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Wakefield Council; Kinsley; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Wakefield Council seeks self-motivated support workers to provide care to adults with learning disabilities in their own homes. You must hold a valid driving license and support daily living activities.

You will work as part of a team or independently within community settings, helping with meals, personal care, medications, and developing care plans with tenants. Hybrid working options may apply.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of current legislation and guidance in learning disabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English.
• Willingness to work as part of a team or independently.
• Drive to promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Desire to achieve NVQ 3 in Care.

Responsibilities

• Support people with learning disabilities in their own homes to live as independently as possible.
• Work as part of a team or independently in community settings.
• Encourage daily living skills including cooking and household tasks.
• Provide practical, personal and emotional support, including intimate personal care.
• Administer medications in line with policy and procedures.

Skills

Driving license

Communication skills

Teamwork

Mobility / physically able

Education

NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent

Job description

Are you passionate about making a difference to our citizens and the district that they reside in? Then, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

About the Role:

We are currently looking to recruit self-motivated and enthusiastic support worker to provide care and support to adults with learning disabilities within their own homes. You must hold a valid driving license.

You will make a difference to the quality of a person’s life by supporting them with their daily living activities.

Which can include:

• Intimate personal care: showering/bathing, dressing or undressing, assisting with toileting
• Administering medication and support with meal preparation to enable individuals to get the most from their daily life

You will understand the importance of social inclusion, promoting independence and enabling positive life choices.

To support people with a learning disability in their own homes and enable them to live as independent a life as possible.

To enable men and women with learning disabilities to have more control over their lives through person centred approaches, which maximise community inclusion and participation and are responsive to the needs and wishes of the individual.

To support tenants with their finances, including ensuring that commitments are met and all welfare benefits to which they are entitled including Housing Benefit are claimed.

To enable and encourage tenants to undertake daily living skills including cooking, and other household tasks, taking account of individual choice, cultural backgrounds, and religious beliefs

To give practical, personal and emotional support, including intimate personal care, to enable service users to meet their assessed need by maintaining and promoting their health, physical and mental well-being and social development.

To develop, with tenants, families, and other professionals as appropriate, care plans, support plans and risk assessments to enable people to maintain a quality of life in line with their person-centred plans.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting people with a learning disability in their own homes and enabling them to live as independent a life as possible.
• To work as part of a team or independently in a range of community settings
• Enabling and encouraging tenants to undertake daily living skills including cooking, and other household tasks.
• Providing practical, personal, and emotional support, including intimate personal care.
• Administering medications in line with the Directorate’s policy and procedures.

What will be expected from me?

• Knowledge of current legislation, guidance and value base in the field of learning disabilities.
• To be mobile in being able to carry out the physical tasks within the job.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written form, using the English language; able to produce accurate, factual, legible and clear reports.
• The ability to work as a team member and on own.
• Understanding of and ability to demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.
• NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent is desirable (not essential)
• Driving license
• Willingness to achieve NVQ 3 in Care
• Previous experience working in care – both work and personal experience is relevant
• A can-do attitude with the ability to work as part of a team

What can I expect?

• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave
• Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
• Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
• We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
• Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
• Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more

Want to know more?

If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council, feel free to contact.

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Safeguarding

Wakefield Council is wholly committed to ensuring children and vulnerable adults are fully supported and safe. We are dedicated to the safeguarding of all children and vulnerable adults whilst promoting their welfare. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility.

DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service)

The successful applicant will be required to complete a Disclosure Application Form and to provide criminal conviction information.

In accordance with the Council Probation Procedure, this post is subject to a 6-month Probationary Period.

Fluency Duty

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), public facing roles will be subject to the Fluency Duty.

Diversity

Having a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve helps us to achieve the best outcomes for all. We encourage applications from everyone and actively seek to ensure that everyone feels included in the workplace so that we can make the most of our differences.

Why Wakefield

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