Enablement Support Worker

3 days ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Focus Birmingham Full time

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This is an exciting time for Focus Birmingham, and we have an ambitious new organisational strategy. We are looking for an** 'Enablement support worker' **to play a pivotal role in supporting people with sight loss to remain independent in their homes, by providing high quality assessments and overseeing support delivered by multi-disciplinary teams.

The **Enablement support worker** will also support service users to build on their existing skills, and develop valuable life skills through delivery of a range of courses. The required approach is strengths-based, individual to each person we support, and will involve working closely with the friends and family of our service users to achieve the best possible outcomes.

**Key responsibilities**
- Conduct home assessments for the people we support in a 1-to-1 capacity, followed by six monthly or twelve monthly reviews.
- Deliver support within community based settings across the city.
- Deliver Life Skills Education Courses and Technology Skills Courses.
- Support our enablement contract with defined KPIs and outcomes, and provide ongoing monitoring and impact reporting.
- Build and manage relationships with external partners and local authority referrals to meet project outcomes and ensure service standards.
- Refer those who require additional support to external partners and the Low Vision team.
- Keep up to date with relevant legislation and best practice.
- Provide and support a comprehensive training program for Enablement volunteer champions and other supporting volunteers. Assist in supervising and promoting development of volunteers, ensuring they work in line with best practice and organisational policies.
- Organised individual, capable of managing a complex and varied workload within a busy environment.
- The ability to motivate and engage with a variety of people in varied settings will be a significant advantage.
- Creative person with a “can do” attitude
- High level of interpersonal skills necessary with an ability to establish and sustain trust.
- A team player passionate about developing services that make lives better.
- A positive, outgoing and confident approach, and well versed in identifying risk, understanding and responding to the differential impact that stigma, inequality and discrimination can have on communities and groups.

**Skills, knowledge and experience**:

- Experience of undertaking assessments and developing support plans in line with identified needs.
- An understanding of person-centered principles, and the ability to implement person-centered practices into the day to day role.
- Experience and the ability to confidently present in group settings.
- An understanding of how to provide quality support to people with sight loss or a disability.
- Experience of leading, managing and supervising volunteers.
- An understanding of a CRM system such as Charity Log.
- Understanding of support services provided by the third sector and other organisations in Birmingham.
- Up-to-date knowledge of legislative frameworks and key issues relevant to the post.
- Level 2/3 in Health & Social care.
- Minimum of 5 GCSES (A*-C/9-4).

**Benefits**:

- 28 days leave per year including bank holidays, plus additional concessionary days.
- Robust pension scheme options
- Life assurance worth 4x annual salary
- Subsidised lunch
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to employee discounts via Blue Light Card

**Interviews to take place W/C 07/10/24.

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