Learning Disability Bank Worker - Southern Housing

Job Posted: 27 January 2025

• Contract Term: Casual
• Location: Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full or part time
• Salary: £13.13/hr
• Industries: Health & Social Care

Learning Disability Bank Worker 

£13.13/hr

Isle of Wight

The role

We are looking for Learning Disability Bank Worker to work flexibly delivering support and care services to residents in accordance with the care & support plans.

To work as part of a team providing personalised care and support/wellbeing to residents in line with established care/support plans.

You will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check and an Adult and Child Bared List check.

The location

You could be required to work at any of our Supported and Extra Care schemes on the Isle of Wight, therefore you need to be able to work flexibly including evenings and/or weekends and occasional sleep-ins if required. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use (where mileage will be paid), is desirable but not essential as long as you are able to travel as required.

What you’ll be doing 

• Provide the care and/or support to each resident as identified in their person-centred care and/or support plan. This may include personal care at some services
• Deliver the care and/or support in a way which promotes independence, rights, respect, choices and inclusion in their community.
• Summon professional assistance in the case of an emergency/or deal with an emergency situation
• Maintain and develop professional relationships with residents
• Provide assistance with the security of the residents’ home, and provide support with maintaining a safe and secure environment

What you’ll need 

• Good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to work unsupervised and adapt to working environments
• Basic IT skills
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle

Benefits in working with us

As a trusting and competitive provider of care and support services on the Island, we can provide you with paid travel time, generous mileage and holiday allowance, paid DBS and training as well as health benefits package. And if you're interested in career progression, then we are the employer for you!

• The ability to buy extra leave and discount cards
• Flexible working hours – covering weekdays, evening & weekends
• Employee referral scheme
• Cash claim-back on medical treatments
• Full training provided at no additional cost
• Additional payment for sleep-in duties, where applicable
• Discounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, give as you earn, critical illness and travel insurance 

Closing date: Wednesday 19th February 2025 at 23:59pm

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

Inclusion and Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.