Support Worker

Turning Point; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days paid holiday

Not-for-profit employer

Job summary

Turning Point is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to help residents develop daily living skills and independence across England. You will support five adults with profound Learning Disabilities, including personal care, activities, and medication support, with full training provided.

This 24-hour service requires flexibility in shifts and a compassionate, team-oriented approach. The role offers a not-for-profit ethos, opportunities for career progression, and a supportive environment across

Qualifications

• Caring and enthusiastic
• Flexible, patient and non-judgemental
• Great team player with energy
• Good communication skills
• Able to assist with manual handling
• Experience helping people manage anxiety (transferable)

Responsibilities

• Promote independence of people we support
• Support daily activities including cleaning, cooking, outings or holidays
• Arrange activities in home and local community
• Develop residents' life skills and interests
• Help residents stay safe and healthy
• Assist with personal care needs
• Manual handling where needed
• Support with medication
• Maintain accurate record keeping and service monitoring

Job description

At Turning Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across England. As a Support Worker, you will make a real difference to residents' lives as you improve their daily living skills. Passionate about people, you will enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress with us.

Where will I be working? RT is a registered care unit with a happy, family atmosphere, providing support to five individuals aged between 20 to 60 years old with profound Learning Disabilities, all of whom are non-verbal but fully mobile and active. Our individuals require varying levels of personal care and there is one to one support required for two of the individuals we support. How do I get there? This service is easily accessible by both public transport and by car. If you were to travel by train from Coventry rail station this would 1 hour, by bus 1 hour 20 minutes and by car this would take 23 minutes depending on traffic. Please note this is coming from Coventry and is just a guideline. We use a digital social care record system, to support daily recording, which will make your day-to-day tasks easier and allows you to spend more time with the People We Support.

• 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.

Do you have a caring nature? Are you looking to make a difference to people's lives? Are you looking for a fresh challenge, where full training is provided? Are you flexible with your working hours? Can you see yourself providing care to adults who need your support? 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
• transferable experience of helping people to manage anxiety

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? We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career - we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package.

This is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential.

You will be working a range of shifts including early mornings, late evenings, waking nights, sleep-ins and some weekends.

You will get 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.