Support Worker

Turning Point; Bedford; Presencial; GBP 21.000 - 27.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

29 days holiday

Descripción de la vacante

Turning Point in Barton-Le-Clay provides 24-hour residential support for adults with learning disabilities. The role focuses on promoting independence, assisting with daily activities, and enabling community participation.

We value caring, energetic individuals with strong communication and teamwork skills, able to handle flexible shift patterns and some manual handling where needed.

Formación

• Empathy and compassion for adults with learning disabilities.
• Excellent communication with residents, families and colleagues.
• Ability to work as part of a supportive team.
• Flexible and patient approach to shifting patterns and tasks.
• Ability to assist with activities of daily living and manual handling when needed.

Responsabilidades

• Promoting the independence of people we support.
• Supporting a full range of daily activities including cleaning and cooking, days out or going away on holiday.
• Arranging activities in the home and in the local community.
• Developing residents' life skills and personal interests.
• Helping residents stay safe and healthy.
• Assisting with personal care needs.
• Manual handling.
• Supporting people with medication.
• Ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standard at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements.

Conocimientos

Empathy

Communication skills

Team spirit

Flexibility

Patience

Descripción del empleo

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. At Turning Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across England.

Where will I be working?

We have a 6 bedded registered care service in Barton-Le-Clay where we offer 24 hour support within a residential service. We provide 24 hour care 7 days a week for adults with Learning Disabilities. We accommodate people with mild to profound Learning Disabilities. We tailor our services to enable people to be as independent as possible and live a life that makes sense to them. Whilst you will be based in Barton-Le-Clay there is an expectation that you will support the people out and about accessing different areas and their local community. You may do this using public transport or house vehicles. Driver preferred due to location however not essential.

Training and Development

• Level 2 and 3 Lead Adult Care Worker
• Level 3 Operational Team Leader

Please note training will be offered after your probation period ends which is 6 months. Once you begin your training with us you will have your own coach who will support you through your programme.

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, sleep ins or waking nights, some weekends. Please note that working hours may vary. Please note that you must be a driver to be considered for this role.

Role Responsibility What will I be doing?

• promoting the independence of people we support
• supporting a full range of daily activities including cleaning and cooking, days out or going away on holiday
• arranging activities in the home and in the local community
• developing residents' life skills and personal interests
• helping residents stay safe and healthy
• assisting with personal care needs
• manual handling
• supporting people with medication
• ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standard at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements.

Whilst knowledge of learning disabilities and complex needs would be beneficial, it isn't 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
• able to complete the physical aspects of the role such as manual handling where needed

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?

• 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.