Forensic Support Worker
£11.44 per hour
Leeds – LS11 Forensic Experience Essential
Are you a highly motivated caring individual, who is looking for a vocation where every day is different, where you can make a difference to people’s lives.
We offer care packages for a diverse range of individuals with different care and support needs, which range from full support, forensic, challenging behaviours whilst being able to risk assess situations. There is also support helping with budgeting and shopping.
For the people we support you would need to be very active to support with social activities as they like to go Swimming, to the gym and go to the Rugby games or concerts on occasions so this may include late evenings.
In our Leeds Outreach you will be working within the community and within peoples own homes and day centre support, supporting with daily finances, meal preparation and personal care and every day is different, as each individual is different, this is why a person centred approach is essential.
The role
Across all services, the individuals we support have autism, learning disabilities and at times can display behaviours of concern, therefore you must have the ability to follow detailed support plans in order to ensure a consistent approach.
Essential Experience in
Criminal background
Grooming behaviours
Mental Health Disorders
Personality disorder
Associated challenging behaviour
Desirable training
Mappa Training
Anthony Bainbridge Training
Working hours
Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. This role will include shift working, including evenings, sleepovers, nights and weekends.
Full time hours: 8am - 10pm
Part Time Hours 16 to 20 hours per week.
Sleepovers will include an allowance.
An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Benefits and Rewards
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.
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