Relief Support Worker - Ceredigion

Location Aberystwyth
Job Category: Residential Support Work
Job type: Permanent Role
Salary: £11.69 per hour
Contact name: Kenneth McCausland

Contact email: kenneth.mccausland@thewallich.net
Job ref: 001643
Published: about 1 year ago
Start date: ASAP

Hours of Work: As and when required

The Wallich is a leading homelessness and rough sleeping charity in Wales. For more information about our innovative work to support people across the country, visit The Wallich website.   Find out about Wales' leading homelessness charity, The Wallich   www.thewallich.com/about-us

Project Description

The projects are located across Ceredigion and works with homeless and vulnerably housed people. The service provides residential support with the aim of meeting individuals’ needs, which promote independence and lead to a sustainable move-on. The project is funded through the Supporting People Programme Grant and is required to meet the Welsh Government’s National Outcomes Framework. The Framework’s four main aims are: 

  • Promoting Personal and Community Safety

  • Promoting Independence and Control

  • Promoting Economic Progress and Financial Control

  • Promoting Health and Wellbeing

Purpose of Role

Our relief workers provide critical support to our projects, helping to cover short or long term planned and unplanned absences or gaps in our rotas. This helps ensure that we have high quality support in place for our service users at all times. 

Sometimes this will be planned in advance, and at other times it may be at short notice to help cover a shift which has become unexpectedly available. 

We take a flexible approach to relief work and there is no obligation on you to take shifts which are offered out if they're not convenient for you. This means you can work as much or as little as you like depending on the shifts available. 

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.  

No Agencies.

We do not accept unsolicited agency referrals for this position and do not consider any applicants, to have been introduced to us via agency.

Please follow this link to view the full job description and person specification. Please refer to this information when completing your application:

Job Description Link

Closing date for this vacancy is 28th April 2023 at 09:00am.