Care Support Worker

The Role

We are Outstanding, you can be too!

Are you empathetic and enjoy working as part of a team? Could you help people achieve their goals? If yes, then a career in Care with Portland could be for you!

It’s ok if you don’t have experience working in Care or with people with learning disabilities because we will give you the training you need.

We have a variety of residential services including Independent Living, Short Breaks and FE Residential and you will be able to work across all of them. Our residential areas are based on a woodland campus at the heart of Sherwood Forest, close to Mansfield which includes a fully accessible climbing wall and zip wire that many of our learners and citizens enjoy using.

You can see more about what we do at Portland Charity by looking at the Who We Are and Choose Your Future pages on our website https://www.portland.ac.uk/

Working at Portland Charity

At Portland Charity our learners, citizens and staff are at the heart of what we do, we are passionate about our vision that all people with disabilities will have a lifetime of opportunity and you could help us to achieve that. Our priority for staff is to create an outstanding place to work where the rewards of a job well done can be seen in the faces of our learners and citizens.

There are lots of great benefits to working at Portland Charity

·        a rewarding career and working towards positive outcomes for our learners and citizens

·        enhanced holidays and you are able to buy up to 10 additional days of holiday

·        you are eligible for a Blue Light Card

·        access to other retail, holiday and household discounts

·        free parking on site and access to a subsidised canteen with lots of great meal options 

·        everyone has an opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills on the job through training, mentoring and qualifications

We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections the community.

Working Hours

Portland Charity supports flexible working and understands that a shift pattern or full time hours doesn’t suit everyone’s needs. We can offer full time or part time hours, 12-hour shifts, 7.5 hour shifts. You can discuss your availability at your interview with our care managers. To give you an idea of the hours we work our typical day shifts start at 6.45am until 2.45pm and 2.30pm until 10.30pm. If you are only available a couple of days a week, early mornings, evenings or weekends then we are happy to discuss this with you too.

Shifts will be provided 2 months in advance, giving you plenty of notice to plan other activities alongside work.

We all have different needs when it comes to the hours we work so if days don’t work for you then we are looking for people to join our Nights Team. The shifts typically start at 10:30pm until 7:00am and work on a 7 on, 7 off shift patterns. Again, if you are only available for work a couple of nights a week or at the weekend then we are happy to discuss your individual availability at interview.

Applying to work at Portland Charity

There are some other important things you need to know before you apply to work with us at Portland Charity.

Portland Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its learners, citizens, customers, volunteers and staff. We expect all our staff to be aware of their responsibilities to protect learners, citizens, customers, volunteers and staff from abuse or harm and to promote Fundamental British Values.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and to provide proof of their right to work in the UK. 

Many of our staff have a disability and we’re proud to hold Disability Confident and Mindful Employer status which recognises our positive approach to physical and mental health and wellbeing at work. If you would like to speak with us before completing an application you can contact our Recruitment team on 01623 499 111 or via email at work@portland.ac.uk who will be happy to support you with your application or answer any questions.

https://www.mindfulemployer.dpt.nhs.uk/

https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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