Support Worker

5 months ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Gabby Spencer Recruitment Ltd Full time

**Job description**

We are looking for an ambitious, motivated, confident, proactive, and professional individual to occupy the position of a support worker to work with our dedicated team in maintaining quality standards of support and services we are offering to our young people in realising our mission of preparing them toward their independence. You will work either independently or in team with a team leader, supporting young people/person at our placement (house) in developing their daily independent skills.

**Responsibilities**:

- Providing emotional support young people.
- Working in a team and collaboratively with other professionals, such as social workers, to ensure consistency of support and evaluate and address young person’s needs.
- Encouraging young people to attend to their personal hygiene and wellbeing.
- Supporting young people with their daily independent skills such as cooking, budgeting, cleaning, shopping, tidying, community integration and engaging in activities and attending appointments.
- Following young people person-centered support plan.
- Ensuring safety of the young person at placement and in community by risk assessing situation and carrying daily safety checks at placement.
- Supporting our young people to a lead good quality of life and help them make positive life choices.
- Reporting and recording activities and incidents in line with the protocol e.g Mispers, incident report, weekly report, and daily updates.
- Communicate with professionals and young person’s family, updating them about young people where applicable.
- Understanding their communication needs and adapting your communication to each young person/s e.g. sounds, tones, body language.
- Build therapeutic relationship with young people and have confidence to communicate effectively and listen to them with the aim of understanding and meeting their individual needs.

**Person Specification**

Personal qualities is highly important calm, patient, level-headed, kind, caring, compassionate.

**Experience**:
**Skills**

Must have:

- Effective communication skills, ability to listen and pay attention to our young people concerns and provide non-judgemental response.
- Communicate in English both verbally and in writing.
- Teamwork skills
- Computer literacy: use of Microsoft office

**Education**:NVQ level 3 in health and social care, or equivalent qualification, or the ability to achieve this within 12 months. **Other **Clean full driving license is preferred but not essential. Additional advantage car owner
You must be able to work in compliance with legislations and guidelines and in line with the vision, mission, values, policies, and practices of our organisation.

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

**Salary**: £12.80 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Day range:

- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

- Live-in

Shift:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Application question(s):

- Do you relevant training certificate?

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- support work: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Northampton, NN3 6AQ (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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

Pay: £10.07-£11.98 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Day range:

- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

- Live-in

Shift:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

**Education**:

- Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Home care: 1 year (preferred)
- Support Work: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: GSR0001

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