Community Lives Consortium

Conditions of Service for a Support Worker

• The rate is £6.81 per hour. This will be reviewed each April when a cost of living rise (if applicable) will be paid.
• We are able to consider and offer a variety of working arrangements (up to a maximum of 37 contracted hours per week) depending upon the requirements of our service users.
• Holidays - 21 days per annum (pro rata if part time), plus bank holidays rising to 25 days after 5 years service.
• If bank holidays are worked double time is paid instead of a lieu day. We pay treble time for working at Christmas and the New Year.
• All employees are required to join the group personal pension scheme provided by Norwich Union. Employees are automatically enrolled onto the scheme when they join the company.
• All applicants taking up new posts (even if the Consortium currently employs them) are appointed on a six month probationary period to ascertain suitability to the post.
• All staff are expected to work on a rota basis, which can include days, evenings, weekends or nights, and share all sleep-in duties for which £25.35 per night is paid.
• Employees are required to work flexibly in any of the Consortium houses, in this way we can cover for sickness and holidays in other homes.
• As part of the recruitment process an Enhanced Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau will be required.
• Applicants should normally have a current driving licence. Occasionally it may be necessary to use your own vehicle for business in which case a mileage allowance is paid.
• All staff will be required to work within the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers determined by the Care Council for Wales. Each employee is provided with a personal copy of the Code of Practice on appointment. The Consortium operates to the standards of the Code of Practice for Employers of Social Care Workers which is also determined by the Care Council for Wales. Further information can be obtained from the Care Council for Wales website at www.ccwales.org.uk.

If you are asked to attend for interview

If you have not heard from us within three months of submitting the application form this will mean that you have not been short-listed and you will not receive further correspondence from us.

It is our policy to involve parents, carers, and tenants in the selection of staff. We would therefore be asking you to meet with the tenants informally, date and venue to be arranged, if you are selected for interview. No candidates will be employed until they have actually met the tenants.

If you have any queries relating to the information included in the recruitment pack, please contact Mrs Wendy Evans, Community Services Officer on Swansea 01792 646640.