Female Support Worker

Turning Point; Bedworth; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holiday 29 days

Job summary

Turning Point in Bedworth is seeking a Support Worker to help adults with learning disabilities live as independently as possible. You will support daily living activities, assist with personal care, and help residents stay safe and engaged in community activities.

No prior experience is required as full training is provided; we value a caring, flexible, and team-oriented attitude. Shifts include early mornings, evenings, nights and weekends within a 24-hour service.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; full training provided.
• You are passionate, caring and enthusiastic.
• You are flexible, patient and non-judgemental.
• You work well in a team and communicate clearly.
• You can perform physical tasks including manual handling.

Responsibilities

• Promote independence and support daily living activities.
• Assist with cleaning, cooking and general daily tasks.
• Arrange activities in the home and local community.
• Help residents develop life skills and personal interests.
• Support residents to stay safe and healthy.
• Assist with personal care as needed.
• Assist with medication as required and maintain records.

Skills

Caring

Flexible

Team player

Communication skills

Manual handling

Medication support

Tools

Digital care records

Job description

At Turning Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across England. 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? Our services in Bedworth provide a 24-hour supported living facilities in providing care for adults with Learning Disabilities and additional health issues such as epilepsy, congenital conditions and dementia. Staff will develop communication skills such as knowledge of signing / visual aids as some are non-verbal. We endeavour to create positive family relationships offering a good circle of support. There is a strong focus on supporting individuals' lives in a person centred way which includes various activities, shopping, managing own budgets and cooking. We tailor our services to enable people to be as independent as possible. 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. No experience is necessary, staff with or without experience will be given full training to be able to do the role to the best of their ability.

• 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
• manual handling
• supporting people with medication
• ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standard at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements

Do you have a caring nature? Are you looking to make a difference to people's lives? Do you want to work in an environment where no two days are the same? Are you flexible with your working hours? Can you see yourself providing care to adults who need your support? 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 demonstrate good communication skills
• able to complete the physical aspects of the role such as manual handling where needed
• transferable experience of helping people to manage anxiety

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. This is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential. You will be working a range of shifts including early mornings, late evenings, waking nights, sleep-ins and some weekends. You will get 29 days' paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 31 days. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Turning Point Benefits

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