Job Title: Female Support Worker
Location: Newbury, RG14
Salary: £11.90-12.00
We are recruiting on behalf of Creative Support for a Female Support Worker in Newbury, they are a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. They are currently looking to add a Female Support Worker to their team.
Roles and Responsibilities
To provide individualised person-centred support to people with learning disabilities living in their own homes; to enable them to enjoy a fulfilling and valued life, to participate in the community and to develop their abilities as fully as possible.
Main Responsibilities/Duties:
- To develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users.
- To promote the self-esteem, happiness and emotional health of service users.
- To respect the client’s right to privacy and to ensure that their dignity is maintained at all times.
- To encourage and support service users in expressing their needs, views and concerns.
- To enable service users to make choices and decisions and to participate as fully as possible in planning and decision-making processes.
- To respect and promote the rights and entitlements of people with learning disabilities, and to enable them to participate as fully as possible in their communities.
- To support service users in maintaining the safety, security and comfort of their homes.
- To support service users in understanding and adhering to the terms and conditions of their tenancy agreement and in enjoying the rights and responsibilities of being a tenant.
- To be responsive to the individual needs of service users within the framework of their Person
- Centred Plans and to respond flexibly to changing needs.
- To enable service users to become as independent as possible and to grow in confidence, competence and personal effectiveness in the following areas:
- Social skills/relationships
Daily living skills Using community resources and facilities Social, leisure and work activities
Self-organisation and coping abilities
Personal safety
- To achieve this through the provision of practical assistance, support, therapeutic recreation and education sessions, teaching, advice, role modelling, encouragement and positive feedback.
- To support people who express their frustrations and needs through challenging behaviour by using appropriate strategies and intervention frameworks as specified by the Person Centred Plan.
- To work within agreed management protocols and guidelines for individuals with complex needs.
- To ensure that service users receive all necessary advice, care and regular health checks to ensure their physical health and well-being.
- To promote nutrition, relaxation, exercise and a healthy lifestyle.
Essential Experience
- Ability to demonstrate a warm, person-centred and affirmative approach to people with learning disabilities
- Good verbal communication skills and a sensitive listener
- Ability to engage with service users, to develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships
- Ability to demonstrate basic insight and understanding into the needs of people with learning disabilities
- Written communication skills, sufficient to contribute to a record-keeping system
- Ability to work constructively and co-operatively as part of a team
- Ability to work safely and responsibly without direct supervision in service user’s own homes
- Ability to demonstrate initiative, self-motivation and resourcefulness
- Ability to liaise in a professional manner with other agencies and to work in a positive way with the families and friends of service users
- Understanding of the person centred aims and principles of Creative Support and ability to put these into practice
- Ability to demonstrate respect for difference and diversity
- Ability to provide emotional and practical support to service users
- A non-judgmental, accepting approach to working with people who may be challenging and the ability to cope in a mature way with conflict, distress and challenging behaviours
- Ability to work in a calm, patient and tolerant manner at a pace appropriate to the needs of the individual
- Ability to enable people to enjoy developmental opportunities without being exposed to unacceptable risks
- Ability to support service users with their physical health needs, this may include pushing wheelchairs and using hoists of which a degree of physical fitness will be required Application & Pre-Emps.
- Experience of providing care, support or other services to people with a variety of needs
- Experience of supporting people with learning disabilities
- Life experience and confidence in relating to people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Possession of NVQ or other relevant social care qualification
- Warm, respectful and positive approach when working with service users
- Willingness to work flexible hours according to needs of agency and service users
- Willingness to attend training courses and events
- Willing to accept feedback and guidance and to be accountable to colleagues and managers
- To have a clean driving licence and access to a car
A one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period.
Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 25 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays
Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
Free employee support programme
All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams
Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma
Job Location:Newbury, RG14
Employment Type:Permanent Contract
Salary:£11.90 – £12.00 per hour