Community Support Worker DRIVER NEEDED
Kippax, Leeds
Salary: £12.75 per hour with £1 extra on a Bank Holiday and Weekend
Hours: 35 hours per week
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
The Role
We are looking for a community support worker to join our team at one of our communities houses - Butt Hill in Garforth, Leeds.
We will train you to provide personalised support to our adult residents. You will follow individual support plans to meet the needs and aspirations of each person. The focus is developing independent living skills: personal hygiene, meal preparation, exercise, leisure activities, socialising – the daily routine of regular life.
You’ll get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you are supporting do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you’re interested in building a career, we’re here to support you all the way on your own journey.
For an insight in to what the role would entail please watch our video detailing a Day in the Life of one of our Support Workers at Brainkind: Working at Brainkind: A day in the life - Millie

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Previous experience of working within a care/support environment
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Good IT skills
• A full UK driving licence and car is advantageous
• Good time management
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Patience and resilience
• Flexibility and Commitment

MAIN DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Establish and maintain professional working relationships with the service users, contributing to the creation of a homely and pleasant living environment for each service user.
• Participate in the development of service user/s support plans, risk assessments and programmes, complete written records as necessary and in accordance with the guidelines provided.
• Providing care and support for our service users when conducting daily tasks
• Provide personal care as and when required
• Creatively support our service users to reach their full potential, achieve their goals and live their best lives
• Accompany service users in activities and visits as and when required

Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

• All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks