Overview
We are a Learning Disability service providing 24-hour residential care for two young adults who have severe learning disabilities and associated complex needs. We are currently hoping to expand our team and are looking for a support worker to join our dedicated workforce.
* THIS POSITION REQUIRES APPLICANTS TO BE ABLE TO WORK DAY SHIFTS AND WAKING NIGHT SHIFTS AS PART OF THEIR ROTAS.
Main Activities and Role
1. Develop and sustain effective working relationships with the local community, colleagues, and other agencies to promote collaborative working and partnerships.
2. Contribute to the effective and efficient use of the physical and financial resources.
3. Responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies.
4. Receive, transmit, store, and retrieve information in line with good practice and departmental policy and procedure.
5. Establish, sustain, and disengage from relationships with service users and their families, offering them unconditional and positive regard.
6. Contribute to the effective physical, social, and emotional environment for group care, providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for service users and their families.
7. Contribute to the protection of service users from abuse; evaluate the risk of abuse and ensure that all matters regarding the care and management of service users are reported in line with company policy and procedure.
8. Promote people’s equality, diversity, rights, and responsibilities.
9. Contribute to the promotion of individuals’ health and social well-being, assisting individuals to maintain a positive sense of self and identity.
10. Contribute to the assessment of individuals’ needs and circumstances and in the development, provision, and review of care programmes. Ensure that each service user’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate.
11. Implement the agreed framework for the prevention and proactive management of individuals' behaviour in a non-aversive way.
12. Enable and support service users to participate in recreation and leisure activities.
13. Continue to develop one's own knowledge and practice and be able to be a reflective practitioner.
14. Undertake any other duties appropriate to the post, including practical matters in relation to service user care (cooking, cleaning, etc.).
15. Attend and contribute to regular supervision sessions in line with CQC Essential Quality standards.
16. Monitor the conduct of colleagues and refer any causes for concern (Whistleblowing).
17. This post requires the holder to do varying shifts, including early morning, late evening work, and night duty as part of a rota system.
18. On occasions, you may be requested to change your rota at short notice to ensure the contingencies of the service are covered.
19. In accordance with Health and Safety guidelines, accept responsibility for working within these guidelines and reporting any concerns to the Registered Manager.
20. This post requires the holder to have a clear DBS at all times; changes to personal circumstances that may affect this must be notified to your line manager immediately.
Equal Opportunities
All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way. Support workers are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice that discriminates against any young person or colleague.
Person Specification
Experience:
* Experience of working with young adults with a learning disability in a residential setting.
* Experience of care work.
* Experience of working proactively with service users who challenge.
Qualifications or Training:
Health and social work qualification at level three or willingness to work towards.
Practical Skills:
* An ability to effectively engage, sustain, and disengage with service users and their families.
* An ability to develop productive working relationships between workers, the local community, and other agencies.
* Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
* An ability to provide for the day-to-day care needs of service users.
* Recording skills.
* Ability to work effectively within a structured programme.
* Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual.
Understand and promote non-aversive behaviour management and the ability to follow and implement individualised behaviour management interventions.
Personal Qualities & Attributes:
* Able to manage personal stress levels effectively.
* Honesty, Integrity, Resilience, Flexibility, Commitment, Sense of humour.
* An ability to relate well to adults and young people.
* Ability to provide a positive role model for service users.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: £11.95 per hour
Physical Setting:
* Residential home
Shift:
* Day shift
* Night shift
Application question(s):
* Waking Nights and Weekend work are an integral part of the role. Are you willing to work day shifts, weekends, and waking night shifts?
* Willingness to access the hydrotherapy pool with our service users daily.
* This post requires a driver as part of their role. Applicants MUST have a VALID UK DRIVING LICENCE for insurance purposes that has been held for over 5 YEARS.
Experience:
* Care work: 1 year (required)
* Learning Disability: 1 year (preferred)
* Behaviour management: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
* FULL UK Driving Licence (required)
* UK CREDITED Health and social care level 2 qualification (required)
Work Location: In person
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