We're looking for 2 kind, compassionate and resilient Support Workers to join our Learning Disabilities service in Tower Hamlets.
£27,352.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
As a Support Worker, you will be expected to undertake duties and work as part of the staff team to support customers with daily support to achieve personal goals by using a person-centred approach. Work within a team to communicate, meet the service and Look Ahead objectives and responsibilities whilst working flexibly to respond to the needs of the customers.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.
1. Work proactively with the team to handle the service caseload and support an effective team approach to meeting each customer's identified needs.
2. Contribute to a positive service environment, ensuring the service is supportive and a place of safety and stability for customers. This includes working flexibly and proactively in delivering, reviewing and arranging effective support for emerging needs and risks in order to prevent escalating concerns.
3. Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are always adhered to, to ensure the safety of the customers, colleagues, visitors, contractors and premises including responding to maintenance, fire and health and safety issues.
4. The ability to follow Infection Control guidelines and use initiatives to manage it. For example, following a thorough cleaning rota and completing all relevant checks such as living standards checks.
5. Champion a positive local culture within the service.
6. Support customers to undertake domestic tasks, including practical assistance to ensure a high-quality living environment that promotes customers' dignity, respect and allows customers to feel safe and welcome in their own home.
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.
About you:
* Good values and interactive personality.
* Trustworthy, professional, able to work in partnership and willing to achieve outstanding outcomes.
* Capable of working as part of a group or team and able to use own initiatives.
* Able and willing to listen to others and share own ideas and knowledge.
* Fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement.
* Respectful, articulate, and sensitive in style of communication.
What you'll bring:
Essential:
* Has good values, professional and willing to learn to gain experience.
* Demonstrable willingness and/or experience of supporting adults with Learning Disabilities.
Desirable:
* NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent or willing to complete the qualification.
* Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications.
* Local and/or familiar with the borough.
* Has relevant sector work experience.
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation, we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
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