Social Care Worker

Reference: 134052
Job Title: Social Care Worker
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £19,656.00 per annum
Hours: 30 hours per week
Closing Date:

About The Role
We are looking to recruit compassionate team members to join our team to help support customers with learning disabilities and other complex needs. The role will include all aspects of personal care, cleaning, record keeping and supporting people with health and wellbeing issues, including attending health appointments.

The aim of the role is to deliver an outstanding service that is person-centred in a way that enhances the lives of people with profound learning disabilities, offering choice, ensuring the people have a voice, and that their wishes and decisions are respected.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference. The successful candidates must be committed to inclusion and engagement, ensuring that the people they are supporting have a full, active, meaningful lifestyle—one that they have chosen for themselves.

Who We’re Looking For
The successful candidates will have:

• A positive attitude around person-centred approaches to working with individuals with learning disabilities and associated complex needs
• A working knowledge of legislation and regulation in regard to delivering care support to vulnerable people
• Experience of working within a busy care environment, including all aspects of care (e.g., personal care, manual handling, daily support)
• Experience of keeping accurate and compliant records
• The ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
• Basic numeracy and literacy skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Accountability
• A flexible approach
• Reliability and punctuality
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Use of initiative

Why Join Us?
This is not just a ‘job’; it is the feeling of knowing that you are part of something bigger and being able to go home each day with job satisfaction and pride in what is achieved by Trident Group every day.

Our purpose is putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide. To deliver against our purpose we will be:

• Trustworthy
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• People-focused
• Caring in all we do

The Benefits

• 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
• A day off for your birthday
• 4 days off when you move home
• Life assurance (3 x salary)
• Employee Assistance programme & wellbeing programme
• Flexible working options
• Learning & development opportunities

Who We Are?
Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services, and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than 650 staff, works with volunteers, and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more.

The Group consists of:

• Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance
• Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering trauma-informed care and support services.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, and as a trauma-informed organisation, we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected, and equally guided by our beacon of hope.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• At least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

How to Apply?
If you think this role is a good fit for you, please click apply and upload your CV!

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at the interview stage, such as a valid passport, which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.

Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

At Trident Group, we only consider agency introductions where a signed agreement is in place, and where the agency has been specifically contacted by a member of our People & Culture Team. We do not accept responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited or speculative CV submissions made directly to our employees or outside of the above.