Supoprt Workers Full and Part Time

7 months ago


Torquay, United Kingdom Summerland Support Full time

**Job description**

**Job Title**: Support Worker

**Person Specification**

**Essential**
- Willingness to undertake training
- Enhanced DBS
- Able to work flexibly over a 24/7 rota which may include undertaking sleep shifts

**Desirable**
- NVQ level 2 or above in Health and social care

**Accountable to**: Service Manager

**Responsibilities**:

- Report all necessary information to the responsible person on duty
- Provide support, advocacy and information to the individuals we support.
- Provide emotional and practical support to service users.
- Help service users meet their personal care needs sensitively and appropriately to a high standard, including personal hygiene, assistance with laundry, and preparing meals and drinks.
- Supporting service users to take any prescribed medicine, complying with all medicine policies, including storage, administering and record keeping.
- Support and order any medication to monitor blood glucose levels and support with insulin administration as required
- Enable service users to achieve independence as far as possible in all areas of their life by providing appropriate information, opportunity, training and support.
- Help service users to identify and choose their support needs.
- Support service users with budgeting and financial management including paying bills
- Support social skills while in the community
- Help and encourage with household chores
- Help with shopping
- Support with house meetings
- Support service users with health issues and medical appointments
- Assist in devising, implementing and reviewing support plans.
- Create opportunities for social and leisure activities with service users
- Encourage and support service users to develop skills and enjoy new experiences (at home, in the garden, or in the community)
- Introduce service users to a range of facilities and amenities in the local neighbourhood and wider community.
- Ensure that each individual is supported as far as possible to exercise their rights in the following areas: Privacy, choice, participation in decision making affecting their lives, expression of their own cultural identity, entitlement to service, feedback on the service they receive and the right to complain, protection of their property, maintaining links with family and friends.
- Maintain contact with a wide range of outside professionals, e.g. general practitioners, dentists, and therapists etc.
- Liaise with Day Service providers.
- Assist in writing, receiving and updating of individual care plans in conjunction with the Service Manager. Assist and participate in the wide range of administrative tasks necessary for the smooth running of the house/service.
- Follow all of the company's financial procedures.
- Participate in regular supervision to: receive support, increase knowledge, identify training needs, evaluate work performance, aid and assess professional development.
- Participate in an annual appraisal co-ordinated by your line manager.
- Attend staff development programmes, training courses, seminars and workshops as required.
- Follow the policies and procedures
- Maintain confidentiality about service users, staff and the Company as a whole.
- Promote equality of opportunity and a respect for diversity.
- Liaise and coordinate with other team members to provide a cohesive, high quality service.
- Participate in and contribute to team meetings.
- Share with other team members previous experience, skills and knowledge, which may be relevant to the team in providing its service.
- Be supportive, respectful and empathic to service users, colleagues and visitors.
- Help cover the work of the team, during absence, vacancies
- Familiarise and comply with Health and Safety requirements and regulations.
- Undertake any duties consistent with the overall purpose of the post as directed by the Service Manager.

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

**Salary**: £10.90 per hour

Expected hours: 20 - 30 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person



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