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Support Worker
Location: Ferryhill, County Durham
Salary: £18,720 per annum /£12ph plus excellent benefits and £500 Onboarding payment
Contract: Temporary to October 2025
Hours: Part Time
Driver: Essential
Advertising End Date: We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy when we feel we have enough suitable candidates – apply today, don’t delay!
Benefits - We Are Offering:
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing with long service.
• £500 cash incentive for joining Oaklea (paid on completion of 6 months probationary period)
• Government pension scheme
• DBS funded by Oaklea
• Private Health Care scheme funded by Oaklea.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Employee rewards and awards
• Access to foundation and bespoke training and development
We are looking for friendly, caring and enthusiastic people to join our team of Support Workers in Ferryhill, County Durham.
About Us:
Here at Oaklea, we pride ourselves in providing high quality personalised care and support to adults with Learning Disabilities. We have supported disabled and disadvantaged people to discover their potential and lead a fulfilling, independent life for almost 30 years.
Support Workers – About the Role:
Oaklea’s Supported Living Project in Ferryhill, provides care and support to people with learning disabilities. In your role, you will support customers with a wide variety of needs and aspirations and work with our organisational values as we strive to encourage independence.
You will be required to support male adults in their home who require support with personal care, meal preparation, accessing their local community and support with the hobbies and appointments. Therefore, the applicant must be able to drive and have a clean licence.
Come and join a team on a new adventure of supported living with people of differing abilities, who love being active and are looking for new ways to be involved in their community and have fun. You will be required to work closely with a small team.
You must be confident in communicating with people who may who may have challenges communicating with you. Working hours will include days, sleeps and weekends – examples of support sessions are: (7.30am – 9.00pm/7.00am – 7.30am - 7.30am - 7.30pm - and short shifts required during the day)
Support Workers – What We Need from You:
You do not need to be experienced, but it is essential that you share our values. You must have a positive attitude and want to improve the lives of people with a learning disability. We will support you with progression opportunities throughout your career with us.
Come and join a team on a new adventure of supported living with people of differing abilities and complex health needs, who love being active and are looking for new ways to be involved in their community and have fun.
An Enhanced DBS will be required for each successful candidate (Paid for by Oaklea, T&Cs apply)
If you would like to be a part of a caring and supportive organisation that puts the customer at the centre of all we do, we would love to hear from you, click on ‘APPLY’ today forwarding a recent copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.
No agencies please