Flexible Support Worker

The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity based in Brighton & Hove and the wider Sussex community that has been working with people with a Learning Disability and autistic people since 1898. Our mission is to work towards being led by people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people to deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. The people we support tell us that they want “good support from kind and friendly people” – so that is what we are looking for!

We are recruiting Flexible Support Workers to work with various adults with learning disabilities and/or autism and other complex needs in our established Outreach services across Chichester, Bognor, Selsey, Bosham and the surrounding area.

Experience with working with people with learning disabilities, in the care industry and having lived experience welcome but we do offer full training for those that are wanting to come into the health and social care industry.

Support workers empower, encourage and support people to live independent, fun, full, healthy and ordinary lives. There is also a focus on ensuring people we support play active roles in their local communities, and the right candidate will support people at our Just Be You social club in Bognor. Flexible support workers provide cover support for annual leave, sickness and training and to cover gaps in our services where we need to recruit to over Chichester, Bognor, Selsey, Bosham and the surrounding area. You will be guaranteed working hours of up to 25 hours contracted per week and generally pick your shifts as you go using our electronic rota system on a work phone provided to you. This role is suited to someone who’s availability may change on a weekly basis, second job, working around school hours, evenings and weekends etc. We are interested in interviewing people who have good availability and can work on a flexible basis and happy travelling between services. We have weekday, weekend and evening shifts available. Occasional sleep in shifts available for the right candidate with experience in 24/7 support service.

The people we support are looking for people who are patient / fun / caring / understanding / being listened to / going out and about in the community together and helping me to try new things / help to look after myself and cook and clean with me / let me try things for myself before attempting to do things for me!

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:

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/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

Enhanced holiday entitlement

One paid celebration day a year

Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme

Cycle to work scheme

One paid volunteering day a year

Free Blue Light Card

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Enhanced death in service

Employee Assistance

Electric Car Scheme

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities.

We are also:

A living wage employer

Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader

Accredited as an Investors in People employer

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Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.