Female Support Worker

Creative Support; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Birmingham is seeking a motivated Support Worker to aid individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs. The role involves promoting individual self-care, dignity, and participation in everyday life. Applicants should be energetic and display essential values such as compassion and warmth. Opportunities for professional development and tailored training are included, alongside competitive benefits like annual leave and sick pay.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Birthday leave

Company sick pay

Free enhanced DBS

Free life assurance

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Ability to engage with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Understanding of the needs of individuals with learning disabilities and mental health issues.
• Willingness to undertake values-led training.

Responsibilities

• Support service users in expressing their cultural and personal identity.
• Advise service users on managing their tenancy and maintaining home hygiene.
• Ensure service users' privacy and dignity are respected.

Skills

Empathy

Compassion

Cultural sensitivity

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

We are looking for enthusiastic, resourceful and energetic support worker who is well motivated, hardworking and keen to join our friendly team. You will deliver person-centred approach to support the tenants to take part in all aspects of everyday life and to engage and participate with their local communities. You will provide support to individuals from an Afro-Caribbean background who also have learning disabilities/Autism and mental health needs. Although previous experience is not essential, you will demonstrate the values that are essential for a role of this nature such as warmth, compassion and unconditional positive regard. The role will be support individuals in their own home as well as in the community.

Support Worker Duties

• To support service users in meeting their cultural and spiritual needs and in expressing their personal identity
• To advise and support service users in all aspects of managing their tenancy and maintaining the safety, hygiene and comfort of their own home
• To respect the service user’s right to privacy and to ensure that their dignity is maintained at all times. To advise, encourage and support service users so as to maximise their self-care and independent living skills
• To encourage and support service users in expressing their needs, views and concerns.
• To enable service users to make choices and decisions and to participate as fully as possible in planning and decision making processes
• To contribute to service users’ reviews, through the provision of verbal and written reports and by attending Support Planning/Person centered planning and review meetings

Creative Support’s Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework.

Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement – Equality Act 2010

Vacancy Reference Number: 92086

Full induction training and ongoing professional development is provided by our Creative Academy, as is the opportunity to work towards Diplomas in Health and Social Care and other accredited qualifications.

The benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave, birthday leave, company sick pay and a free enhanced DBS as well as free life assurance and access to support with your wellbeing.

We are a welcoming and inclusive anti-racist organization, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. We hold the Investors in People Gold award in recognition of the amazing support we offer for the development of our people.