We are currently looking to recruit self-motivated and enthusiastic support workers to provide care and support to adults with learning disabilities within their own homes.
You will make a difference to the quality of a person’s life by supporting them with their daily living activities.
Which can include:
* Intimate personal care: showering/bathing, dressing or undressing, assisting with toileting.
* Administering medication and support with meal preparation to enable individuals to get the most from their daily life.
* Understanding the importance of social inclusion, promoting independence, and enabling positive life choices.
* Supporting people with a learning disability in their own homes and enabling them to live as independently as possible, following the values and principles contained in “Valuing People”.
* Enabling men and women with learning disabilities to have more control over their lives through person-centred approaches, maximising community inclusion and participation, and being responsive to the needs and wishes of the individual.
* Supporting tenants with their finances, including ensuring that commitments are met and all welfare benefits to which they are entitled, including Housing Benefit, are claimed.
* Enabling and encouraging tenants to undertake daily living skills including cooking and other household tasks, taking into account individual choice, cultural backgrounds, and religious beliefs.
* Providing practical, personal, and emotional support, including intimate personal care, to enable service users to meet their assessed needs by maintaining and promoting their health, physical and mental well-being, and social development.
* Developing care plans, support plans, and risk assessments with tenants, families, and other professionals as appropriate to enable people to maintain a quality of life in line with their person-centred plans.
Essential requirements:
* Knowledge of current legislation, guidance, and value base, e.g., Valuing People, in the field of learning disabilities.
* Mobility to carry out the physical tasks within the job.
* Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written form, using the English language; able to produce accurate, factual, legible, and clear reports.
* The ability to work as a team member and independently.
* Understanding and ability to demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.
* Ability to work with people with a learning disability to promote independence.
* Ability to maintain confidentiality.
* Previous experience of caring.
* Ability to implement and monitor high-quality service delivery.
What can I expect?
* 30 hours per week.
* The work includes weekends and bank holidays, where additional enhancements are paid on top of the basic salary; additional hours may also be available on top of the contracted hours.
* Competitive holiday entitlement.
* Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution rate of 6.5%.
* Support and access to good quality induction and training programmes to progress your career to the next level.
* Commitment to supporting the wellbeing of our staff, recognising that resilient teams need good work-life balance as well as supportive leadership.
* Access to Wellbeing Coaching, Occupational Health Unit, support for carers, and many other special leave policies.
* A great range of benefits including discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities, a free 12-week exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health, and leisure providers, cycle to work scheme, eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card, and more.
* Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
Want to know more?
If you have experience working in a care setting, have provided informal care and support to family or friends, and understand that a person is at the centre of the care and support being delivered, along with a willingness to learn and develop your skills, we would love to hear from you.
For further information about the post, please contact Ellen Cottam at 01924 302680 or email ecottam@wakefield.gov.uk.
Safeguarding: Wakefield Council is committed to ensuring children and vulnerable adults are fully supported and safe. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility.
DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service): The successful applicant will be required to complete a Disclosure Application Form and provide criminal conviction information.
Fluency Duty: This post is subject to the Fluency Duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016. The post-holder is required to demonstrate an appropriate level of fluency as detailed within the job specification for the post.
Probation: In line with the Council’s Probation Procedure, certain positions may be subject to a six-month probationary period. This requirement does not apply to internal vacancies.
Diversity: We encourage applications from everyone and actively seek to ensure that all feel included in the workplace so that we can make the most of our differences.
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