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Job Title: Support Worker
Location: �West Day Services �
Salary: �13.05 per hour
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Purpose of the role
To provide individual support and care to people who have a learning disability, physical disability and / or mental health problems in a day service / community setting.
Promoting service user emotional and physical well-being and to encourage the development of individual potential, based on the identified individual needs of the user.
Duties
- Care Programme To be actively involved in the process of care programme development and coordinate as appropriate personal information to ensure that a programme of care meets the individual needs of the user.
- Personal Care To provide personal care as required by individual service users within the context of everyone care programme and ensure personal care needs are met with dignity and respect.
- Link Worker Under direction and with the support of the senior support worker act as link worker to service users to enable the implementation of a programme of care and support and where possible encourage users to a greater achievement and independence.
- Records and Administration Maintenance of accurate and meaningful service user records as required by the manager, regarding the care and development of service users.
- Activities Under guidance, assist and promote personal development through enabling service users to access a variety of activities that are appropriate to meet individual needs of the user both within the day service and wider community.
If you�re friendly, compassionate and want to make a difference to people�s lives�, we would love to speak with you!
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DBS Checks
This role requires a DBS check. The level of check for this role is - Enhanced DBS Check with a Adults Barred List check.
Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.
Guaranteed Interviews
We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicants�
as long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
- Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
- Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
- Armed forces veterans whose last long term substantive employer was the armed forces
If you meet one or more of the criteria above, and wish to be considered for this scheme, select 'yes' to the appropriate question during your application. Find out more.
Diversity, Inclusion & Adjustments
We�re dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. That�s why we�re a proud Disability Confident Employer and also an Age Friendly Employer � to provide opportunities for everyone to thrive.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know by emailing�
[email protected]. While adjustments aren�t always guaranteed, we�ll always listen and we�ll try our best to accommodate your needs.
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Post Specification
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