Support Worker

Do you have a genuine passion for improving lives? Join our growing care organisation and make a meaningful difference every day while developing your own skills and career.

Live Connected is a dynamic division of the Connected Health Group. We deliver high-quality, person-centred support to adults with learning disabilities,and complex needs. As a Support Worker, no two days are the same. You will play a vital role in supporting individuals to live safely, independently, and with dignity.

Why Choose Connected Health?

Competitive Pay: Earn £14.50 per hour

Sign-On Bonus: £200*

Recognition & Rewards: Employee of the Month, Quarter, and Year awards

Refer a Friend: Earn £200 for successful referrals

Career Growth: Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

Extra Benefits: Free Access NI, Free uniform, Paid shadowing and training, Cycle to Work scheme, Bluelight Card, wellbeing package, and local business discounts

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Support service users with daily living tasks in line with individual care plans, agreed with families and professionals

Work in accordance with Connected Living policies and procedures at all times

Follow individual care plans and risk assessments tailored to each service user

Complete health and safety checks in line with organisational policies

Confidently lone work in accordance with lone working risk assessments

Ensure safe administration and ordering of medication

Encourage service users to express their preferences in how care and support are delivered

Promote choice, independence, and dignity at all times

Manage behaviours in a calm, respectful, and least restrictive manner

Complete daily notes, handovers, and all required documentation by the end of each shift

Deliver clear, accurate, and high-quality handovers to incoming staff

Work collaboratively with colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to support emotional and physical wellbeing

Build and maintain professional relationships with service users and relevant professionals to achieve positive outcomes

Essential Criteria

Minimum of 6 months' experience in Supported Living Services

Must be based in Northern Ireland

About Us

At Connected Health, we don't just offer a job - we offer careers that are at the forefront of transforming the way homecare is delivered across Ireland. We recognise that the individuals we employ are pivotal to driving this transformation within the sector. That's why, at Connected Health, our mission is unwavering: to continually attract, recruit, and develop the finest homecare team.

Connected Health is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, good relations, respect for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the delivery of its services to clients. It is also committed to ensuring that the talents and resources of all its employees are utilised to the full. Connected Health welcome applications for all job roles from members of all communities.

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*Candidates who are successful at interview will be subject to background checks including, but not limited to, satisfactory references and an enhanced police check*.

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