Career opportunities Support Officer
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Job Description
Team: The Supported Living Service Adult Social Care.
Job Family:Supporting - CBG6
Salary: 25584 - 27269 per annum pro rata - Pay Award Pending enhanced hours.
Hourly Salary:Starting at 13.27 per hour. (This is enhanced when working unsocial hours: Saturday/Sunday 19.93 per hour and Bank Holidays 26.54 per hour).
Hours: 2 positions avaliable - 24 & 30 hours per week
Location: High Street Sandy SG19 1AL
Contract: Fixed - Permanent
Closing Date: 18th August 2025
Interview Date:TBC
About the role:
The Central Bedfordshire Council Supported Living Service has three locations in Houghton Regis Sandy and Shefford. The service supports people with a learning disability and some with complex needs to live in their own homes. The services have been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and we wish to recruit staff who have the ability and the desire to support the service to keep to those standards and to move the service forward.
As a Support Officer you will work in partnership with customers to maximise their independence and support them to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. Your main task will be to work directly with customers following their care and support plans providing physical social and emotional support. Your other key responsibilities will include the administration of medication financial management and personal care.
You will use your organisational skills to facilitate the day-to-day planning of a busy service and have excellent communication and recording skills. You will work as part of a wider team and you will take on responsibility as a key worker for ensuring that care plans and risk assessments are up to date and attend professional meetings for individuals you key work. It is a rewarding role watching our customers develop and finding their greatness and through supporting them you could find yours.
The role of a Support Officer is to work in partnership with customers through person-centred approaches in line with their agreed individual support plan to enable them to realise their full potential through training and support.
Day to day you will support customers with a range of needs and activities. You will work on a rota basis which includes alternate weekends.
Who are we looking for
To join us you must have experience working with adults with learning disabilities. You will be a positive practical person who is flexible. You will be people-focused with an ability to build professional relationships. You will need to be able to write clear reports and use your own initiative.
A Diploma in Health and Social Care is desirable but this is not addition to an on-site induction and mandatory training in relevant areas there will be the opportunity to undertake further qualifications.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff. To view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies detailed within this Recruitment Pack
OurCompetency Framework and Qualification Guidanceare to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position please contact: Bethan Hulatt Care Co-ordinator for Sandy on 0 or
Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees volunteers and contractors to share this post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours.Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning Central Bedfordshire Council
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Part-Time
