Who are Pobl Group?  

Pobl Group are a proud employer of over 2,300 colleagues providing diverse services and making a difference in communities throughout Wales. Our Care team provides registered care services throughout South Wales at dozens of locations and for a wide range of customers.  

Pobl means ‘People’ and people really are at the heart of everything we do. We support some truly amazing people to live positive, independent lives in their own home and help get them where they want to be in life.

What is the role?  

Ty Gwynfa consists of 6 individual flats and some communal areas where we offer daytime support. Our support workers work hours from 10am to 8pm. 

The people that we support have varying levels of independence.  We aim to offer support to build and maintain skills to develop their current levels of independence. We educate and support individuals to manage their own tenancy and assist with claiming benefits and budgeting their finances.

An interesting and valuable part of the role is to source activities and encourage individuals to use the community services available locally and to explore employment opportunities at the right time.  A knowledge or background of vulnerable people with mental health issues would be desirable but not essential.

You will feel the reward of building lasting and trusting relationships with those you support, working alongside them to maintain their independence.

You will be required to support with daily aspects of living, including:

• Cooking skills and other household skills
• Accessing the community and supporting the individuals to attend local groups
• Supporting with individuals’ hobbies and activities
• Being a team player and having good communication skills
• Completing relevant paperwork to a high standard
• Supporting individuals to budget finances
• Providing companionship to the people we support through talking about their interests and wellbeing
• Having fun by encouraging the supported individuals to take part in activities that enhance their life skills and promote independence
• Being able to bring fresh ideas to the team and implement different ways of working
• Medication administration

What skills and experience do you need? 

A background of working with people within this sector is desired, but not essential as full training and support will be provided.  

More importantly;

• A genuine desire to help people and make a difference
• An understanding of the challenges that many of our service users face
• Keen listening and communication skills
• Empathy, compassion and a caring nature
• Flexibility including working evenings/ bank holidays and weekends
• Respect, integrity and dignity for our client groups
• A non-judgemental approach to providing care and support.

For full details of the role and skills required please see the Job Description attached.

What are the pay and benefits? 

• An hourly rate of £12.15 making the annual salary £23,376  (FTE)  
• 26 days (pro rata) holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays  
• Pension scheme 
• Sick Pay (after qualifying period)  
• Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral) 
• Time for Talking – a free counselling service 
• Health Cash Plan 
• Savings Scheme 
• Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Eyecare plan 
• Give as You Earn charity donation scheme 
• Gym and shopping discounts 
• Training and progression opportunities – including QCF Level 3 training to qualify you as a Support Worker.  

For this role you will require an Enhanced DBS check, which we pay for. 

FREDIE 

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.  

What do you need to do now?   

If you have the skills and experience required to be our next difference maker, please apply now. We will just require an up-to-date CV along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.