Adult Support Worker

Fulbridge Social Care; Bedford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulbridge Social Care is hiring enthusiastic adult support and care workers to enhance the lives of service users in various care settings. Candidates will benefit from full support and training opportunities, responsible for helping with daily tasks and maintaining a positive living environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to form professional relationships with service users.
• Ability to read, write clear reports, and communicate effectively.
• Willingness to participate in activities with service users.

Responsibilities

• Build professional relationships with service users.
• Maintain a safe and enjoyable environment.
• Write accurate reports for monitoring purposes.

Skills

Confidence

Patience

Communication

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Job description

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We are hiring adult support and care workers who are enthusiastic, motivated, and care enough to make a difference within the adult social care sector. If you want to work in a unique environment where your efforts will enhance the quality of life for our service users, then we need you. Fulbridge Social Care requires staff teams for numerous shift patterns within care homes, supported living, and semi-secure settings.

We offer full support, training, and the opportunity to gain qualifications in this field.

Please note that you would be required to complete an enhanced DBS check with Fulbridge Social Care and successfully complete one of our induction assessments prior to any placements being offered.

You will be working with individuals who have been placed into the care settings for various reasons, with an array of disorders, behaviors, and needs. Therefore, we seek individuals who have the confidence, patience, and skill set to work successfully with these individuals and make a positive impact on their lives. In this role, you will be part of a team supporting service users throughout the day with basic tasks such as meal preparation, personal care, cleaning, and shopping.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Build strong professional relationships with service users and other staff members
• Maintain a safe, clean, and enjoyable environment for service users to live in and for staff to work in
• Keep up to date with all communication and information systems
• Attend and actively participate in meetings as appropriate
• Protect service users from any form of abuse from staff, visitors, or other service users
• Write accurate reports for reviews and keep written records for monitoring purposes
• Attend work reliably and punctually, following a set shift pattern
• Stay updated with all procedures and policy changes
• Take responsible care for the health and safety of yourself and others
• Undertake any additional duties relevant to the post as required

Person Specification:

• Ability to form professional relationships with service users
• Ability to read and understand written work and to write clear, accurate reports
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with service users in various ways
• Willingness to go wherever service users want to go and participate in all activities
• Ability to work as directed and complete tasks reliably and to a high standard
• Ability to participate in training and development
• Ability to follow a work pattern and attend work punctually and reliably
• Awareness of effective teamwork principles
• Awareness of the general health, safety, and welfare of service users