Support Worker- Nights
Salary: Band: 4, £24,420 - £25,652 (£19,800 - £20,798 for 30 hours, £13,200 - £13,865 for 20 hours) plus 33% shift enhancement.
1 x 30 hours per week
2 x 20 hours per week
Please indicate on your application which hours you are applying for.
The Service
Russets is a purpose-built service in Hilsea that provides respite care for adults who have learning disabilities and live within the area of Portsmouth. In addition to this Russets also provides adults with a learning disability with residential accommodation. Russets is the only unit of its kind in Portsmouth.
As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what's important so that we make a real and positive difference.
Your New Role
Using a person-centred approach you will look after the physical, emotional, cultural, and social needs of service users. This will include personal care, assisting clients at meal times, and all aspects of daily living. The right applicants will be providing person-centred care in the form of social activities which promotes the individual's mental health and wellbeing and improves their quality of life.
You will be a key worker to specific individuals, taking responsibility to ensure information about their health and wellbeing is recorded and communicated to the assistant managers and others as per our legal requirement under the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC fundamental standards information is available here. It will be your responsibility to ensure monitoring and hourly checks with detailed recording on daily record sheets of your observations are carried out on residents throughout the day and night and their care needs are met.
As a Night Support Worker supporting vulnerable adults, you must be open and transparent. Should something go wrong or you witness unsafe practice, you have a responsibility (Duty of Candour) to ensure you raise this concern with a manager immediately. There will be the need for light food preparation.
What you'll need to succeed
You will need to have the ability to converse at ease with residents with cognitive impairment and provide advice in accurate spoken English. You will have patience and empathy with an understanding of the needs of people with different types of learning disabilities. You will have experience in a caring role as a formal paid or unpaid carer with the ability to deal with emergencies in a confident manner. You will be flexible and adaptable, being able to use your own initiative and make decisions. You will be required to take part in training (on and off site), some of which is mandatory and must be successfully completed within your probationary period. This will contribute towards your framework and study for an apprenticeship at level 2/3 in Social care and undertake learning to complete the Care Certificate. You will understand the principles of client confidentiality and data protection.
Please read the job profile for full details of the role and what you need to succeed.
About Portsmouth City Council
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.
Application process:
Please read the full job profile for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work/personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. This is important or you are likely not to be shortlisted.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Closing date: 10 March 2025
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
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