Support Worker
Maya Supported Living Limited
Support Worker
£23795
Maya Supported Living Limited, Hounslow
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 15 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: a8250df019844718b3648cd49d47e135
Full Job Description
- Participate in developing and maintaining a safe and positive living environment.
- Supervising meals and supporting various aspects of day-to-day life.
- Encourage service users to participate fully in the opportunities offered by Maya Supported Living.
- To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
- Support people with regards to decision making and lifestyle choices enabling them to take control of their own lives, increasing independence.
- Support the development of person-centred planning, ensuring each individual's plan has meaningful and achievable goals.
- Support service users to access community and leisure activity centre to enable them to live their life as independent as possible.
- Support service users for their health appoinments.
- Support service users for their personal needs to maintain their good health and hygiene.
- Supporting and monitoring health needs, including administrating/assisting medication such as taking tablets, capsules, oral mixtures; buccal midazolam; applying a cream/ointment; and administering inhaled medicines.
- Understand and update service users' care plan to identity their needs and support so that high standard of care to each service users.
- To respect and maintain their dignity at all times and develop positive relationships with members of team, service users and their family.
- Work in partnership with the Day Center staff, college teachers and other professionals to maximise quality of life for individuals.
- Work in line with the company's Adult Protection and Prevention of Abuse Policy and Whistle Blowing Policy to ensure that people are kept safe at all times.
- Ensure risk assessments are actioned as necessary, in line with policies and procedures.
- To be flexible and responsive at all times to meet the changing needs of the service and the service users.
- Participating fully in the working rota, including sleeping-in duties on a regular basis.
- To ensure all records are promptly & accurately completed as required.