ll assist with daily living tasks, personal care, and community engagement.

Job Reference: 25/02

Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £23,619.53 (Full-time) plus £65 per sleep-in shift

Driver: Preferred but not essential

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays allowance, employer’s contributory pension scheme, EAP scheme and other generous benefits.

About us

At Imagine Independence, we are dedicated to empowering individuals with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and challenging behaviours. Our mission is to combat stigma and help people lead meaningful lives by celebrating their individuality and embracing the power of small steps.

Why Join us?

• Transform Lives: Make a genuine impact every day and see the difference you make in people’s lives.
• Comprehensive Training: Receive comprehensive training that includes face-to-face sessions, online learning, and hands-on shadowing.
• Career Growth: Explore opportunities to gain qualifications in Health and Social care.

Responsibilities

• Person-centered support: Help individuals feel connected to their community and safe in their homes.
• Daily Living Support: Support with cooking, budgeting, personal care, education, and healthcare.
• Engaging activities: Participate in drives, walks, seaside visits, music, arts and crafts, swimming, and more.

About You

• Compassionate and Patient: You have a genuine desire to make a positive impact on others' lives, showing empathy and understanding in all interactions.
• Fun and enthusiastic: You bring energy and creativity to your work, finding joy in engaging activities and inspiring those around you.
• Reliable and committed: You are dependable and consistent, providing steady support while maintaining clear and respectful boundaries.

Imagine is a values-based recruiter and so it will be seeking to ensure that the successful candidate will align with the following: 

• Meaningful Living: Using empathy to bring together diverse people and resources, to put the everyday within reach of everyone.

• Nurturing Individuality: Creating conditions that support people to be true to themselves and express their truth.

• Focused Dedication: Showing up each day hungry to do our best to learn and develop. We never give up on people.

• Challenging Ideas: Keeping our efforts real and centred on what matters most, we do not settle for the ordinary when better is possible.

• Generous Sharing: Giving of ourselves, our experiences and knowledge, to promote and provide a great service.