About the job
Salary: £12.45 - £12.65 per hour (plus enhancements)
Enhancements: Weekend working - Time & a half, Bank Holidays - Double time & Night enhancement (8pm - 10pm shifts)
Working Pattern: 16 hours per week (shifts on a 4 week rota)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Tozer House, Chichester
What you need to succeed
To become a Support Worker with us you will be:
1. Passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
2. Empowering people to live the life they choose.
3. Supporting people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
4. A good listener, patient and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
5. Ensure people have opportunity to be involved in/Co-produce every aspect of their care and support.
6. Support people to maintain friendships/relationships important to them and to make new friendships/relationships.
7. Support people to maintain their health.
If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description.
Key Skills: (These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)
8. You are able to interpret information, such as service complaints, and redirect them to the appropriate person to provide quick and accurate resolution.
9. Good communication and interpersonal skills
10. You will show the ability to deal appropriately with expressive behaviour from the people we support, and respond sensitively to their families and carers.
11. Confident in building relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
12. Enjoy working as part of a team completing shared tasks as required.
Qualifications and/ experience:
13. Basic literacy and numeracy skills, in order to record and document activities in the provider plans.
14. Basic understanding of the needs of the people we support and their rights as an individual.
15. Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.
16. Knowledge of Health and Safety practice, First Aid and Fire procedure, Manual Handling - Desirable
17. NVQ 2/Diploma in Care or equivalent qualification - Desirable
18. Previous experience of working in a care setting and with people who have a disability or are vulnerable - Desirable
19. Previous experience of running group activities - Desirable
About Tozer House
The people we support are involved in a range of activities in their local community that keep everyone connected with the neighbourhood.
Activities include:
20. Voluntary work with the Chichester Canal Trust
21. Volunteering at the Cinnamon Trust with dog
22. Taking part in educational talks at Chichester College and the county’s schools
23. Joining the Community Art Project at Pallant House
24. Volunteering at Crimsham Farm
People’s choices are respected in every aspect of their lives, and the recruitment of new staff is an important part of that choice. People’s Panels are arranged at the interview stage to ensure that the people we support help us ensure that the right people join our team.
Reward and Benefits
Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good laugh, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.
25. Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme.
26. Eligible for the Blue Light Card.
27. Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave.
28. Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
29. Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
30. A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.