Support Worker

Pobl Group are a proud employer of over 2,300 colleagues providing diverse services and making a difference in communities throughout Wales. Our Care team provides registered care services throughout South Wales at dozens of locations and for a wide range of customers.

Pobl means ‘People’ and people really are at the heart of everything we do. We support some truly amazing people to live positive, independent lives in their own home and help get them where they want to be in life.

What is the role?

This service has great success in further developing the skills and confidence of individuals to enable them to move on to independent living. You will be supporting 4 very active and independent individuals who share a house in Chepstow and people living independently in their own homes within the area. All individuals supported have learning disabilities and enjoy an element of paid work and contribute to the community.

Duties Include

• Supporting Individuals with their Individual needs.
• Supporting with individuals’ hobbies and activities.
• Encouraging and supporting with cleaning and administrative duties.
• Being able to bring fresh ideas to the team and implement different ways of working.
• Stock checking Individuals Medications and Finances.
• The individuals in this service are very active and have many outdoor interests. As their Support Worker you will be required to support them with these activities which will require a level of fitness.

What skills and experience do you need?

A background of working with people with physical or mental health needs is desired, but not necessary as full training and support from senior staff and management is provided.? More important are;

• A passion to work with and enable people to live as independent a life as possible
• An enthusiasm and passion for making a difference to people’s lives
• A strong initiative and ability to work alone as well as being a great team player

For full details of the role and skills required please see the Job Description attached.

We provide all training required to successfully deliver the role and you will have access to a bespoke learning pathway with the support of an experienced Learning & Development team.

We pay for an Enhanced DBS check which is a requirement for the role.

What are the pay and benefits?

• An hourly rate of £12.15 making the annual salary £23,376 (FTE)
• Sleep in rate – £62.64
• 26 days (pro rata) holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays?
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay?
• Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)
• Time for Talking – a free counselling service
• Health Cash Plan
• Savings Scheme
• Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eyecare plan
• Give as You Earn charity donation scheme
• Gym and shopping discounts
• Training and progression opportunities – including QCF Level 3 training to qualify you as a Care Worker.

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.

What do you need to do now?

If you have the skills and experience required to be our next difference maker, please apply now. We will just require an up-to-date CV along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you.

• INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE ON 5TH MARCH 2025***

We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, we would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey.