Specialist Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Hampshire, United Kingdom Advance Full time

Position: Specialist Support Worker

Location: Gosport, Hampshire

Hours: up to 37.5 contracted hours per week (Mon-Sun, including weekends, days, evenings, holidays and sleep in's)

Salary: £28,527.10 per annum

Job ref: 4291

We regret to inform you that Advance is unable to accept any sponsorship requirements.


About the Role:

Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day?

We are seeking highly motivated Specialist Support Worker to work in Gosport, Hampshire with the Support Manager and team to support our customers in deliver 24 hours registered supported living service. This service has 4 adults who have Learning disabilities and mental health and very complex behaviours.

Are you caring, fun and up for a challenge? Are you looking for a career where you get to make a difference to people’s lives? Do you love the idea of no two days being the same? If so, we want to hear from you.

Advance will provide all the training and support you will need for this role.

Day to Day Activities:

  • Assisting with personal care and hygiene (if required)
  • Medication administration (if required)
  • Support with preparing and cooking meals
  • Support with attending medical appointments
  • Support with social activities
  • Support with independent skills
  • Support with domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry
  • Keeping accurate records and updating care plans as required
  • Keeping up to date with your training

Advance is a great place to progress too; many of our Support Workers have gone on to be managers, and some have moved into roles in other areas of our business. Once you’re with us, there are genuine opportunities to learn, develop and build a long and rewarding career. Equally, there is the chance to work flexibly, fitting your role around your other life commitments.

About the candidate:

Your values, your passion and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities is what we are looking for

If you think a Specialist Support Worker role sounds right for you, you will need to be:

  • Able to support with customer’s evolving support needs and create personalised support plans using specialist knowledge and experience
  • Able to deliver care and support in line with co-produced plans, and establishing meaningful relationships with our customers, and their circle of support to truly understand their needs, and ensure they feel engaged, involved, and fulfilled
  • Able to work with customers who present behaviours of concern that require intensive support planning and risk management to ensure the safety of the customer and others
  • Able to take the lead on monitoring and evaluating the health and behaviour needs of the customers
  • Able to act as a role model and mentor to colleagues, by demonstrating excellent levels of practice and ensuring specialist care and support is tailored to the customers we support
  • Able to identify, escalate, and contribute to the management of any risks that could affect customer service or safety, or the effectiveness, efficiency and compliance of an individual's activities, to ensure that the best interests of the customers we support are always maintained
  • Need to be literate and numerate in English
  • Willingness and ability to achieve the Adult Care Worker Level 3 or equivalent
  • Minimum of 1-year strong experience in Learning Disabilities, Autism & Mental Health Services
  • Able to work well as a team

For more information about the role please contact, Rachael Targett Email rachael.targett@advanceuk.org, between Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm


About the organisation:

Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives; providing the best quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and know their voices are heard.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry-recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.

All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.

Benefits of working for Advance:

We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

  • Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
  • Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
  • Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours)
  • Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
  • Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
  • Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
  • Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  • Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
  • Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
  • Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.

We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.

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