Female Complex Care Support Worker
14 days ago
Sydenham
\n\n \n \n Job Introduction\n This position does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under current UK immigration guidelines. \n The role is female only. \n Do you have a caring nature? Are you looking to make a difference to people's lives? Are you looking for a fresh challenge, where full training is provided? Are you flexible with your working hours? Can you see yourself providing care to adults who need your support? \n If you have answered a big YES to these questions we would love to hear from you. \n At Turning Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across England. As a Support Worker, you will make a real difference to residents' lives as you improve their daily living skills. Passionate about people, you will enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress with us. \n Where will I be working? \n Our service is located in Sydenham and is within walkable distance to Leamington Spa. There are eight individuals we support who have profound, multiple Learning Disabilities with additional health issues such as epilepsy & congenital conditions. Some of the people we support have high complex supporting needs, mobility issues and require lots of personal care. As a support worker you will develop communication skills such as knowledge of signing and visual aids as some of the people we support are non-verbal. We endeavour to create positive family relationships offering a good circle of support. It's is a well- regarded service with a community feel and during the summer months we hold lots of events. \n No experience is necessary, staff with or without experience will be given full training to be the best support worker. \n We use a digital social care record system, to support daily recording, which will make your day-to-day tasks easier and allows you to spend more time with the People We Support. \n How do I get there? \n This service is easily accessible by both public transport and by car. If you were to travel by train from Coventry rail station this would take 1 hour, by bus 1 hour 15 minutes and by car this would take 25 minutes depending on traffic. Please note this is coming from Coventry and is just a guideline. \n Shift Patterns \n This is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential. You will be working a range of shifts including early mornings, late evenings, waking nights, sleep-ins and some weekends. \n \n \n \n Role Responsibility\n What will I be doing? \n This is a hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will include: \n\n • promoting the independence of people we support\n, • supporting a full range of daily activities including cleaning and cooking, days out or going away on holiday\n, • arranging activities in the home and in the local community\n, • developing residents' life skills and personal interests\n, • helping residents stay safe and healthy\n, • assisting with personal care needs\n, • manual handling\n, • supporting people with medication \n, • passionate, caring and enthusiastic\n, • flexible, patient and non-judgemental\n, • a great team player with lots of energy\n, • able to demonstrate good communication skills\n \n We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. \n \n \n \n \n Turning Point \n \n \n \n \n Attached documents\n \n • \n \n Support Worker Role Profile and Job expectations.pdf\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Apply \n \n \n