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Creative Support; Swinton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Support in Swinton is seeking Relief Support Workers to assist service users with complex learning disabilities and physical health needs to live in their own tenancies.

You will deliver flexible, person-centred support, including personal care and moving and handling tasks, and support participation in the local community. The role requires weekend shifts and sleep-in duties, with experience essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting service users with complex learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of re-enablement principles.

Responsibilities

• Providing respectful personal care, practical and emotional support.
• Assisting Service Users to participate in the local community.
• Ability to work flexibly in shifts over the weekend including waking nights.
• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users.
• Collaborating with colleagues, families and involved professionals to ensure a coordinated and consistent service.

Skills

Experience essential

Job description

We are seeking individuals who are strong, resilient, warm, motivated, and approachable with a strong value base to support service users with complex learning disabilities and physical health support needs to live within their own tenancies.

We support service users in all aspects of their daily living, promoting choice, independence inclusive of personal care and moving and handling tasks, inclusion and wellbeing. You must have skills and/or knowledge in re-enablement principles. Working as part of our Swinton based team on a rota basis which does include sleep in shifts, you will deliver flexible, person centred support. Experience is essential.

Relief Support Worker Duties:

• Providing respectful personal care, practical and emotional support
• Assisting Service Users to participate in the local community
• Ability to work flexibly in shifts over the weekend including waking nights
• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users
• Collaborating with colleagues, families and involved professionals to ensure a coordinated and consistent service