Sensory Support Worker - Chelmsford
- Essex Cares Limited
- Full Time
- Chelmsford
- £11.50 per hour
Job Description
About The Role
Do you enjoy working with people and want to make a difference?
Are you looking for flexible working hours and an exciting new challenge?
About You
What you'll be doing as a Sensory Support Worker:
- Supporting people who have sight, hearing, or dual sensory impairments out in the community to maintain their independence.
- Assisting with activities such as shopping, finance, or correspondence, accessing sports and leisure facilities or attending health appointments.
To be considered as a Sensory Support Worker, you need:
- A full driving licence.
- Access to a car to travel and transport customers.
- To be a confident driver.
- To be able to work on your own initiative out in the community as well as be able to work as part of an expanding team.
- Enjoy working with people and are keen to enable independence.
Travel required across Essex and potentially London to support with health appointments.
British Sign Language (BSL) skills and/or qualifications would be advantageous to your application. BSL and non-BSL roles available.
What's in it for you?
- 24 days pa plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing with length of service
- Annual performance related bonus
- Business mileage paid at 45p per mile
- Contributory Pension Scheme - ECL match up to 6% Employee Pension contributions
- Healthcare Cash plan (including reimbursement for dental, optical and chiropody plus much more)
- Excellent Career development with access to paid for qualifications
- Free DBS check and renewals
- Up to £1000 Refer a friend scheme
Take the next step in your career and become a Support Worker with the ECL Sensory team.
About Us
At ECL, we offer care and support to thousands of people to live safely and independently within their own homes and local communities in South East England. We provide high quality social care services in Essex, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and West Sussex aimed at wellbeing, prevention and increasing independence.
We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitable candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme which helps to employ, support and promote disabled people in the workplace.
ECL does not hold a visa sponsor licence therefore, applicants who do not have the right to work in the UK, and/or require visa sponsorship in order to continue working in the UK, cannot be considered for this role.
