Senior Support Worker - Stechford
at ASPIRATIONS CARE LTD
Birmingham B33, England, United Kingdom -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 13 Jul, 2024 | GBP 14 Hourly | 14 Apr, 2024 | 3 year(s) or above | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
Responsibilities:
THE PURPOSE OF YOUR ROLE IS TO GIVE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS OF SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE LEARNING DISABILITIES, IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR DAILY LIVES. YOU WILL HELP US ENSURE YOUR SERVICE IS: WELL LED, SAFE, CARING, EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE.
As a Senior Support Worker, flexibility is important for both you and for the service. We provide 24/7 support to some people, so you will need to have flexibility to work shifts on a rota basis, including weekends and Bank Holidays.
You will need good IT skills and experience of maintaining records to be a success in this role.
You also need to have or be willing to work towards a Diploma in Health & Social Care Level 3 (or equivalent).
But above all, if you have the passion for delivering high quality care and want to make a difference by enabling people to live a more fulfilling and independent life - then this is the role for you!
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Develop a culture that is responsive, inclusive, and person-centred.
- Ensure that you and support staff offer the highest standards of care and support to each person in our care.
- Ensure that all documentation that relates to a person’s needs and choices, is current, comprehensive, represents the views of the person/family and is used on a day-to-day basis to inform practice.
- Ensure that you and the staff team assist and encourage people to have a life like any other by becoming part of their community, have work and education opportunities, develop and maintain relationships, explore leisure options and are supported to express themselves in the way they choose, culturally, spiritually, sexually etc.
- Ensure that you and the staff team complete and record risk assessments around finances and other aspects of peoples’ lives as needed.
- Promote health, safety and well-being of the people we support whilst respecting people’s personal choice and empowering positive risk taking.
- Promote Person Centred Active Support to achieve maximum independence for each person.
- Develop a culture of collaborative working to benefit the people we support.
- Make full use of IT systems and support and teach staff to maximise the use of these in their job.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Being part of the community is important to people you, therefore you may need to be able to drive.
- You and your team/s are also required to work flexibly to respond to the needs and wishes of the people you support, complete on-calls, be away from home etc.
- Safeguarding - Protect the people being supported from Abuse/Poor Practice by undertaking Safeguarding Adults Training so you understand how, when and who to report concerns to. It is the nature of the work that responsibilities are in many circumstances unpredictable and varied. All employees are therefore expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises in order that tasks which are not specifically covered in their job description are covered.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:3.0Max:8.0 year(s)
Hospital/Health Care
Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D
Health Care
Diploma
Proficient
1
Birmingham B33, United Kingdom