Male Support Worker

Turning Point; Aberford; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days holiday

Not-for-profit employer

Total rewards package

Job summary

Turning Point is seeking a caring care assistant to support adults with learning disabilities across a 24-hour service in England. The role requires flexibility across shifts from early to late, and a driver is noted as essential for consideration.

You will assist with personal care, meals, medication support, and maintain records while promoting health, safety and engagement in daily life.

Qualifications

• Passionate, caring and enthusiastic.
• Flexible, patient and non-judgemental.
• Great team player with lots of energy.
• Good communication skills, including non-verbal.
• Ability to assist with personal care and daily living tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with personal care needs.
• Preparing food with involvement when preferred.
• Supporting residents with food and drinks.
• Manual handling where needed.
• Supporting medication including creams and lotions.
• Maintaining records, including finances for audits.
• Helping manage money safely.
• Keeping living spaces clean and tidy.
• Ensuring health and safety is maintained.
• Providing engaging activities to keep residents stimulated.
• Liaising with landlord about tenancies and repairs.

Skills

Caring

Flexible

Team player

Communication

Patience

Non-judgemental

Job description

Job Introduction

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?

If you have answered a big YES to these questions we would love to hear from you!

Turning Point takes pride in the services we provide. There is one vision that everyone shares at Turning Point, which is held together by our values. These include believing in potential, communicating in a confident way, embracing change and treating each other as individuals.

We run our services on a not-for-profit basis. We invest every penny back into our services - and, our people. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to supporting people with learning disabilities to live fulfilling lives, then Turning Point is for you.

About the people you will be supporting:

We are a group of people with learning disabilities, that require high levels of support. We have lived together for a number of years. We enjoy spending time together but also have individual interests, to which we need support to be able to take part in.

We support people that can demonstrate behaviours that can be considered challenging.

The majority of the people we support need a high level of support with regard to personal care although moving and handling needs are minimal.

Shift Patterns:

This is a 24 hour service, therefore flexibility is essential. You will be working a range of shifts from 7:00/8:00 am to 2:00/3:00pm and 2:00/3:00 pm to 9:00/10:00pm.

Please note that you must be a driver to be considered for this role.

Role Responsibility

Daily support we need from you:

• Assisting with our personal care needs
• To prepare food for us or with our involvement when we want
• Support us with our food and drinks
• Manual handling
• Supporting us with medication including creams and lotions
• Ensuring our record keeping is maintained to the highest standard, this will include finance records as these will be audited
• Help us to manage our money safely
• To help us keep our home clean and tidy
• Ensuring our health and safety is maintained
• Making sure we have an interesting and varied day
• Liaising with the Landlord regarding our tenancies and any repairs.

The Ideal Candidate

Whilst knowledge of our learning disabilities and complex needs would be beneficial, it is not 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, including understanding non-verbal communication
• Able to complete the physical aspects of the role such as manual handling where needed
• Transferable experience of helping people to manage anxiety

If this describes you we would love to hear from you.

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 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.

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

Turning Point Benefits

Please note:

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