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Introduction This position does not meet
the requirements for sponsorship under current UK immigration
guidelines Do you
have genuine passion for supporting people with Autism and/or
behaviour that challenges to help them work to achieving their
potential in everyday life? If you are
motivated, enthusiastic, a creative thinker and problem solver with
a real desire to support people to make positive choices,
decisions, and take action we would really like to hear from
YOU. At Turning
Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across
England. As a
Support Worker, you will make a real difference to people’s 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. Where will I be
working? You will
be working in one of our Supported Living facilities in
Carlisle. We
endeavour to create positive family relationships offering a good
circle of support. There is a strong focus on supporting
individuals' lives in a person centred way which includes various
activities, shopping, managing own budgets and cooking. We tailor
our services to enable people to be as independent as
possible. 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 Shift Patterns
This
is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential. You will
be working a range of shifts including nights and some
weekends.
Role Responsibility What will I be
doing? This is a
hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will
include: supporting adults with learning
disabilities, autism, communication difficulties and challenging
behaviour supporting people with a person
centred approach providing and assisting people we
support with personal care supporting a full range of daily
activities at home and accessing the community supporting people to be as
independent as possible and have control over their
lives investing
time with people we support, understanding the most effective way
to deliver positive support and improve person’s quality of
life delivering
outcome focused support to improve skills, develop person interests
and increase person independence ensuring accurate recording keeping
and documentation is maintain at required standards to enable
effective reviewing of persons support to develop actions plan to
help improve all aspects of a person’s life
The Ideal Candidate What skills and qualities do I need to
have? You should
have the right attitude and transferable experience of helping
people to manage anxiety. Knowledge of learning disabilities and
complex needs would be beneficial. What is essential is that you
are: passionate, caring and
enthusiastic flexible, patient and
non-judgemental a
great team player with lots of energy able to demonstrate good
communication skills able to complete the physical aspects
of the role such as manual handling where needed
Drivers are desirable but not
essential.
About us As a
leading health and social care provider with more than 300
locations across England, we take real pride in the services we
offer. We run all
of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every
penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in
change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives
of the people we support. What Benefits Will I
Receive? We know
reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to
make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and
celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to
support you in every way we can with our total reward
package. You will
get 29 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of
service up to 31 days. Plus the option to buy additional
holidays and spread the cost. Join our
team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following
the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our
employees. Turning Point
Benefits
We reserve the right to close
this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before
the advertised closing date.
Turning Point
Attached
documents
* Support Worker Role Profile and Job
expectations.pdf
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