SHIFT LEAD (CARE) X3, EDWIN HOUSE, PERMANENT, 37HPW, F5-AD1 £23,990 - £25,294
Are you looking for a role in care where you can really make a difference?
Are you an enthusiastic, compassionate and dynamic individual?
Do you have an understanding of wider issues affecting substance misusers e.g. homelessness, Mental Health issues?
Framework Housing Association is the lead provider of drug and alcohol treatment within the City of Nottingham and is offering an exciting opportunity to join a team of staff in this Care Quality commission rated GOOD care setting.
Framework is looking to appoint a Support Worker at Edwin House to provide high standards of care and support and work proactively with service users to enable them to gain some control over their substance use, improve their quality of life and build recovery capital.
Edwin House is a 63-bed facility based in Radford. Of these 63 beds, 15 are used for an in-patient detox and 48 beds provide residential accommodation. The vacancy is in the residential area of this facility and the role involves supporting people who present with a range of complex support and health conditions resultant from historic or current problematic substance misuse.
You must be flexible and able to work on a 24 hour rota. Will include night shifts.
Full time shifts only – 37 hours per week.
Shifts are 7am to 3pm/1pm to 9pm/8.45pm to 7.15am.
you will be trained to administer medication.
Full training given.
Duties & Responsibilities
Delegating tasks and ensuring completion
Clear communication and record keeping
Lead contact person for each shift
Seek management advice where appropriate
Ensure shift is safe and effective
Ensure petty cash is counted each handover
Ensure completed and dissemination of handovers to next shift
Recording relevant information specific to person’s care and support needs.
To ensure that all staff are aware and are working in support of individual service user’s care planned goals.
To liaise appropriately with service users family, carers and significant others, to ensure appropriate support is offered.
To work effectively in partnership with other professionals, key partners, stakeholders and other service providers
To take on and develop a specialist interest role and act as a central point of information and advice on the specialist interest area for the wider staff group.
Why Join Us?
Working for Framework is a great way into social care. We invest in you and encourage career progression – providing a full induction, e-learning and classroom training, management development pathways, fully-funded professional qualifications and more.
Your wellbeing is important to us. We emphasise wellbeing in all our working environments and employ a Wellbeing Practitioner to support our staff.
Employee assistance programme, salary sacrifice schemes.
Stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid sick leave.
32 days holiday including Bank Holidays – increasing with service.
Paid DBS and Update Service.
Loyalty awards and non-contributory life insurance.
Equality and diversity is important to us: we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and cultures and appreciate the variety of experience they provide. We warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities.
What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.
Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.
98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.
Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.
As a Disability Confident employer, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.
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