We are looking for a Support Assistant to join our Day Service dedicated to supporting adults with profound multiple learning disabilities, offering hands-on care and engagement through various activities conducted predominately in our Tilehurst-based Centre and within the community.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

About the Role

Full-time - 37 hours per week - 8.45am - 4.15pm (Monday - Thursday) & 8.45am - 3.45pm (Friday) - No weekend work required.

Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Your role will be assisting in the delivery of a user led service, where service users are encouraged and supported to develop their independence, build positive relationships and be empowered to make informed choices. As well as experience a fulfilling Day Service.

We are looking for enthusiastic and reliable people with practise working in a care setting, to join our existing experienced and skilled staff team.

We are seeking individual with experience in a care setting to join our staff team. Our focus involves providing support to adults with complex learning disabilities in group settings, maintaining ratios of 1:1, 1:2, and 1:4.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to provide activities, a safe environment as well as follow and contribute to care and activity plans.

Qualification in Care/NVQ2/Level 2 Diploma in Care and Promoting Independence or willingness to undertake this.
Capability to connect with service users, addressing their needs with a sense of understanding, patience, respect, and dignity
Ability to follow deliver Person Centred Support, Care plans, Risk assessment and highlight discrepancies.
Ability to perform personal care duties with dignity and respect, including manual handling if necessary
Effective teamwork with the capacity to work independently and be self-motivated
Basic IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Packages such as Word and Outlook and to use online training

You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Visit: www.moretoreading.co.uk to find out more about Reading's Community & Adult Social Care Services. It's a chance to hear from the people who already work here and why they have chosen Reading as their professional destination.

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you'll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
Kennet Day nursery (based at the Civic Offices) rated outstanding by Ofsted,
Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
Opportunities for further development and training available
We pay for your DBS application