Support Worker – Brighton & Hove

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

We are looking for someone who enjoys spending time with people, who is able to problem solve and is enthusiastic about supporting the people we support to achieve the goals they have set themselves in their lives.

The role of support worker with Grace Eyre combines working with people in Supported Living services, in their own homes and in the community. We support people to learn the skills to be as independent as they can be whilst ensuring they are connected and safe in their communities.

No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably 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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