Support Worker

**About Us**
West Sussex County Council delivers services to meet the needs of people, both now and in the future, ensuring that the service is flexible, responsive and sees people for who they are, as well as what they can and wish to do.

We endeavour to balance the individuality, needs, wishes and rights of each and every person, with our duty to adhere to all of the relevant legislation, organisational policies and procedures.

**About Hammonds**:
Hammonds is a residential care home providing personal care to 16 people who live with a learning disability and/or other health conditions. The service can support up to 20 people.

Hammonds accommodates 16 people across three separate buildings, each of which has separate adapted facilities. One of the buildings had four rooms catered for people who stay at the home for short breaks on a respite basis.

The principles and values of our offer is to provide high quality care and support, ensuring people who have learning disabilities and autism who supported by the team at Hammonds live a full life where they are at the centre of having choice and control over their everyday lives.

Why not have a look at our dedicated **Careers in adults’ residential services, day opportunities and shared lives webpage** to learn more about the difference you can make

**About The Job** Salary**: £18,887 to £19, 264 per annum
**Working Pattern**: Part-time (roles available from 16 to 26 hours per week)
**Contract Length**:Permanent
**Location**: Hammonds, Bognor Regis
**Interview Date**:TBC

Do you want to support people to grow in confidence and a desire to develop their ability to do the things they want to?

Hammonds are looking for passionate and highly motivated Support Workers to join their team

**We are looking for a Support Worker who**:

- Provide active support and enable people in all aspects of their personal and physical care.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of people with learning disabilities, people with dementia and other cognitive impairments.
- Have a good working knowledge of safeguarding and managing risks.
- Listen to people and treat all with respect, kindness, and dignity.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, please take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Support Worker here at Hammonds

**Experience and Skills** Key Skills**:

- Ability to interpret information, such as service complaints, and then redirect them to the appropriate person to provide quick and accurate resolution.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills in order to provide clear and concise advice and guidance to a range of people.
- Ability to deal appropriately with expressive behaviour from the people we support, and respond sensitively to their families and carers.
- Ability to build relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds
- Ability to work as part of a team completing shared tasks in order to deliver a service to others.

**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- Basic literacy and numeracy skills in order to record and document activities in the provider plans.
- Basic understanding of the needs of the customer and their rights as an
individual.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety practice, First Aid and Fire procedure, Manual Handling - Desirable
- NVQ 2/Diploma in Care or equivalent qualification - Desirable
- Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.
- Previous experience of working in a care setting and with people who have a disability or vulnerable customers - Desirable
- Previous experience of running group activities - Desirable

**Rewards and Benefits**
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

- 24 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
- A range of flexible working options
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our **Rewards and Benefits** page.

**Further Information**
The reference number for this role is **CAFHE03742.**

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Caroline Badger

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list