Support Worker

1 week ago

Camden, Greater London, United Kingdom AKTON Resourcing Ltd Full time

Support WorkerCamden£20/hrPart time: 20/hrs a weekStart date: ASAPSupport Worker, Disabilities Accommodation ServicesThis supplementary information for the Support Worker- Disabilities Accommodation Services is for guidance and must be used in conjunction with the Job Capsule for Social Care Job Family at Level 2.Role Purpose:

  • To support people with Disabilities to take control of their lives and, making use of the local community, to meet planned goals and outcomes.
  • To provide high quality support to adults with Disabilities, to include physical and emotional support and personal care.
Example outcomes or objectives that this role will deliver:
  • Participate in the care planning, monitoring and review process
  • Promote equality of opportunity, choice, privacy, dignity, rights and independence
  • Support customers to develop and maintain relationships and be attuned to customers' wellbeing needs
  • Participate in organising and leading activities in the community and the service
  • To follow organisational policies and procedures
  • Ensure the safeguarding of vulnerable adults
  • Participate positively in the supervision and appraisal process for performance management
Work Environment:
  • Part of a busy vibrant supported living service, which requires all workers to be flexible to adapt to changing needs and demands of customers
  • Working with people who may need hands-on support in all areas of daily living, including people moving, personal care and administration of medication
  • Some customers may display behaviours which challenge the service
  • Universal precautions required to inhibit spread of infection.
  • The service operates across seven days and will require the postholder to be available to work at any time within this; including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and sleep-in cover.
Technical Knowledge and Experience: Essential:
  • NVQ Level 2
  • Manual handling
  • Safe handling and administering of medication
  • Food and hygine
  • Infection control
  • Epilepsy awareness ( exceptions can be made and knowledge can be shared via induction)
  • Safe guarding Adults awareness
Desirable:
  • NVQ 3 or above
  • Lone working
Dealing with challenging Behaviours
  • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders, using diverse methods and media
  • Ability to plan and support people to access their planned activities, or to devise programmes for people who remain home in the daytime
  • Ability to record information and write concise reports
  • Ability to undertaking moving of people, following training in safe manual handling
Knowledge
  • Demonstrable knowledge of Valuing People Now
  • Principles of Personalisation and Person-Centred Approaches
  • Understanding of the economic position in social care and the drive for efficiency
  • Understanding of epilepsy, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and other long term conditions
Experience* Experience of paid or unpaid work with people with learning disabilities

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