Forensic Support Worker

ap-centras s.r.o.; Leeds; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of individuals with diverse needs. As a Forensic Support Worker, you will provide essential support to individuals facing challenges, ensuring their well-being through a person-centred approach. Your role will include assisting with daily activities, engaging in social outings, and following detailed support plans to promote independence and quality of life. This role offers flexible working hours and a chance to work closely with a diverse range of individuals in a supportive community environment. If you are passionate, reliable, and ready to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday

Accredited training

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

£10,000 Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted goods and services

Cycle to Work Scheme

Financial wellbeing scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with autism and learning disabilities.
• Ability to follow detailed support plans for consistent care.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals with daily activities and personal care.
• Engage clients in social activities and community involvement.

Skills

Forensic Experience

Mental Health Disorders

Challenging Behaviour Management

Communication Skills

Person-Centred Approach

Flexibility

Reliability

Caring Attitude

Job description

Forensic Support Worker

£11.44 per hour

Leeds – LS11 Forensic Experience Essential

Are you a highly motivated caring individual, who is looking for a vocation where every day is different, where you can make a difference to people’s lives?

We offer care packages for a diverse range of individuals with different care and support needs, which range from full support, forensic, challenging behaviours whilst being able to risk assess situations. There is also support helping with budgeting and shopping.

For the people we support, you would need to be very active to support with social activities as they like to go swimming, to the gym, and go to rugby games or concerts on occasions, so this may include late evenings.

In our Leeds Outreach, you will be working within the community and within people's own homes and day centre support, assisting with daily finances, meal preparation, and personal care. Every day is different, as each individual is unique; this is why a person-centred approach is essential.

The Role

Across all services, the individuals we support have autism, learning disabilities, and at times can display behaviours of concern; therefore, you must have the ability to follow detailed support plans in order to ensure a consistent approach.

Essential Experience in:

• Criminal background
• Grooming behaviours
• Mental Health Disorders
• Personality disorder
• Associated challenging behaviour

Desirable Training:

• Mappa Training
• Anthony Bainbridge Training

Working Hours

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. This role will include shift working, including evenings, sleepovers, nights, and weekends.

• Full-time hours: 8am - 10pm
• Part-time hours: 16 to 20 hours per week.
• Sleepovers will include an allowance.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

• A minimum of 28 days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job
• An employer contributory pension scheme

In addition to the above, you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part-time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. These are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options is an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train, and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation, and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition, or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best, so please do let us know.

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