Learning Disabilities Support Worker Sunderland

7 months ago


Sunderland, United Kingdom Sunderland Home Care Associates Full time

Sunderland Home Care Associates 20/20 Ltd is an award-winning employee-owned company with the ethos ‘People Before Profit’. We began in 1994 with a team of 20 people providing support, we now employ nearly 400 staff.

**Benefits of a learning disability support worker.**
- Receive a £500 joining bonus (conditions apply)
- £11.20 per hour.
- Full or part time hours available.
- Free company shares (once you have been with the company for 6 months)
- Bonus scheme (usually summer and Christmas time)
- No experience necessary as all staff will receive a comprehensive induction.
- 5.6 weeks paid holidays.
- Employee referral bonus scheme available.

**Knowledge skills and experience required**:

- Mature, honest, reliable, caring personality with a common-sense approach.
- Previous experience of working with people with learning disabilities would be an advantage.
- Ability to use own initiative and make decisions within remits of the role.
- Ability to respond to situations in the absence of senior staff.
- Ability to communicate appropriately, both verbally and in writing and to respect confidentiality
- Ability to keep accurate financial records
- Commitment to deliver 24hour care/support
- Flexibility to work unsociable hours/sleep ins/night duty (additional pay for sleep ins)
- Ability to motivate oneself and others, working as part of a team
- Basic awareness of health and safety issues, including COSHH, moving and handling, food hygiene, fire prevention
- Able to work toward and achieve the safe handling of medicines certificate
- Knowledge of the protection of vulnerable adults is desirable
- Commitment to work towards and achieve NVQ Level 2 Care (if not already achieved)
- Demonstrate the ability to plan and prioritise own time to meet the needs of service users and follow scheduled and pre planned activities or appointments for the day
- Supporting people with a learning disability to maintain relationships and social networks.
- Encourage individuals we support to make healthy lifestyle choices.
- Ensuring the people we support, do not experience avoidable physical health conditions.
- Follow Intervention plans, including Positive Behaviour Support plans.
- Car driver is desirable with the willingness to drive service user cars

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £11.20 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Shift:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

COVID-19 considerations:
All PPE Supplied

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: LDSun



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