60 per hour + enhancements l Casual Hours per week l Great Harwood, Meadowfold
The Adult Services Health & Wellbeing Directorate's Adult Disability Service provides a wide range of flexible support services across all the districts of Lancashire to adults who have disabilities. We are a well-established provider business with a workforce of around 1,400 staff and our vision is to support adults who have a disability to live the lives they want. We currently support around 1,300 people. We aim to achieve this by offering high quality, personalised services that promote independence and opportunities for people to develop and learn. The services range from bespoke individual support at home, through to short breaks in contemporary modern accommodation and active day time pursuits for social, leisure, centre based activities and education as well as supported employment opportunities.
Our services include those registered with the Care Quality Commission and we are an LCC Preferred Provider so that people choosing to access our service can expect a high level of quality. In delivering a quality service to our customers we invest in our workforce by offering both induction and specialist training alongside supervision and teamwork, this enables staff to support individuals effectively.
We have ongoing opportunities for people interested in supporting adults who have a disability and who share the values and aspirations through which we deliver our services. These opportunities are offered on a casual basis for a whole range of hours and you can either apply to work in a variety of work locations or just in one preferred service.
You would need to be able to communicate with a range of people including people with disabilities, their family members, other staff and professionals and with people in the local community. The role of a support worker includes supporting individuals with all aspects of their personal plan which can include personal care, maintaining health, enabling people to take part in a wide range of social and leisure activities in the local community and supporting people to live in their own homes, including overnight support.
The Services we deliver;
Offering individuals short breaks within a residential setting, which range from one night up to two weeks. You would be working a range of shifts over a 7 day/24 hour period supporting individuals within the accommodation with a range of household tasks and assisting individuals with their personal care. You would also be involved in supporting people to enjoy leisure and social activities in the local community during their stay.
The nature of casual work means that staff are not guaranteed regular hours and they must take a break from working at least every 6 weeks. Compensation for holiday pay is included in the hourly rate.
Initial Enquiries via the managers listed below, followed up by submitting an application form which can be found on the Lancashire County Council website or call Jayne Driver or Sharon Kennedy on 01254 220600
If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.