Bank Support Worker

Cygnet Health Care; Wombourne; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Free DBS

Paid annual leave

Free parking onsite

NHS Blue Light Discount Card

Contributory pension

Job summary

Oakwood Gardens in Wombourne is recruiting a Bank Learning Disabilities Support Worker to join our team at Cygnet Healthcare. This zero hours contract covers nights and days and aims to support adults with learning disabilities and autism in a private, supportive environment.

You will assist with daily living tasks, promote independence, accompany residents to community activities, and ensure accurate records are kept. An enhanced DBS check is required.

Qualifications

• Experience working with learning disabilities
• Promotes resident independence
• Supports residents in day-to-day life
• Monitors residents and reports concerns to senior team members or managers
• Going out with residents into the local community to attend events, parks, restaurants and local activities
• Completing residents' records to help monitor health
• Willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with daily living tasks to promote independence
• Support residents in social and community activities
• Monitor residents and report concerns to the team or managers
• Record keeping for resident health and wellbeing

Skills

Learning Disabilities experience

Teamwork

Communication skills

Positive attitude

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around - there's no better feeling. It's what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it. Cygnet Healthcare is looking for Bank Learning Disabilities Support Worker to join our team working at Oakwood Gardens. You'll be contracted 0 hours per week (Nights from 07:45 pm till 08:00 am, Days from 7:45am - 8:00pm), making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Oakwood Gardens. Oakwood Gardens has 9 self-contained bungalows supporting adults over the age of 18 with learning difficulties & autism, located in WV5 0BR, Wombourne. Supported Living in Wombourne provides nine tenancies. The service empowers individuals with complex mental health needs, learning disabilities, autism, and challenging behaviours to live more independently. The service offers personalised and tailored support in a private space, allowing the people we support to hold their own tenancy with a registered housing association.

• Must have experience working with Learning Disabilities
• Helping to promote resident independence
• Supporting residents in all aspects of day-to-day life, encouraging and promoting independence
• Monitoring of residents and reporting concerns to senior team members or managers
• Going out with residents into the local community to attend events, parks, restaurants and local activities
• Completing the resident's records to help monitor health
  Positive Attitude and Caring Approach
• Strong Communication Skills
• Able to work as part of a team
  Salary: £13.00 per hour
• Paid Training and Inductions
• Free DBS
• Paid Annual Leave
• Free parking onsite.
• NHS Blue Light Discount Card, Reward Gateway
• Contributory pension scheme
• Please note that successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.