As a Support Worker, your role will involve helping service users to live as independently as possible. The life of a Learning Disability Support Worker includes supporting service users with personal care, day trips out, playing games, sensory experiences and even watching the odd movie!
Responsibilities
* Supporting with visits to health appointments
* Administrating medication
* Providing emotional support
* Supporting and encouraging engagement in learning opportunities
* High levels of personal care including washing, bathing, dressing and feeding service users - full training provided
* Assisting service users with domestic tasks such as cooking, cleaning and laundry
* Using hoists, wheelchairs and other equipment as required by each service user - full training provided
* Please note that due to the needs of our service users, there are high levels of moving & handling and risk management involved in the role; as such, you will need to be willing and able to undertake these duties.
What we’re looking for / Qualifications
* Our ideal candidate is a team player who is supportive of the needs of others. Service users are at the heart of everything we do, so we would like to hear from you if you are friendly, flexible and willing to provide high standards of personal care and support using a person-centred approach.
* We are looking for individuals who are approachable, patient and keen to develop. Empathy and compassion whilst being able to demonstrate a robust and safe approach to managing risk positively is key in this role.
* Although the role can be challenging at times, the training and support we provide will ensure that you are well equipped and confident to hit the ground running.
* Experience working with people with learning disabilities is desired but not essential, so please don’t let this put you off from applying - we look for personal values that align with NCHA's CLEAR values!
* Be positive and enthusiastic to do your job well while modelling our CLEAR values.
* Be willing and eager to learn and attend all the training required (some of the training is at Head office which is in Clifton).
* Be able to handle sometimes challenging situations and be resilient.
* Have the ability to read, follow and record written instructions and information accurately, and communicate in a clear, friendly and professional manner.
* Be a competent IT user - includes using Microsoft Word, sending emails and updating records in systems (training for our systems will be provided).
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
* A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
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Salary and Benefits
£24,030 - £24,513 per annum pro rata - 36.5 annual leave days (pro rata)
Join NCHA as a Support Worker at our Sutton-in-Ashfield service. We offer full training and great staff benefits, such as holiday buy/sell, discounts on bus passes, maternity/paternity leave, and more.
About the role and organisation
Are you a caring, friendly individual who wants to get into the world of social care with a reputable, values-based organisation? Would you like to make a real difference in the community?
Did you know NCHA was officially ranked as one of the UK's best places to work? This year, we were officially ranked as the 41st UK's Best Workplace by Great Place to Work UK. Take a look at our working life, benefits, and values, to see why 77% of our colleagues say it is a great place to work.
Please note that we are not currently offering visa sponsorships.
The Service
Ashland Road West is a registered care home located in Sutton-in-Ashfield. We provide person-centred care to ten service users with moderate to profound learning disabilities, physical disabilities, communication needs and complex healthcare related requirements. Every day, we do all we can to help our service users be as independent as possible by working together as a team and having their best interests at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to come and join our family of expert colleagues.
"Ashland Road West is a great place to work, and the role is very rewarding" - Current Colleague, We're Nottingham Community Housing Association, known to many as NCHA. We've been around since 1973, and we're really proud of that. We're more than just a housing association: we deliver care and support to people all over the East Midlands. Read our story to find out more about us.
You will ideally be able to work full time 37 hours per week (but no less than 30 hours per week) working 5 days out of 7 on a rotating shift basis. Our home is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, to meet the needs of our wonderful service users. It is essential that you are able to work various shifts on a rota basis including on bank holidays and weekends.
Early - 7am to 3pm; Late - 1.30pm to 9.30pm; Waking nights - 8.45pm to 7.15am - A bonus is also paid for waking night shifts!
Travel
Travelling to Ashland Road West
Due to its location, local candidates or candidates who can drive are highly desirable, as public transport involves a 10-minute walk to the care home from the nearest bus stop during the early hours of the morning (meaning, it is unreliable to use for morning shifts starting at 7.00). Our home is an 18-minute drive from Mansfield city centre.
If you would like to speak to our friendly management team at Ashland Road West about this post please call us on 01623 575799.
NCHA strives to be a welcoming and inclusive employer; we particularly welcome applicants from men, as they are currently under-represented within our Care and Support department.
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