Support Worker

**_Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the People We Support?_**
- We _have an opening for you to join us as a Support Worker within the Care and Support Team. The purpose of the role is to provide autonomous assistance to the people we support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion, and control.

You will be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person centred outcomes and delivered within budget.

You will ensure that all needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments are kept up to date. There will also be direct engagement and liaison with social workers, family members and key workers as required.

**Main responsibilities**:
As a Support Worker your duties will include:

- Encourage the people we support to maintain a clean, tidy, and welcoming living environment.
- Support to use appropriate laundry equipment so they can be enabled to do their laundry and clothing.
- Plan, shop and prepare healthy and wholesome meals alongside the people we support considering their health, choices and wishes.
- Encourage the people we support to be healthy by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments.
- Enable the people we support to look after their finances by supporting them individually to budget, monitor their finances and access benefits.
- Support and encourage tenants to maintain an active and supportive social life considering individual choices and wishes.

**Knowledge & Experience**:

- You will preferably have experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, and distressed behaviours/emotions. However, this is not essential as training will be given.
- You’ll have a general education, good numeracy, and literacy skills to be able to complete official documentation to a professional standard.
- Driving License is desirable but not essential.

**Key Competencies**:

- We like people who really care about others and treat everyone with respect and dignity. If you enjoy supporting people by following their protocols and plans to have a fulfilled and happy life, then this is the job for you.
- If you are looking for that ideal role where you can support the individual needs of the people we support, you’ll enjoy taking people out to enjoy the activities they love and help them lead a fulfilling life.
- You’ll have a supportive and encouraging natural approach.
- A sense of humour and positive attitude really helps, we don’t expect our colleagues to be stand-up comedians, but we do enjoy having fun.
- Someone who is interested in working over several different locations providing different support in different services such as community support, residential care and supporting to assist in overseeing day opportunity activities at our social care farm.
- You’ll enjoy walks around the outdoors with the people we support.

**Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.**
- Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check._

Established in 1954, Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. In our 70th year we honour our past, provide for the present and will lead the future.

Our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.

We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.

**Phone**:03316 308282