Beyond Limits • Plymouth, South West England

Senior Support Worker for Tobin

About this role

Do you enjoy being outdoors? Tobin is an explorer, he enjoys walking, swimming and going for a drive in his car. Tobin is looking for someone to work alongside his team leader, someone who will ensure he is at the centre of his day.

Essential for this role

Full driving License and ability to drive a Motability vehicle

Be flexible to work a mixture of shifts including long day sleepover

Hours

To include sleepover shifts, days, evenings, waking nights and weekends including bank holidays.

Tobin is a great young man and has a committed team around him, he is currently looking to add a Senior Support Worker to support his team leader. He lives in his own home and is usually active during the day, he enjoys drives in his car, the outdoors and loves exploring new places.

During the days you will be supporting Tobin out and about participating in one of the many activities he enjoys, this can range from swimming, rough terrain or woodland walks to day trips to national trusts, aquariums or spending time near the sea. Tobin is a good sleeper but has Epilepsy so has staff to keep an eye on him at night.

Tobin likes to be independent but his team will need to help him with some personal care and keeping his home the way he likes it. There will always two people working with Tobin. As a Senior Support Worker your responsibilities will include shifts, both days and nights plus supporting the team leader in the leadership of the team.

Ideally you will

Be positive and motivated

Be able to provide consistency

Be reliable and flexible

Work well as part of a team

Be comfortable with a level of autonomy

Have good communication skills

Be robust, resilient and emotionally intelligent

Have a positive attitude and be keen to make a difference to Tobin’s life

Benefits

We reward our staff with competitive salaries

We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme

We have a company sick pay scheme

Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay

Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most

Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most

A really good mandatory induction

Ongoing high quality training

Career development opportunities

A real chance to make a difference to someone’s life

"Sponsorship is currently not available"

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).