Support Assistant

**Job setting**:Supported Living / The Cedar Foundation

**Location**:Lisburn

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Hours**: 36 Hours Per week / Day and Night Roles available

**Salary**: £10.93 per hour / Additional Hours: £12.14 per hour

**Reports to**: Registered Manager, through Team Leaders and Deputy Manager

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Contact:

Phone: 028 9066 8035

**Lucas Love Healthcare are working alongside The Cedar Foundation to recruit Support Assistants to join their team in Lisburn.**

This site is a Positive Behaviour Support Service (PBS) which consists of 2 dwellings, each for four men. The service offers a person-centred approach for service users who have Learning Disabilities and associated needs.

**_ The Cedar Foundation are _**_currently offering a _**_Welcome Bonus_**_ totalling £1000: The bonus will be £250 on successful completion of 3 months service, a further £250 on successful completion of 6 months service & a further £500 paid on first anniversary_**_._**

**JOB PURPOSE**:
The role of the Support Assistant requires a team approach at all times with effective working relationships for the benefit of the service user.
- To assist service users with activities of daily living and facilitate inclusion of service users in a broad range of activities.
- To support service users with identified personal care and support needs.

Support Assistants are required to work flexibly and be available to work unsociable hours and public holidays on a rotational basis.

**MAIN DUTIES**
- Assist with assessment of service users’ needs.
- Participate in supporting the physical and personal needs of service users
- Establish goals with the service users on an individual basis to maximise their independent living potential.
- Deliver individual programmes of support including social and domestic guidance, personal hygiene and community living skills.
- Participate in monitoring and reviewing individual service user’s skills and needs.
- When applicable, ensure that medication is stored and administered in line with company policy
- Complete daily administration including updating person centred support & care plans, updating proformas and completing accurate daily notes.
- Ensure unusual, complex or difficult situations are addressed and reported, referring to a senior colleague at all times.
- Take responsibility for receiving and receipting all service user monies and monitoring petty cash expenditure as applicable.
- Participate in cleaning as required to ensure agreed standards are maintained.
- Complete night security checks in conjunction with service users and during the span of their working hours.
- To undertake and maintain mandatory training including CPI Safety Intervention.

**ESSENTIAL CRITERIA**:

- 6 month’s experience of providing care/support
- Effective verbal and written communication to include numeracy skills
- Working knowledge of the needs of people with learning disabilities
- Demonstratable understanding and knowledge on behaviours that challenge

**DESIRABLE CRITERIA**:

- Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification.

**WHY APPLY**:

- Annual Leave 5.6 weeks in each leave year pro rata (including of public holidays). This increases with length of service to 6.6 weeks pro rata after 5 years’ service and 7 weeks pro rata after 10 years’ service
- Paid breaks
- Free tea and coffee
- Recognition & Reward scheme available to all staff in the course of their work
- Paid annual NISCC registration fees
- Discounts at over 600 online and high street stores and restaurants
- Investor in People accredited organisation with commitment to development of employees through paid training and learning opportunities, including QCF Level 3
- Enhanced rate of pay for working on bank holidays
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme, 5% employee contribution and 4% employer contribution
- Occupational Sick Pay (2 weeks full pay, 2 weeks half pay after 6 months service)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme including access to 24/7 Doctors support