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.
* You will have an understanding of the importance of social inclusion, promoting independence and enabling positive life choices.
* To support people with a learning disability in their own homes and enable them to live as independent a life as possible, following the values and principles contained in “Valuing People”.
* To enable men and women with learning disabilities to have more control over their lives through person-centred approaches, which maximise community inclusion and participation and are responsive to the needs and wishes of the individual.
* To support tenants with their finances, including ensuring that commitments are met and all welfare benefits to which they are entitled including Housing Benefit are claimed.
* To enable and encourage tenants to undertake daily living skills including cooking and other household tasks, taking account of individual choice, cultural backgrounds, and religious beliefs.
* To give practical, personal and emotional support, including intimate personal care, to enable service users to meet their assessed need by maintaining and promoting their health, physical and mental well-being and social development.
* To develop, with tenants, families, and other professionals as appropriate, care plans, support plans and risk assessments 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.
* To be mobile in being able 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 on own.
* Understanding of and ability to demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.
* Ability to work with people with a learning disability to promote independence.
* Be able to maintain confidentiality.
* Previous experience of caring.
* Ability to implement and monitor a high-quality service delivery.
What can I expect?
* 24 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.
* Support and access to good quality induction and training programmes to progress your career to the next level.
* We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise 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.
* Great range of benefits including discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks 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 many more.
* Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
Want to know more?
If you have experience of 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, and you have a willingness to learn and develop your skills, then we would love to hear from you.
For further information about the post please contact Kim Finnerty or Tammy Snowden- Supported Living Service Team on 01924 302680.
To apply please click the Apply Now link below.
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