Shift Coordinator

**About The Job**

**Salary**: £23,194 to £24,496 per annum (pro rata for part time) £12.02 to £12.70 per hour
**Working Pattern**: Part-time (22.5 hours per week)
**Contract Length**:Permanent
**Location**: New Tyne, Worthing

**About New Tyne**: New Tyne Resource Centre supports people with Dementia in the Worthing area and provides 14 permanent and 5 short break placements. People referred to our care are assessed as eligible through Adult Services.

Do you want to help us to maintain a nurturing, positive and safe living environment? Can you listen to people and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity?

We are looking for a passionate and highly motivated Shift Coordinator

**As a Shift Coordinator, you will**:

- Work as part of a strong and supportive team providing outcome-based care which enables people to maintain or improve their skills of daily living.
- Has a basic understanding of the needs of the people you will be supporting and their rights as an individual.
- Have a good working knowledge of safeguarding and managing risks.
- Can demonstrate a basic understanding of people with learning disabilities, people with dementia and other cognitive impairments.
- Can raise concerns in relation to individuals through recognising verbal, physical or behavioural changes and signs.
- Empower and encourage the people we support to be independent and engage with the community around them.

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

**Experience and Skills**

**Key Skills**:
- Sound communication and interpersonal skills in order to provide clear and concise advice and specialist guidance and create effective working relationships by ensuring the views of the individual are heard and their needs met.
- Ability to work with vulnerable adults, families, and colleagues from other agencies.
- Ability to lead a team, completing shared tasks in order to deliver a service.
- Developed literacy and numeracy skills in order to monitor progress and document activities in care plans.
- Ability to organise/prioritise work and co-ordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines which minimise the disruption to the business.
- Ability to maintain sympathetic and understanding attitude whilst dealing with challenging behaviour.
**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- NVQ 2 or 3 in Care, or working towards level 3 / Diploma / Apprenticeship, or equivalent qualification.
- Training in different forms of communication, for example Makaton, SCIP, etc, as well as training in autism, dementia care, epilepsy, medication, positive behaviours support, end of life and assistive technology.
- Demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable adults, preferably in a residential setting.
- Experience of creating assessments and plans for individual customers.
- Experience of working with adults with disabilities.
- Experience of working within a team, in order to deliver a high level of customer service and achieve set targets.
- Good understanding of the needs of the group of people that live there, including knowledge of disability issues and the needs of older people.

**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 rewardedfor 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
- A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers with the opportunity to save over £1,000 (Including: Argos, Samsung, ASOS, B&Q and many more)
- Car benefit scheme
- A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives

**Further Information**

**How to apply**:
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