Avenues Group
Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things. We know that well-supported people support people well to do their very best for the people we support, and achieve our vision.
Are you are looking for your next social care role, or a change in career and a feel-good reward? If so, then we would love to hear from you!
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Support Worker
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Canterbury, Kent
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£23,264 per annum (pro rata)
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Full time
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Driver with own car preferred (
Public transport very limited to this location)
We are looking for Support Workers to work with us in Canterbury & Hoath, supporting male adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and communication needs. All three-need support with moving and handling, and one uses a peg for ingestion.
No two days are the same but your day might look like this!
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Supporting our people to be engaged in all day to day living activities, including making full use of their community and beyond.
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Supporting our people with social activities, and connecting with family and friends.
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Supporting the management of our people’s finances.
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Keeping our people’s home clean and fresh, and going shopping.
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Providing, and encouraging, personal care.
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And enjoying what you do!
Experience in social care is not essential, we provide a full range of accredited and award-winning training programmes at no cost to yourself, including the Health and Social Care Diploma that will really support your career progression.
Benefits you can expect!
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Early Pay – ability to access your earnings more frequently if you wish.
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Paid enhanced DBS.
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Flexible working.
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Up to 28 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
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Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
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Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
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Shopping discounts via Blue Light Card and The Benefits website.
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Recommend a friend scheme – earn up to £500.
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Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal, counselling and support.
Apply now! We look forward to hearing from you.
As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at the interview stage.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.
