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Mower’s Ark CIC is a specialist Christian Day Service in Northamptonshire for young people with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Sensory Impairments.
We are looking for a compassionate Health Care Support Worker who will work in the Ark area of our service, working with young people with profound learning disabilities and complex health needs.

You will: -

• Provide care in accordance with best practice and legislative requirements, reflecting policies and procedures and agreed standards under the direction of the Management Team
• Always Follow Individual Care & Support plans.
• Support individuals with their personal care and hygiene, which includes using the bathroom, washing, dressing, shaving, and oral hygiene.
• Monitor health and wellbeing, such as taking vital signs and reporting changes.
• Support individuals with their nutritional needs, including feeding and administering fluids including via Gastrostomy Tube.
• · Follow individual SALT guidelines and monitoring for signs of dysphagia
• Support customers to complete their prescribed physiotherapy and/or occupational therapy programmes which includes; use of standing frames, lying wedges, postural positioning aids, walkers and exercise balls when needed.
• Assist customers to access hydrotherapy sessions and providing them with water-based physiotherapy.
• Support customers to take part in health and wellbeing activities including swimming (going in the water), horseriding, sailing, trampolining etc.
• Provide emotional support to customers.
• Support customers to build and maintain meaningful relationships with their peers and others.
• Supporting customers with complex behaviour needs, following Behaviour support guidelines at all times.
• Support individual customers at different times, showing a flexible approach and being able to support people with a wide range of differing needs.
• Support customers to develop their communication by use of PECs/Symbols, eye gaze and switch operated technology.
• Support customers to be involved as possible in every part of their lives so that they can become as full and active members of their community as possible.
• Support and enable customers to develop and maintain skills and personal interests whilst delivering personalised care unique to each individual.
• Maintain and develop skills, undertaking additional training and development as required.
• Maintain records in line with organisational policies and procedures
• Promote the safeguarding and welfare of the customers at all times
• Reflect on your own practice, seeking feedback and looking at improvement, being open to constructive criticism

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From £12.21 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• On-site parking

Experience:

• Care Workers: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 2 (preferred)

Work Location: In perso

Please refer the Job description for details