ABOUT CAMPHILL VILLAGE TRUST

Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. Now in our 70th year, our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.
We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.
We continue to support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges to live their best, independent lives. By applying our core values to modern social care, we ensure that our provision remains relevant to supported people and social care commissioners today.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• At least three years previous experience of working within a care or support setting, ideally with adults with learning disabilities, with at least one year at a more senior level.
• Previous experience of working in anthroposophical organisations providing social care is desirable but not essential.
• Working knowledge of person-centred support and care planning, needs and risk assessment, safeguarding, first line supervision, health and safety, and equalities and human rights essential.
• Being supportive of our values and philosophy and our approach to building community is desirable for this role.
• Driving license is desirable but not essential.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Reasonable general education (evidence of numeracy and literacy).
• Minimum Level 3 Diploma, preferred Level 5 in Health and Social care, or equivalent.
  We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
  Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.
  Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
  Pay: £25,000.00-£28,509.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• What is your current Right to Work status and when does this expire?
• Do you have a full, valid, UK driving license with access to your own vehicle?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In perso

PURPOSE:

Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support?
You will ensure that all needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments are kept up to date. There will also be direct engagement and liaison with social workers, family members and key workers as required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and organise the delivery of support and care by your team, ensuring that there are up-to-date person-centred needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments in place that are regularly reviewed; incidents, complaints, accidents and near-misses are appropriately recorded, and there are adequate records and rotas in place to evidence the provision of support and care in accordance with contractual and regulatory expectations.
• Ensure tenants receive support and care in accordance with their person centred needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments to foster their wellbeing and development and fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control by, for example:
• Encouraging and supporting the tenants to maintain a clean, tidy and welcoming living environment.
• Supporting tenants to use appropriate laundry equipment enabling them to do their laundry and look after their clothing so they have suitable and clean clothing to wear.
• Planning, shopping and preparing healthy and wholesome meals alongside the tenants, taking into account their choices and wishes.
• Supporting tenants to maintain health and well-being by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments.
• Supporting and encouraging tenants to maintain an active and supportive social life taking into account individual choices and wishes.
• Accessing training, work and support.
• Ensure tenants receive their housing related support by enabling tenants to look after their finances (developing appropriate budgeting and financial training including support to access benefits and maintain them and assist them to understand and maintain their tenancy) and assisting tenants to access services from the landlord including to access maintenance services and reporting non-functioning safety and security measures.
• Assist with (where the appropriate registration is in place) or arrange for tenants’ personal care where required (eg. bathing, hair washing etc).
• Liaise professionally with tenants’ parents, social workers and others to make sure that the network of support around each tenant is functioning effectively.
• Support, supervise and direct Support Workers to provide a high quality of support and care, making sure they complete their induction, and this is recorded, have individual learning plans that are regularly reviewed and updated, are supervised regularly and supervision records kept, and conduct and record their annual review.
• Work within the organisations’ policies and procedures and actively promote the equality, diversity and the human rights of tenants.
• Undertake such other tasks as required by the Care & Support Manager to help develop and maintain the high quality of service required.
• Undertake training and continuous professional development.
• Undertake personal and professional development to develop an understanding of our philosophy and values and how these inform and guide practice in the key responsibilities of the role.
• Supervise the activity of any staff or contractors working in or around the properties (eg. cleaners, maintenance men, gardeners, cooks etc).
• Supervise any Guest or Local Volunteers ensuring they are able to make a meaningful contribution appropriate for their level of understanding and qualifications.