Support Worker

The Opportunity, You will work as part of a team based within a residential setting where the key aim is to support people with high levels of dependency or complex needs and enable every person to be engaged in their local community to the best of their ability. For some of the people supported, this could be through a time-limited programme of targeted support to build confidence and help develop skills for independent living.
The purpose of this role is to encourage and stimulate the people we support, through the provision of outcome-based care, that promotes independence, community engagement, enables them to develop and/or maintain daily living skills and to attend to their physical, social, mental and emotional needs, ensuring comfort, safety and wellbeing and having choice and control.
You will maintain a daily caring relationship with the people we support who have mental and physical health needs and may become agitated at times. The role provides personal care to a range of people. This is also an active role and there will be some requirements for moving and handling e.g. assisting people to walk, moving people between a wheelchair and chair using a hoist, etc. There will be a role in administering medication safely, and some key lead areas to support the senior team. There may be a need to work evenings or weekends in order to meet the needs of the service. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.
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Ability to build relationships with people and ensure the views of people are heard and that their needs are met.
Ability to organise/prioritise work, co-ordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines.
Good communication and interpersonal skills in order to provide clear and concise specialist advice and guidance to a range of people.
Good literacy and numeracy skills in order to interpret written material and create written reports.
Ability to undertake any necessary financial requests for the people we support.
Ability to assess situations and recognise the need to report situations to managers.
Qualifications and/or experience:
Minimum of 4 GCSE's including English Language and Maths or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience.
NVQ / Diploma Level 3 in care or equivalent qualification, or willing to undertake an apprenticeship level 3 diploma - Desirable
Relevant knowledge of systems, procedures, policies and legislation appropriate to specialist area e.g. protection of vulnerable adults, health and safety, learning disabilities, residential services etc.
Basic Health and Safety knowledge.
Understanding of manual handling - Desirable
Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.
Previous experience of working in a care setting and with people who have a disability, or vulnerable people - Desirable