Social Care Worker

Trident Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Trident Group seeks a compassionate Casual Social Care Worker to support individuals with learning disabilities in a registered care home. The role involves assisting with daily activities such as personal care and social engagement, ensuring a person-centred approach is maintained at all times. Successful candidates will need excellent communication skills and experience in supporting individuals with complex needs, fostering a positive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

34 days annual leave plus option to buy more

Birthday leave

Flexible Working options

Life assurance (3x salary)

Qualifications

• Experience supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism.
• Ability to support non-verbal communication effectively.
• Demonstrate effective behaviour management techniques.

Responsibilities

• Support daily living needs including personal care and meal preparation.
• Maintain accurate records and assist with health appointments.
• Work in a rota system to ensure 24/7 customer care.

Skills

Communication

Behaviour Management

Resilience

Relationship Building

Education

Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

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We are looking to recruit a compassionate staff member to join our team to support people with learning disabilities and other complex needs.

St Albans, Moseley is a registered care home for 6 adults with learning and/or physical disabilities and Autism, who require support for all aspects of their daily living needs, including personal care, meal preparation, shopping and social activities.

The aim of the role is to deliver an outstanding service which is person centred in a way that enhances the lives of people with profound learning disabilities offering choice, ensuring the people have a voice and their wishes and decisions are respected. The role will include aspects of personal care, cleaning, cooking, record keeping and supporting people with health and welling issues including attending health appointments as specified in the job description.

We are looking for staff who want to make a difference, the successful candidates must be committed to inclusion and engagement and ensure that the people they are supporting have a full, active, meaningful lifestyle, one that they have chosen for themselves. In addition, the successful candidates will be confident to work alone, and it is essential to have a good understanding and working experience of learning disabilities, autism and mental health.

We are looking for candidates who would like to develop their career in supporting people with complex needs.

Hours

Our home is 24/7 where we use a rota system to ensure customers get the care they need. As a Casual Social Care Worker, you will be required to work a shift rota system that includes working some weekends and bank holidays.

The benefits;

• 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
• Birthday leave
• New Home leave
• Life assurance (3 x salary)
• Employee Assistance programme
• Flexible Working options

About You

The successful candidates will need to have an excellent standard of written and spoken communication skills, including effective skills to support people who are non-verbal and use other methods to communicate.

Candidates need experience of supporting adults with challenging behaviour, demonstrate a level of resilience whilst at work, and the ability to build meaningful relationships with customers. Throughout this role you will need to be able to demonstrate effective behaviour management techniques, build rapport and trust with customers to de-escalate incidents and create a safe educational environment.

Punctuality and reliability are essential to meet the requirements of the role, the shifts are early mornings, late finishes, weekend working and waking nights. You may be required to work the occasional night shift when the service is needed.

Working in a regulated service it is essential that all mandatory training is up to date and staff have the skills to support in challenging situations. Specialist training tailored to meet the needs of customers will be provided. Candidates will preferably hold a Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care and it is important that the successful candidate understands health and social care legislation and CQC fundamental standards.

About Us

Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovationfor up to8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than750 staff, works with over 150 volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more. The Group has an annual turnover of more than £37m and owns assets close than £190m.

The Group consists of;

• Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance
• Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering person-centred care and support services. These services include supporting people within registered care, domiciliary care, people with learning difficulties, those with mental health needs, young people at risk, older people, BME groups, people at risk of being homeless, those seeking employability, education and training opportunities and those fleeing domestic abuse.

Trident offers their employees learning and development opportunities and wants to invest in their development and career growth. Through our apprenticeship scheme, we offer various courses in areas that will help support employees within their roles and for their further development.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and as a person-centred organisation we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected and equally guided by our beacon of hope.

By joining Trident Group, you will have the opportunity to join our Diverse Voices Steering Group to ensure Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion remains at the heart of everything we do.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• communicating and promoting vacancies
• offering an interview to disabled people
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people