The Advanced Skills Worker role is a rewarding position where you can truly make a difference. The role is responsible for effective practice in a residential home environment, providing support and guidance to adults and their families to ensure robust support through excellent adult social care practice. It is essential to create a caring, safe, and secure environment on a day-to-day basis alongside specialist expertise to enhance opportunities and improve outcomes for people.
This role is a senior position within Bridgemarsh Residential service for adults with a learning and physical disability, and you will be working on-site within a shift pattern.
As an experienced and professional practitioner, you will utilize your expertise in care planning and work directly with adults and colleagues to meet individual outcomes. You will also provide day-to-day practice guidance to other residential home staff and will formally supervise other residential workers and assistants as determined by the home’s manager.
About Us
With us, you can achieve more – for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We encourage our teams to share their ideas and experiences. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we’ll empower you to make the most of your experience as an Advanced Skills Worker within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services.
About You
Candidates must have extensive experience within the care setting and have experience as a Team Leader or Senior Staff member. We are seeking people who are committed to enabling individuals with a learning disability and/or autism to live meaningful lives. You will be an experienced and professional practitioner who clearly evidences their support of adults by working collaboratively with them to establish a positive working relationship. You understand that when interventions are based on individuals’ strengths, hopes, and dreams, they will thrive.
This role will involve working a shift pattern, which includes weekends and some public holidays, as well as sleep-in duties.
What We Offer in Return
We’ll support you to be your best, with the resources, training, and development to empower you. With flexible working options and other lifestyle benefits, we’ll enable you to make the most of your life outside work, too.
Why Essex?
Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centers. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career.
Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.
We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.
Essex County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. More information can be found here.
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