Support Worker

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newnham on Severn; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Camphill Village Trusts Oaklands Park is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to provide person-centred care to residents. You’ll assist with daily living tasks, personal care where registered, and medication administration while maintaining accurate support-plan records.

The role involves shift work, lone working, and moving around the site as required. A DBS check is required before appointment and you will work in partnership with families and professionals.

Qualifications

• Basic English and maths for writing notes and supporting finances.
• Proactive and forward thinking.
• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to changes.
• Calm under pressure and practical problem solving on shift.

Responsibilities

• Promote rights, choices, health, safety, dignity and privacy through person-centred approaches.
• Plan and deliver care and support under team leader direction.
• Manage personal care where registered and administer medications.
• Complete support plans and daily notes, risk assessments and reports.
• Work on site in shift patterns and lone working when required.

Skills

Basic English

Basic Maths

Proactive

Calm under pressure

Teamwork

Education

Health and Social Care qualification (Level 1/2)

Job description

Support Worker post at Oaklands Park, a community run by Camphill Village Trust. The role centres on person-centred care and support for the people who live there, covering daily living tasks, personal care where registered, medication administration and support plan records. Work is community-based and on shift, with lone working and moving around the site as directed. A DBS check is required before appointment.

What the job involves

• Promote rights, choices, health, safety, dignity and privacy through person-centred approaches, building independence
• Plan and deliver care and support under team leader direction, in line with support plans
• Work co-productively on support plans, recording and reviewing progress
• Assist with or arrange personal care where registration allows, protecting dignity and privacy
• Administer, record, order, check and count medication
• Help people keep their home clean, do laundry, plan and prepare meals, attend medical appointments, manage finances and tenancy, and keep a social life
• Complete support plans, daily updates, person profiles, risk assessments, incident and behaviour reports and health appointment notes
• Complete daily monitoring sheets, including food, fridge, freezer and medication cabinet temperatures, bowel, weight and fluid charts
• Enable choices, healthy lifestyles, relationships, spiritual fulfilment and meaningful activities
• Work in partnership with family members and other professionals
• Report safety events and safeguarding concerns promptly, and maintenance issues via the PALS online system, keeping the maintenance log
• Complete audit actions under supervision, use the communication methods the people supported use, and work anywhere on site as requested

Skills & knowledge

• Basic English and maths for writing daily notes and supporting with finances
• Proactive and forward thinking
• Willingness to learn new skills and ways of working
• Adaptable to changing needs, legislation, policies and procedures
• Calm under pressure and a practical problem solver on shift
• Supports newer staff professionally on code of conduct and good practice

Checks & eligibility

• DBS check

Other

• Kind, empathic and approachable
• Good sense of humour that adapts to the people supported
• Hard working, honest, trustworthy, reliable and transparent
• Puts the people supported at the centre of everything
• Works as part of a team and can lone work
• Knows the limits of the role and seeks support from senior staff

Nice to have

• Care Certificate
• Level 1 or 2 health and social care qualification
• Experience of working with technology or digital platforms to upload data such as daily notes
• Driver with a clean driving licence
• Experience of working with people with a learning disability and/or autism