Person Specification

About You
• Compassionate and Patient: You have a genuine desire to make a positive impact on others' lives, showing empathy and understanding in all interactions.
• Fun and enthusiastic: You bring energy and creativity to your work, finding joy in engaging activities and inspiring those around you.
• Reliable and committed: You are dependable and consistent, providing steady support while maintaining clear and respectful boundaries.

Vacancy Details

Hours: Full-time/Part time

Job Reference: 24/72

Salary: £23,619.53 (Full-time), Pro-rata for Part-time, plus £65 per sleep-in shift

Based in: Padiham, Lancashire

Driver: Preferred but not essential

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays allowance, employer’s contributory pension scheme, EAP scheme and other generous benefits.

About us
At Imagine Independence, we are dedicated to empowering individuals with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and challenging behaviours. Our mission is to combat stigma and help people lead meaningful lives by celebrating their individuality and embracing the power of small steps.

Why Join us?
• Transform Lives: Make a genuine impact every day and see the difference you make in people’s lives.
• Comprehensive Training: Receive comprehensive training that includes face-to-face sessions, online learning, and hands-on shadowing.
• Career Growth: Explore opportunities to gain qualifications in Health and Social care.

Role Overview
We are expanding and need Specialist Support Workers to support individuals with various needs including learning disabilities, autism, complex behaviours, mental health conditions, and more. You’ll assist with daily living tasks, personal care, and community engagement.

Responsibilities
• Person-centered support: Help individuals feel connected to their community and safe in their homes.
• Daily Living Support: Support with cooking, budgeting, personal care, education, and healthcare.
• Engaging activities: Participate in drives, walks, seaside visits, music, arts and crafts, swimming, and more.

Imagine is a values-based recruiter and so it will be seeking to ensure that the successful candidate will align with the following:

• Meaningful Living: Using empathy to bring together diverse people and resources, to put the everyday within reach of everyone.

• Nurturing Individuality: Creating conditions that support people to be true to themselves and express their truth.

• Focused Dedication: Showing up each day hungry to do our best to learn and develop. We never give up on people.

• Challenging Ideas: Keeping our efforts real and centred on what matters most, we do not settle for the ordinary when better is possible.

• Generous Sharing: Giving of ourselves, our experiences and knowledge, to promote and provide a great service.

For an initial chat, please call our HR Department on 0151 709 2366 Option 4.

To download full job description and person specification, please visit our website: https://www.imagineindependence.org.uk/work-with-us/current-vacancies/

CV’s are to be returned no later than the closing date/time either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a face-to-face induction which will be held in our Burnley office.

An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.

Closing date for applications: Friday 27th September 2024 at 5pm

Interviews will take place: 3rd & 4th October 2024

Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.