We are looking for Community Care Support Workers to join our team providing support to people with learning disabilities and mental health needs at our dual diagnosis service in Sheffield.
You will provide individual person-centred care and support to enable adults with mental health needs or/and a learning disability to live as independently as possible in their own home. You will engage with service users and build trusting, therapeutic relationships. Your role will include visiting service users in their own homes or in other settings and offering support to develop or maintain their daily living skills.
Practical and emotional support will be offered to encourage the service users to remain as independent as possible in areas of personal care, medication concordance, budgeting, bill paying, menu planning and meal preparation, shopping, laundry, attending appointments and finding and accessing activities and services within the local community. You will work closely with family members, other professionals and agencies to provide a co-ordinated personalised service which meets the identified needs of individuals, promotes their recovery and maintains their quality of life.
We are looking to recruit people who enjoy a challenging and rewarding job and who wish to develop through the training packages that we offer. Car driver is essential - you will be paid for contracted hours and not per visit a...