Specialist Support Worker - Brudenell Road, Leeds
SignHealth
- Leeds
- £26,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Location: Brudenell Road, Leeds
Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week. To meet the needs of the service working patterns, hours will include evenings, weekends and night shiftsThis video contains a BSL translation of the English text below.About the roleOur service in Leeds is a brand-new supported living service for 4 clients who are Deaf with complex needs and/or mental health conditions. Some clients may be moving directly from inpatient hospitals.If you have the passion to make a difference, have experience outlined below and you are interested in working for SignHealth we would be delighted to hear from you:We are looking for people with:
- Experience of working with varying degrees of deafness, including those who are culturally deaf
- British Sign Language (BSL) or a willingness to learn BSL (full BSL training will be provided)
- Excellent communications skills
- Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities and/or Mental Health challenges where diagnosis is complex and may present challenging behaviour
- Experience of working in supported living services/or residential care services
- Experience of Prevention Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) or are you willing to undertake this training
- 25 days holiday per holiday year plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
- 2 wellbeing days (pro-rata)
- After 3 months auto enrolled in the NOW pension scheme at prevailing rates
- After successful completion of probation period (normally 6 months) eligible to join Scottish widows pension employee contributes 5%, employer 6%
- Eye care vouchers
- 5 days paid study leave per year (CPD) (pro-rata)
- Expenses policy which allows payments for items when working away from home
- 2x salary life assurance scheme (death in service)
- Fully funded BSL training
- Generous sick pay policy
- Perkbox (including 25 flexible points every month)
- Refer a friend £200 voucher for both the referee and referrer.