Support Worker

Tamfol; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days holiday

Total reward package

Job summary

Turning Point in England is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to help residents with learning disabilities in our residential service. You will play a vital role in everyday life, providing person-centred support, assisting with meals, personal care, and community activities.

This 24-hour service requires flexibility across shifts; full training and career progression opportunities are offered within a not-for-profit organisation committed to improving lives.

Qualifications

• Caring and compassionate approach to supporting adults with learning disabilities.
• Strong communication skills to engage with residents, families and colleagues.
• Reliable, flexible and able to respond to changing needs.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Promote independence by helping residents build life skills and interests.
• Support daily activities including cooking, cleaning and outings.
• Organise in-house and community activities for residents.
• Assist with personal care and mobility; manage moving and handling.
• Support residents with medications and attendance at appointments.
• Use digital care records to document daily progress and care tasks.

Skills

Caring nature

Empathy

Excellent communication

Flexible

Organised

Problem solving

Job description

This position does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under current UK immigration guidelines

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?

As a support worker you will be working at our residential service where we support 7 individuals with Learning Disabilities and additional needs. Our care services are about people’s whole lives and therefore we make them human and personal. The culture is crucial and staff are its heart and model Turning Points values.

As a support worker will be required to provide a person-centred approach in all aspects of the individuals lives, including managing their home, helping prepare meals ,personal care, accessing their local community facilities, and maintaining contact with other important people in their lives. We tailor our services to enable people to be as independent as possible. A full UK driving license is preferable.

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, possible waking nights and alternate weekends.

Role Responsibility

What will I be doing?

This is a hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will include:

• Promoting the independence of people we support by developing their life skills and personal interests
• Supporting a full range of daily activities including cleaning, cooking and days out
• Arranging activities in the home and in the local community
• Assisting with personal care needs and moving and handling
• Supporting people with medication and to their appointments
• 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

The Ideal Candidate

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a support worker who has a caring nature for others and wants to listen and empower vulnerable people, empathy is vital. We are looking for support workers who are conscientious and dependable to carry out tasks to the best of their ability. We are seeking support workers who are motivated, use their own initiative , are organized and able to respond to the unexpected.

Our support workers must be determined to make a positive difference to someone’s life. We are looking for someone who has a sense of humor, excellent communication skills, a responsible and flexible attitude, a commitment to the job, and the ability to think quickly and solve problems.

About us

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?

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.

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.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.