Support Worker Complex Care

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JOB TITLE**:Support Worker

**ACCOUNTABLE TO**:Supported Living Manager

**KEY PURPOSE OF ROLE**:
**To work as part of a team to consistently deliver person centred services for people with a learning disability, taking responsibility for supporting them with the development of individual plans and in positive risk taking, developing individuals’ skills and actively participating within their home and community.
**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Person Centred Support Planning**:

- Work with the person you are allocated to, to identify, set and review goals.
- Write skill development and opportunity plans.
- Support people to take risks and develop plans that help the person manage risk(s) and promote independence.
- Liaise with family, advocates and professionals.
- Develop communication strategies to help people make decisions.
- Review support plans and measure progress.
- Support individuals in line with plans in place.

**Family and Friends**:

- Support people to develop (and maintain) personal friendships and relationships.
- Support people to be active family members.

**Finances**:

- Support people to develop budgeting skills.
- Help people to liaise with employers, benefits agency, landlords etc.
- Support people with their finances in line with individual plans.

**Health/Personal Care Needs**:

- Support people to lead healthy lifestyles and promote good health.
- Provide help for people to plan medical appointments and keep detailed and accurate records of health needs.
- Support individuals in taking their medication.
- Support people to meet their personal care needs.

**Occupational**:

- Support people to develop and maintain meaningful daytime occupation e.g. employment, voluntary work, adult education.
- Help people to plan structured daytime opportunities.
- Liaise with class tutors, employment agencies, career advisors and day services managers.
- Support people to take part in occupational and development opportunities.

**Recreational**:

- Support people to utilise their local facilities and move away from segregated activities.
- Support people to develop (and maintain) leisure pursuits and personal hobbies.
- Support individuals in leisure pursuits and access to community based activities.

**Communication**:

- Support people to make decisions.
- Develop opportunities for people to take full responsibility for what goes on in their home.
- Develop communication profiles to improve understanding of individual’s communication methods.
- Support people to actively participate in their home, including their domestic tasks.

**General**:

- To undertake any training and development initiatives identified by the Community Support Manager or Regional Services Manager.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate to the job role.

**Job title**: Support Worker

**Hours**: Full time or Part time

**Salary**: £23,818

**Vacancy Locations**:Oswestry.**

**About the role**

Whether you're new to care or experienced, you'll be making a world of difference when you join us as a Support Worker.

As a support worker, you will treat everyone equally and with the dignity and respect they deserve. You’ll play a vital part in providing support that improves people’s ability to manage daily tasks and enables them to experience independent living and decision-making. We are currently recruiting for full or part-time Support Workers to join our existing teams in **Oswestry.**
**What we need from you?**
- Support people with the same respect you would want for yourself or a member of your family.
- Treat each person as an individual by offering a personalised service.
- Have a zero tolerance of all forms of abuse.
- Enable people to achieve the maximum possible level of independence, choice, and control.
- Listen and support people to express their needs and wants.
- Respect people’s right to privacy.
- Work in partnership with family members and involved supporters.
- Help people to get up, get ready and to get out and about in their community.
- Support people to learn new life skills at home such as things like cooking, cleaning, DIY, and in their community, hobbies and interests, socialising, and shopping.

**Your rewards**
- Full and part time posts, with a full-time basic salary of £23,818
- Flexible zero-hour contracts are available to accommodate personal circumstances.
- Opportunity to maximise your earnings - Earn approximately an additional £3,000 per annum by completing 1 weekly sleep in, £6,000 for 2 sleeps in shifts a week.
- Availability of overtime - e.g., 1 shift a week = an additional £4,000 per year.
- Double-time payment when working on a Bank Holiday, triple time during Christmas Day.
- Joining bonus of £250 along with further £250 bonus payment paid on completion of a successful probation period.
- A generous holiday scheme. Annual leave starting at 22 days, plus Bank Holidays (raising to 26 days).
- Sleep in shifts paid in addition, at £60 per night.
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