Charnwood Lodge is located in Nanpantan, Loughborough, in a semi-rural location, surrounded by beautiful countryside. The service is a specialist residential home which provides support to up to 17 individuals who are on the autism spectrum, have a learning disability or mental health needs, including those who have a dual diagnosis.
Our team are dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the people we support, helping them to achieve positive outcomes. We want to help each person we care for to have a better quality of life, promoting independence and daily living skills, so they can feel part of their local community.
Our residents may have other conditions, presentation and support needs, which may include:
Difficulties with communication, including those with limited communication or who are non-verbal
Mild to moderate behaviour that may challenge
Epilepsy
Diabetes
Dysphagia
As a Support Worker you will be a key member of our team, providing high standards of person-centred support and care to our service users. Through a creative and caring approach, you will build good relationships with both service users and their families, supporting service users in the planning of goals and in living as independently as possible. Both personal care and participation in activities are key tasks for the role, so energy and initiative is vital; experience however is not essential, providing you have a willingness to learn and the compassion and patience needed to support.
What we’d like from you:
Excellent communication skills
Effective organisational capability
Great team player
Flexibility to respond to the changing needs of those who we support
Strong “can do” attitude
What we’d like to give you:
A competitive salary
Enhanced disclosure cost coverage
Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training
Online benefits and cashback rewards
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