Support Team Member

**Job description**

Mak Community Care are looking to recruit several Support Team Members to work across all our sites within Berkshire.

The role is to support people within their own homes with day to day living tasks such as cooking, cleaning, attending appointments and accessing the community for various activities.

We are seeking individuals that work in a person-centred way, that are confident, and who can work with minimum supervision.

Must be able to travel effectively to and from work.

Further details shall be provided at interview.

/Part time, hours to be discussed at interview.

**Salary**: £11.50p/h

Waking nights: £10.50p/h

Sleep in shifts set fee: £78.48 per night.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Support Team Member**

Accountable to: Registered Manager / Service Managers

**Summary of Role**

To provide needs led service to adults with a range of disabilities which will include Mental Health, Autism, Learning & Physical Disability by adopting a person-centred approach that fosters self-awareness, personal growth and gives each person the strongest voice with regards to decision making and lifestyle choices.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITES, TASKS & DUTIES**
- To lead on the day-to-day responsibility of individuals as set out in care / support plans, ensuring a person-centred approach and appropriate reporting, and recording.
- To provide hands on support to all people we support as set out in support / care plans.
- To oversee and participate in the delivery of services to the people we support.
- To provide effective leadership as an individual team member through the implementation of Rota’s, planned sessions / activities, hands on support and mentoring in all aspects of support and personal care.
- Be familiar with the administrative records of the service and ensure that all records are kept up to date, accurate and archived.
- To effectively lead by example, motivate and mentor colleagues.
- To ensure that environmental hygiene of all building bases are a priority of all the staff and appropriate cleaning maintenance routines of the building bases take place, before, during and after all sessions.

**Support**

To actively participate in and oversee the delivery of care to the people we support to ensure that their physical, social, intellectual, and emotional needs are met and ensuring dignity, choice, independence, and respect always.

To be responsible with the management team for the preparation, implementation, review, and update of all care/support plans in line with individual personal wishes and preferences involving the person we support, parent, carers and other professionals as appropriate in line with MAK Community Care policies.

To be responsible with the team for continual monitoring of each person we support with health needs by ensuring access to healthcare services and monitoring of health-related care documentation and assessments. To include appropriate liaison with people we support, relatives, carers, manager and relevant staff.

To ensure that people we support are given choice and their independence is respected through appropriate risk management involving all parties and ensuring accurate up to date record keeping.

Encourage people we support to be involved in their service, welcome and encourage people we support participation in activities so that they can participate in meaningful and involving activities and remain emotionally and intellectually stimulated.

Implement, facilitate, and assist team members to produce session plans that ensure new activities and experiences take place at regular intervals or as required to prevent stagnation, while promoting new and exciting ideas.

Support and work closely with people we support, staff members, parents and carers, offering them professional and emotional support, sensitive to individual need.

**Values and Attitudes**
- To effectively lead by example, motivate and mentor team members.
- Appropriately support new team members to the service during their induction.
- Support the team member with identified training needs.
- Support individuals in a non-judgemental way based on the principals of anti
- discriminatory practice.
- To treat individuals with respect and encourage them to express their individuality.
- To be positive and passionate about services and actively looking to improve and develop activities and session so they continue to be meaningful and meet agreed outcomes.

**General duties**
- Understand and observe all relevant regulations and MAK Community Care policies and procedures.
- Be familiar with the administrative records of the service and ensure that all records are kept up to date and archived as appropriate.
- To actively undertake personal care tasks while being aware of dignity and respect for the people we support as necessary to meets individual needs. (This is limited due to the people we support generally been very able in this area).
- To follow appropriate procedures in the event of