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Match Options are currently recruiting for experienced Care Assistant/Support Worker around Reading and Surrounding Areas – Needed As soon as possible to support new clients... Person Specifications – Hold a current Enhanced DBS Require Care Mandatory care training (should be up to date) PMVA Qualification (prefered) National Insurance Number Eligibility to work in the UK X2 Proof of address Shifts: There is an opportunity to work as many hours as you want whilst still being flexible about what days/nights you work. Benefits of working for Match Options: Excellent Weekly pay – including holiday pay Rates £12.21 - £15 per hour depending when you work Flexible Hours to suit your need Full support from our management team Competitive Rates, paid weekly About Match options – Match Options is an Employment Business and Recruitment agency in the social and Healthcare industry. The company has an extensive branch network in the UK. The motto of the company is to match the Options available in the Social and health Temporary and Permanent employment sector for both the job seeker and the employer. Match Options has an ever growing list of Local and national contracts with prestigious clients like Housing Organisations, NHS, Local authorities, HM Prison Service and Private establishments such as BUPA, Four Seasons Healthcare, Priory Healthcare, Lookahead, Shaw Healthcare, H-One, Royal Mencap, Scope, etc Match Options also complies with the code of practice for DBS. We are also committed to the Code of Good Recruitment Practice, corporate member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and also for NHS Employers. The company’s planned induction programme is managed by Healthcare professional trainers to ensure that staff understand and maintain the company’s high quality service. The follow up training and continuous appraisal scheme guarantees that staffs are updated with the latest techniques and practices that meet the Common Induction Standards (CIS) of skills for care. Salary : £12.21-£15 per hour depending when you work Job Location :Reading and Surrounding Areas We hope to hear from you soon. Job Types: Part-time, Temporary Work Location: In person

Job Purpose To provide high-quality learning, personal and wellbeing support to adults with learning disabilities and additional needs. The post holder will support service users to access education, community activities and life-skills programmes, promoting independence, dignity, inclusion, and positive outcomes in line with the Centre’s ethos, vision, and values. Ethos, Vision, and Values The post holder will: • Demonstrate and promote the Centre’s ethos, vision, and values, • Maintain a strong belief that students can and do achieve, • Respect service users as individual adults with rights, dignity, and autonomy, • Promote equality, diversity, and inclusive practice, • Act as a positive role model at all times Main Duties and Responsibilities Teaching and Learning Support • Engage with service users during lessons and break times, promoting independence and communication, • Follow guidance from the Class Lecturer and Senior Teaching Aide to reinforce learning and support individual targets and destinations, • Prepare learning environments for internal and external activities, ensuring resources are available and cleared appropriately, • Create learning resources under guidance using Microsoft Office 365 and specialist software following training, • Encourage progression towards employment, community participation and independent living, • Promote self-reliance, self-regulation, and increased self-esteem, • Support a wide range of curriculum activities, including community-based learning, swimming, sports, and trampolining., • Promote the use of ICT in learning, including tablets (iPads) and internal systems, • Following training, support the consistent use of hi-tech communication aids and assistive technology, • Record service users progress using written observations, photographs, and videos, contributing to ongoing and end-of-term evaluations, • Support basic skills programmes for individuals and small groups, including in community settings, • Provide physical support where required, including mobility, wheelchair use, personal and intimate care and responding to emergencies Positive Behaviour Support • Support service users with a range of needs, including behaviours of concern, • Understand, implement, and contribute to Personal Support Plans (PSPs), • Collect, record, and share relevant data as requested, • Support participation in meaningful activities by:, • Ensuring at least one activity is always available, • Encouraging participation in essential but less preferred tasks using motivation and rewards, • Introducing new activities to broaden choice, • Supporting skill development for increased independence, • Maintaining a balanced and varied programme of activities Safe, Consistent and Predictable Environments • Use strategies such as visual timetables and social stories, • Support structured routines and informed choices, • Identify and reduce environmental factors that may contribute to challenging behaviour, • Support service users to cope with unfamiliar or challenging environments Nursing, Medical and Personal Care • Support service users’ health and wellbeing by following individual care and medical plans, • Undertake basic first aid and administer PRN medication (e.g., EpiPen) following training, • Provide personal and intimate care with dignity, respect, and sensitivity Therapy and Physical Support • Support manual handling needs in line with individual guidelines, including walking support, wheelchair use and hoists, • Implement individual programmes under guidance from the Integrated Services Team, including:, • Communication guidelines, • Eating and drinking plans (following training and sign-off), • Physiotherapy programmes, • Contribute to multi-disciplinary discussions regarding service users progress and provision Safeguarding, Compliance and Professional Responsibilities • Safeguard and promote the welfare of all service users and report concerns in line with safeguarding procedures, • Follow key documentation including Risk Assessments, Care Plans, PSPs, and Behaviour Support Plans, • Adhere to Health and Safety policies at all times, • Participate in training and professional development, • Promote and follow all Centre policies, including Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and Health & Safety, • Work flexibly, • Undertake other duties of a similar nature as required by the principal