Complex Support Worker

Turning Point UK; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and social care provider seeks a dedicated Support Worker in Carlisle. You will help improve the daily living skills of residents with health needs and learning disabilities, ensuring a supportive and caring environment. This role offers flexibility, comprehensive training, and a total reward package including 29 days of holiday per year, increasing with service.

Benefits

29 days paid holiday, increasing with service

Option to buy additional holidays

Qualifications

• Knowledge of learning disabilities and complex needs beneficial, but not essential.
• Drivers preferred due to the needs of people supported.

Responsibilities

• Promoting independence of people we support.
• Supporting daily activities including cleaning, cooking, and social outings.
• Assisting with personal care and medication management.

Skills

Passionate

Caring

Enthusiastic

Flexible

Patient

Non-judgemental

Team Player

Able to Complete Physical Tasks

Job description

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

This position does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under current UK immigration guidelines

As a Support Worker, you will make a real difference to residents' lives as you improve their daily living skills. Passionate about people, you will enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress with us.

Where will I be working?

You will be working in one of our supported living services in the Carlisle area, compromising of 12 single and double occupancy flats. The clients you will be supporting are varied, which means you may be supporting adults from 18 to 75 years of age.

The service provides a relaxed and comfortable home for service users with a variety of health needs and Learning Disabilities. The role will involve high amounts of personal care to individuals due to many individuals having limited mobility.

As part of this role you will also be supporting our clients with their social and emotional wellbeing, supporting with medication and finances.

We use a digital social care record system, to support daily recording, which will make your day-to-day tasks easier and allows you to spend more time with the People We Support.

Shift Patterns

This is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential. You will be working a range of shifts including nights and some weekends.

Role Responsibility

What will I be doing?

This is a hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will include:

• promoting the independence of people we support
• supporting a full range of daily activities including cleaning and cooking, days out or going away on holiday
• arranging activities in the home and in the local community
• developing residents' life skills and personal interests
• helping residents stay safe and healthy
• assisting with personal care needs
• supporting people with medication
• ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standard at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

What skills and qualities do I need to have?

Whilst knowledge of learning disabilities and complex needs would be beneficial, it isn't essential. What is essential is that you are:

• passionate, caring and enthusiastic
• flexible, patient and non-judgemental
• a great team player with lots of energy
• able to complete the physical aspects of the role such as manual handling where needed

Drivers are preferred due to needs of people we are supporting.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package.

You will get 29days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 31days. Plus the option to buyadditional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

Salary £24,310 based on 37 hours, £12.60 per hour