Support Practitioner (bank)

Main area Bank Grade Local Grades Contract Bank Hours Flexible working - Sessional Worker Contract Job ref 828-Providebank292

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Fern Lodge Town Braintree Salary £13.02 per hour, plus enhancements for nights/weekends. Salary period Hourly Closing 31/07/2026 23:59

Job Overview

We are looking for Support Practitioners to join our team to work flexibly across our Enablement and Care services.

Please note that the majority of our current requirements are short-notice requests.

Main duties of the job

Fern Lodge is a small care home providing living accommodation for up to 8 adults with learning disabilities, we are set in extensive grounds and gardens, and everyone has their own large room with bedroom, living area and ensuite bathroom. There are currently six people living at Fern Lodge and with a variety of needs. Your working day will be varied, interesting and rewarding, with opportunity to participate in a variety of training opportunities and develop yourself.

Within the same grounds is Cypress Gardens, incorporating 8 individual supported living flats where you will enable individuals to develop their ability to maintain independence and grow in confidence through support and encouragement. There are a variety of shifts and hours available including weekdays, weekends and waking night so we can flexibly meet the needs of the people who live here.

Working for our organisation

The Workforce Solutions leaflet is attached to this vacancy, this includes the benefits which come with a contract

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Support individuals with learning disabilities to the highest standard towards meeting agreed outcomes.
• Support individuals to maintain their own home, living a fulfilled and happy life.
• Support individuals with personal care ensuring privacy, dignity and respect are maintained.
• Support individuals to create and maintain a living environment that feels like their own home.
• Support and encourage individuals to make choices and life decisions in line with the Mental Capacity Act requirements.
• Assist individuals to engage in everyday home, social, leisure and work activities.
• Support individuals with their health needs.
• Keep up to date and accurate records, maintaining confidentiality.
• Support individuals with their finances.
• Look for opportunities to use assistive technology to increase the persons independence.
• To ensure that any incidents, particularly those which may relate to safeguarding, are reported

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Care experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience in supported living services

Further Information

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via Sign in to view email
• If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

Checking progress on your application?

To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.

Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or Sign in to view email.

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.