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 Ball Tree Croft**:
Ball Tree Croft is a long-established residential care home for people who have learning disabilities situated in Sompting in between Lancing and Worthing. It is home for up to 15 people and also has a ‘short-break service’ for up to 4 people.

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**: £20,444 to £20,852 per annum
**Working Pattern**: Full
- time (37 hours per week)
**Contract Length**:Permanent
**Location**: Ball Tree Croft, Sompting

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

Can you listen to people and treat all with respect, kindness, and dignity?

Ball Tree Croft are looking for a passionate and highly motivated Support Worker to join their team

**As a Support Worker, you will**:

- 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.
- Maintain care plans to ensure the needs of people are met and create and undertake risk assessments.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be solution focused as you contribute to service projects and challenge existing practices.

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**
(These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

**Key Skills**:

- Ability to build relationships with people and ensure the views of people are heard and that their needs are met.
- Ability to organise/prioritise work, co-ordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills in order to provide clear and concise specialist advice and guidance to a range of people.
- Good literacy and numeracy skills in order to interpret written material and create written reports.
- Ability to undertake any necessary financial requests for the people we support.
- Ability to assess situations and recognise the need to report situations to managers.

**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- Minimum of 4 GCSE's including English Language and Maths or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience.
- NVQ / Diploma Level 3 in care or equivalent qualification, or willing to undertake an apprenticeship level 3 diploma - Desirable
- Relevant knowledge of systems, procedures, policies and legislation appropriate to specialist area e.g. protection of vulnerable adults, health and safety, learning disabilities, residential services etc.
- Basic Health and Safety knowledge.
- Understanding of manual handling - Desirable
- Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.

**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
- 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

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 **CAFHE03939 **.

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