Support Worker, Brighton and Hove

Would you like a fun and fulfilling role that will help make a difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism?

We have several full time and part time vacancies for Support Workers across Brighton and Hove in our supported living houses and in our Outreach service out in the community. We welcome applications from both experienced Support Workers and those new to the care sector.

The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity that has been working with people with learning disabilities since 1898, across Sussex. Our mission is to be led by people with learning disabilities in the delivery of high-quality housing, support, employment, and activities in their local communities.

We have weekday, weekend and evening/sleep in shifts available.

Your role will be to support people with learning disabilities and autism with day to day tasks in either our supported living houses or out in in the community.

We support people with all aspects of their lives, such as daily living skills, medication, personal care and finances as well as accessing community activities.  You will need to have good communication skills and just enjoy spending time with people.

We are looking for people who are patient, compassionate, understanding and able to use their own initiative.

It is a rewarding and varied role and one that really makes a difference to the lives of the people we support. It helps them to live a fulfilled life and achieve their goals and dreams with a little help from people who care.

No experience is necessary. You probably already have the skills and attributes you need to make a great Support Worker, but you will receive full training.

No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favorably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neuro-diverse.

Staff benefits include:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement – Starting at 24 days a year increasing to a maximum of 29 days, plus bank holiday entitlement
• Additional paid celebration day
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous refer-a-friend scheme of £400 once probation is completed after referral
• One paid volunteering day a year
• Enhanced employer pension contribution – 5% employer contribution
• Death in service of triple the employees annual salary
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working opportunities
• Banded Pay Scale’s with clear salary progression

We are also:
• A Living Wage employer
• Accredited as an Investors in People employer
• Accredited as a Level 2 Disability Confident employer

Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees (one must be your most recent employer) and undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Closing Date: Rolling Deadline

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