Support Practitioner

3 days ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Wood Haven Care Full time

Wood Haven Care is seeking an experienced Senior Support Worker to join our team at our semi-independent service. The successful candidate will have a genuine passion to promote independence for our Service User by working with them to develop their life skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to support a young person with complex needs, including learning disabilities and mental health. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years of experience working with young people with complex needs, be qualified to a minimum of QCF Level 4 in Children and Young People or equivalent, and have work experience and knowledge of learning difficulties, complex needs, self-harm, physically challenging behaviors, and mental health.

Main Responsibilities:
  • To safeguard and promote the welfare and health of all Service Users within the Home, including protection from any harm/exploitation.
  • To provide activities, support, and structure for our transitional service users in the home ensuring appropriate levels and standards of supportive care.
  • To be responsible for shift leading, supervising, and providing support and guidance to Support Staff.
  • To manage budgets for the Home and Service Users' allowances.
  • Ensure there is an activity planner and meal planner in place for all young people.
  • Complete and update risk assessments for all activities.
  • Attend LAC review meetings.
  • Liaise with CQC, Ofsted, and other external parties as and when required.
  • Prepare shift plans.
  • To assist with the induction of new staff by providing them with work shadowing opportunities and contribute to staff development by support and monitoring.
  • To deputize in the absence of the deputy manager and/or registered manager.
  • To maintain standards of good practice at all times, establishing purposeful and constructive relationships and appropriate role modeling to assist with the development of their life, activities, education, social skills, and personal skills.
  • To maintain and produce required records and reports as necessary to ensure smooth, efficient running of the home.
  • To participate on a shift basis by rota, demonstrating a level of commitment and flexibility to enable the efficient running of the home.
  • To undertake training and utilize learning within the home.
  • Where applicable, to attend to and contribute to any review, case conference, and planning meeting as necessary.
  • To contribute to good practice standards within the company by identifying and highlighting service shortfalls and planning methods of development to meet such shortfalls.
  • To speak up if there are any concerns that may affect matters in respect to any service user.
  • To undertake supervision and monitoring of practice standards within the staff complement.
  • To help with the general upkeep of the household.
  • Other duties and responsibilities expressed and implied which arise from the nature and character of the post within the company mentioned above.

The salary for this position is from £27,000.00 per year.

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