• Support Worker - Avalon, Scarborough

• Full-time and Part-time hours available

• From £10.20 per hour

•  Driver Essential

We’re looking for support workers to join our Avalon family in the Scarborough area. We’re especially interested in hearing from female support workers** to help support our female customers, and you’ll need access to a car to cover shifts all over the Scarborough area.

It’s a hugely satisfying role supporting people with additional needs to enjoy the opportunities and choices that make life fulfilling. You don’t need experience, we’ll give you all the training and support you need to do the job to an incredibly high standard.

At Avalon, we don’t do short calls. You’ll always spend at least an hour with our customers. And that means you get to form strong and meaningful bonds, and make a real impact on the people you support.

As a support worker, your days will include things like:

• Helping our customers to plan their meals, clean their homes and explore their passions and interests
• Providing personal care to customers in their own homes
• Taking customers out and about, and getting  empowering and enabling them to be more involved in their communities
• Supporting people to use health services effectively and take the medication they need to stay healthy

We have full time, part time and sleep over shifts available, and you’ll enjoy paid travel time, enhanced weekend and bank holiday rates.  In particular, we are looking for Support Workers who are available to do waking night shifts in and around the Scarborough area.

As an Avalon employee you will have access to the following benefits:

• Award winning in-house training with opportunities to develop your career
• 24/7 Everyday Advice helpline, giving you impartial guidance regarding any personal matters or concerns you may have
• On Call support 24 hours a day
• Discounts at high street retailers and on gym memberships
• Access to our Health Cash Plan
• Paid travel expenses between consecutive sessions of support
• Mileage paid at 45p per mile
• £250 bonus for recommending a friend to become a support worker
• Paid Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Certificate (which you need to be able to work in social care).

*This advert contains vacancies for a particular appointment with genuine occupational requirements due to the customer support needs.

We’re an equal opportunity employer – that means that anyone with the right skills is encouraged to apply, regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, sexuality or any disabilities. 

For more information or an informal chat please call or text Kaitlin on 07815 012345. Alternatively, you can email makecarematter@northyorks.gov.uk for more info. Apply today online or by sending your CV to makecarematter@northyorks.gov.uk.