Job title: Support Worker

Location: The Croft Community, Highfield Road, Malton, YO17 7DB.

Purpose: To provide autonomous assistance to the people we support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control.

Salary: £19,500 per year (You will be paid every four weeks at £10.00 per hour)

Hours: 37.5 hours Monday to Sunday (part time hours considered)

Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support?

We have openings for you to join us as a Support Worker at our Croft Community, a vibrant community for adults with learning and other disabilities and mental health conditions, situated in Malton, North Yorkshire. We support amazing people to realise their potential.

The Croft Community is a vibrant community located on the edge of the North Yorkshire market town of Malton. We have a real variety of places for people to live. Many community members live in large, medium and small shared houses or individual self-contained flats on Highfield Lane. Our opportunities combine individualised and shared support which enables people to access the community’s broadest possible range of opportunities supported through true person-centred support.

Our opportunities include The Kingfisher Café. Kingfisher Café located in the heart of Malton, which is a social enterprise supporting people with learning disabilities to gain experience in a busy café environment. Craft Workshop where we make chocolates, decorative paper, candles, soaps and bath melts. Textile workshop, this workshop offers a range of traditional and modern craft activities and a market garden where we grow fruit, vegetables, and herbs which provide our community members and Kingfisher Café with delicious homegrown fresh produce.

This role will appeal to you if:

• You crave the autonomy and freedom to provide true person-centred support: the people we support all have differing needs and wants; you are instrumental in making it happen!

• You want to become a real part of someone’s life and be able to support them in all their activities.

• You have a passion for helping others live a fulfilling and interesting life.

• You like being involved in the activities of people you support: many of the people we support have interests such as swimming, crafts, socialising.

What do we offer you?

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) raising to 35 days at two years’ service

• An opportunity to ‘cash in’ 1 week leave a year

• Employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family

• Sickness benefit: four weeks paid leave after completion of one month service (increases with service)

• Free on-site parking

• Pension Scheme: we contribute to a pension scheme along with your personal contributions

• Death in Service benefits: payments made to your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.