Learning Disability Support Worker Apprentice

Job Introduction
As a** Support worker **you’ll join a team who are focused on providing person centred care to adults with a learning disability to live independently in the community.

Be part of a team who continuously achieve greatness. The team is registered with CQC (Good inspection) and are passionate and committed in ensuring good quality care and support is provided to the people we support. Here are just a few fantastic accolades that the team are proud of:

- “Our service has been providing person centred support to its service users for twenty years and we have an established dedicated team”_
- “The team and wider service have worked hard to build a great reputation with other professionals in the wider LD service.”_
- “We have the flexibility of the hours for example shift patterns. We have good annual leave, the service is open, I can discuss my views and we have full support from management”_

Main Responsibilities
Your days will be rewarding and outcome-driven and include providing direct support to adults with a learning disability**.**

Main responsibilities include:

- Support service users in a person centred way with their assessed needs; this could include shopping, cleaning, budgeting, personal care.
- Be a key worker and lead on ensuring support plans and risk assessments are up to date.
- Provide personal care to service users in a sensitive and dignified manner.
- To administer and offer medication in accordance to the HRCG Care Group Medication Policy.

As this is a community role, it is essential that you have a **valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.**

About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Package Description
As an **Apprentice Support Worker**, you will complete a nationally recognised **Level 3 senior healthcare support worker qualification**, with diploma in healthcare awarded through City and Guilds. To support you in successfully completing your programme you’ll be given **monthly learning days with weekly study time to develop your knowledge and skills.**

A **dedicated assessor** who will support you in your journey and help you realise and achieve your career aspirations. A work mentor who works in your department to support you through your apprenticeship and settle you into your new role.

You can find out more about this qualification here Senior Healthcare Support Worker Level 3 - TLE (thelearningenterprise.co.uk)

We also offer the **care certificate** to all our unregistered health care professionals. This is the start of your education and training with us and forms part of a robust induction programme giving you the fundamental evidence-based training to support you in your role with us.

**Along with receiving this professional development opportunity, you will also have access to exclusive reward and benefits including**:

- Salary of **£21,000 and a group pension**:

- **Membership of My Reward Hub**, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- **Access to your wages as you earn them** to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- **Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing** - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- **Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development **through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- **An open, just culture** where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least **£100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year**:

- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the **highest clinical and quality standards**: with **100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission