Learning Disability Support Worker

2 weeks ago


Earls Colne, United Kingdom Service Care Solutions - Healthcare Full time

*HIGH PAY RATES* UP TO £17PH LTD

LEARNING DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER - COLCHESTER PRIVATE SUPPORTED LIVING

Temporary Pay Rate:

- Standard Days: £12ph ltd
- Nights & Saturdays: £14ph ltd
- Sundays: £15ph ltd
- Bank Holidays: £17ph ltd

Hours and length of contract:

- Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
- Initial 3 month contract length, likelihood of extension
- DAYS OR NIGHT CONTRACT- Long Days: 8am-8pm
- Long Nights: 8pm to 8am
- Night shifts may be available
- The manager is looking for the position to be filled ASAP

Daily Duties:
You will work within a private supported living complex which consists of four houses, and a total of 25 men and women over the age of 18 with learning disabilities and complex care needs. As a support worker your role will be to support these individualsto live as independently as possible.

Complex needs can include:

- Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC)
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Downs Syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Speech and Language Difficulties

As a support worker you will provide high quality and compassionate care to the service users, be responsible for their general well-being.

Daily duties include but are not limited to:

- Providing physical, emotional, spiritual and social support to service users
- Working closely with staff and tenants in promoting individual packages of care that reflect the person's chosen lifestyle
- Supporting tenants in leisure, education and employment services inside and outside of the home
- Supporting tenants as much as possible to undertake household chores, including planning and pre-paring meals
- Assisting tenants in maintaining their personal hygiene where necessary
- Support with food shopping, gardening, pottery
- Giving medication as required
- Completing written reports and notes
- Supporting tenants with leisure activities such as: arts and crafts, dancing, music, football, bowling, cinema

Person specification

The applicant must have a clear DBS and have recent and relevant experience and an NVQ in Health and Social Care.

If you are interested in this role then please contact Emma at SCS on or send across your CV directly to



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