Activity Support Worker
6 months ago
**Role Details**
**Job Title**:
Disability Support Worker
**Reports to**:
Senior Management
**Job Overview: (Note - In addition to these functions, employees are required to carry out such duties as may reasonably be required)**
- To work alongside and lead a vibrant and enthusiastic team providing performing arts, wellbeing and community sessions with young adults with disabilities.
- To communicate with families and professionals and work within key worker duties and responsibilities.
- To support and plan sessions to encourage members to live a fulfilled and active life.
- To provide care in accordance with best practice and legislative requirements, reflecting policies and procedures and agreed standards under the direction of the management.
- To support and enable service users to maintain skills and personal interests while delivering person-centred care unique to each individual
- To maintain skills at a current level and undertake such training and development as required, from time-to-time, to maintain and progress knowledge
- To lead the team by setting a good example of senior support
- communicate with parents, carers and other multi-disciplinary parties
**Location**:
The Deco Theatre, but you may be required to work from other locations at the discretion of the company and with appropriate notice.
**Working Hours**:
Monday - Friday 9:00 - 16:00
Extra hours available
**Responsibilities and Duties of the Job**
**Role-specific Duties**:
The Activity Support Worker responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Ensure that service users are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing
- Plan and deliver a variety of activities for students.
- To contribute to the efficient running of the service
- Support service users to maintain their relationships and connections with the local community
- Ensure care plans and other information about how to support service users are followed
- Be responsible for informing management of any changes in the needs of service users
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals they support
**Working with Others**:
- Develop effective working relationships with other employees within the service
- Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users
- If desired by the service user, maintain and develop relationships with their family, friends and other people important in their life
**Leading by Example**:
Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or all) of the items in the following list:
- Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth
- Be a role model for other carers and be an ambassador for the service
- Be professional, polite and reasonable at all times
**Personal and Professional Development**:
- Have a knowledge of, and work within, the Fundamental Standards and Code of Conduct.
- Commit to achieving the relevant qualifications commensurate with the role
- Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management
- Understand and follow all policies and procedures relevant to the role
- Be open to learning opportunities
**Person Specification**
**Specific Requirement for Qualifications**
Good English - written and verbal
**Specific Requirement for Skills**
**Proficient Written Skills**
Maintain all care plans/care records in accordance with the services policy
Provide service users with support/assistance as they accomplish daily tasks, including accessing activities, some personal care duties are required.
Communicate any problems, concerns or changes to service users’ family members as needed
**Communication Skills**
Carers must build a rapport with service users and their families and carers by establishing personal connections and showing an interest in their lives
Carers must be able to communicate effectively with service users
Carers must have the communication skills to inform colleagues, management and professionals about the needs of service users
**Problem-solving Skills**
Carers need to be able to adapt to and address situations quickly
Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and wellbeing, whilst recognising and reporting situations where there might be a need for protection
**Specific Requirement for Skills**
**Disposition/Personal Attributes**
Enthusiastic, proactive, team player, kind, caring, dynamic, confident
**Specific Requirement for Previous Experience**
**Essential**
Previous experience of working in a similar environment
Previous experience of working in a similar role
Experience of working with service users, in particular, those that may have additional support needs
**Specific Requirement**
**Working Together**
- Involve service users, families, external agencies and colleagues
- Speak up when things go wrong
**Respect and Dignity*
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