Specialist Behavioural Support Worker Birchall Wood

6 days ago


Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Cohesion for Look Ahead Care, Support and Housing Full time

**Specialist Behavioural Support Worker, Look Ahead Care Support and Housing, Birchall Wood**

£20,717 per annum + 25 days Annual Leave, Pension Schemes + more

**Shift pattern**:
7am - 3pm

2pm - 10pm

We are currently exclusively recruiting **females only **for this position, due to the need of personal care involved for the people in our service.

Looking for a new role where you can make a difference every day? We’re looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Worker to support a client with learning disabilities/autism/complex needs in our service in Hertfordshire.

Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

**Essential**:

- Open and honest about what you can implement
- Driving licence and a willingness to drive as part of support duties.

**Desirable**:

- Experience of facilitating creative activities for vulnerable adults
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with customers with Autism/Challenging Behaviour/learning disabilities

**Job Overview**:
The Welwyn Supported Living Service will be a new home for one customer with learning disabilities and Autism, and we are looking to build a staff team with an excellent value base to support the customer to build their new life and develop their skills as an independent person.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Supporting the customer to undertake a full timetable of preferred activities including art, visiting galleries, attending community groups, visiting local amenities, and introducing them to new activities to expand their horizons and networks.
- Developing the customer’s independent living skills and involving them in all aspects of maintaining and developing their home, including cooking, shopping, cleaning and decorating.
- Enabling the customer to keep up with the important people in their life and to meet new people with shared interests.
- Supporting the customer to communicate their wants and needs and communicating with them in a person-centred way.
- Supporting the customer to manage their anxieties and frustrations, using Positive Behaviour Support and Autism-specific approaches.

**Person Specification**:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour

**This post is restricted to female applicants pursuant to Section 9s of the Equality Act 2010.**

**This position is advertised in accordance with para 1, Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.**
- We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date. _
- This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._

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

**Salary**: £20,717.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Welwyn Garden City: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: REQ004501



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