SUPPORT WORKER (WEST DAY SERVICES) - CMB1934E

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To provide individual support and care to people who have a learning disability, physical disability and / or mental health problems in a day service / community setting.
Promoting service user emotional and physical well-being and to encourage the development of individual potential, based on the identified individual needs of the user.

DUTIES:

• Care Programme To be actively involved in the process of care programme development and coordinate as appropriate personal information to ensure that a programme of care meets the individual needs of the user.
• Personal Care To provide personal care as required by individual service users within the context of everyone care programme and ensure personal care needs are met with dignity and respect.
• Link Worker Under direction and with the support of the senior support worker act as link worker to service users to enable the implementation of a programme of care and support and where possible encourage users to a greater achievement and independence.
• Records and Administration Maintenance of accurate and meaningful service user records as required by the manager, regarding the care and development of service users.
• Activities Under guidance, assist and promote personal development through enabling service users to access a variety of activities that are appropriate to meet individual needs of the user both within the day service and wider community.
  If you’re friendly, compassionate and want to make a difference to people’s lives’, we would love to speak with you!

We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicants as long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

• Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
• Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
• Armed forces veterans whose last long term substantive employer was the armed force