Health and Social Care - Support Worker Apprenticeship

Style Acre; Banbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care provider in Banbury is seeking a Support Worker. In this role, you will assist individuals with personal care and household tasks, ensuring their dignity and independence are upheld. You'll also facilitate community engagement and promote healthy living. The position offers a variety of benefits including 30 days of annual leave, ongoing training, and a pension scheme. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives while developing your career.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Company Pension Scheme

Flexible working hours

Free comprehensive ongoing training

Employee benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and support.
• Understanding of safeguarding and health and safety.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals with personal care and household tasks.
• Support individuals in engaging with their community.
• Promote healthy living and wellbeing.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Education

Adult Care Worker (level 2)

Job description

Overview

Joining us as a Support Worker, you'll help individuals with varying levels of personal care, as well as eating and drinking, shopping, household tasks; but perhaps most importantly, fun and fulfilling activities. From music to cinema and theatre trips, to even going on days out and holidays, you'll make sure everyone has varied and exciting experiences - and you'll get to join in! (Lunch & Dinner provided while on shift) To communicate clearly with people using a method (words, signs, pictures etc.) of the persons choice To help people to maintain and increase their independence by:

Responsibilities

• Supporting them to do the things they can do for themselves
• Assisting them with things they need help with empowering them to do new things
• Help with daily care involving personal care, healthy diet, housework, bed making, cleanliness, safety of home, understanding the role of the tenant, using a wheel chair, hoist, transferring to and from vehicles
• To understand the needs, wishes and dreams of people and support them accordingly through person-centred planning and to evaluate peoples' plans to ensure they are live and appropriate
• Include the community in the lives of people by ensuring they stay in touch with families and friends, meet new people and lead full lives
• Support people to make informed choices within their lives, encouraging them to understand consequences and risks. This will require flexibility and adaptability to be able give any required emotional support to the person and deal with any potential issues that this might incur
• Encourage people to live healthy lives and support them to manage health problems
• To ensure people's health action plans are up to date and accessible to all concerned with keeping people healthy and well
• Help people to stay safe by assisting them to learn what is safe and what isn't and to manage situations that may put them at risk
• To work positively with other people, including family and friends, as well as other staff, services and professionals such as GP's, community nurses, psychologists and care managers
• To ensure people are supported to run their own homes according to their tenancy agreements
• To adhere to Health & Safety regulations at all times and report potential hazards to the appropriate person in line with Health & Safety policy, Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
• Ask for help from an appropriate person when not confident or skilled in any aspect of their role
• Provide individuals with information to enable them to have a choice about the way they are supported
• Encourage individuals to participate in the way their care and support is delivered
• Ensure the individual knows what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
• Contribute to the on-going development of care/support plans for the individual they support
• Support individuals with cognitive, physical or sensory impairments
• Ensure dignity is at the centre of all work with the individuals they support, their families, carers and advocates
• Demonstrate all work is person centred, accommodating the individual's needs, wishes and preferences
• Demonstrate empathy (understanding and compassion) for individuals they support
• Demonstrate courage in supporting people in ways that may challenge their personal/cultural beliefs
• Speak clearly and exhibit positive non-verbal communication to individuals, families, carers and advocates
• Use the preferred methods of communication of the individual they support according to their language, culture, sensory needs and their wishes
• Identify and take steps to reduce environmental barriers to communication
• Demonstrate they can check for understanding
• Write clearly and concisely in records and reports
• Keep information safe and confidential according to agreed ways of working
• Recognise potential signs of different forms of abuse
• Respond to concerns of abuse according to agreed ways of working
• Recognise, report and challenge unsafe practices
• Promote the health and wellbeing of the individual they support
• Move people and objects safely
• Demonstrate how to reduce the spread of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
• Demonstrate the promotion of healthy eating and wellbeing by ensuring individuals have access to fluids, food and nutrition
• Demonstrate how to keep people, buildings and themselves safe and secure
• Carry out fire safety procedures when required
• Use risk assessments to support individuals safely
• Recognise symptoms of cognitive impairment, e.g. Dementia, learning disabilities and mental health
• Monitor and report changes in health and wellbeing for individuals they support
• Reflect on your own work practices
• Demonstrate the development of their own skills and knowledge, including core skills in writing, numbers and information technology
• Demonstrate their contribution to their development plan
• Demonstrate ability to work in partnership with others to support the individual
• Identify sources of support when conflicts arise with other people or organisations
• Demonstrate they can work within safe, clear professional boundaries
• Show they can access and apply additional skills required to perform the specific job role competently, It has an Ofsted Grade 2 Good rating and an overall achievement rate of 71.4%, exceeding the national average of 65.6%. Using a blended approach, learners are always at the forefront of our priorities. All learners are assigned a Personal Tutor who will be their main point of contact
• Recognise the overall level of training and support needed for the role

Qualifications

Adult Care Worker (level 2), Other in: Driving Licence (grade Pass) Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills

Paragon Skills is a leading national Apprenticeship training provider, supporting over 4,000 learners and 1,500 organisations. Paragon Skills has some of the highest success and achievement rates in the industry, As an approved provider with Oxfordshire County Council our person-centred support ranges from 24-hour care for those with complex learning, health and /or physical disabilities to a few hours support per week for those who live more independently. People we support are given the freedom and independence to live with peers in a supported environment through our supported living households. We also run three community hubs in Wallingford, Didcot and Banbury so that people with learning disabilities can get the best out of their local communities.

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) for full-time staff (pro-rata for part time)
• £68 per night for sleep-ins. (Breakfast included)
• Company Pension Scheme - 5% Employer Pension Contribution
• Flexible working hours
• Free comprehensive ongoing training, including a unique Leadership Development Programme with the ability to progress to Assistant Support Manager within 18 months.
• Employee benefits package with Perkbox (saving you up to £800 per year)
• Recommend a friend incentive scheme for employees
• Wellness programs
• Company events & social hours