Support Worker - Adult Residential (ID:352)

Swanton Care and Community; Wales; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive care provider in Kidwelly, Wales is looking for a compassionate Support Worker. This role requires providing practical and emotional support to empower individuals in achieving their personal goals while promoting their dignity. Key requirements include enthusiasm, experience in complex care, and ability to work shifts, including nights. The position emphasizes empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives and participate in community activities. Join a team that values potential, responsibility, integrity, diversity, and empathy.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm, compassion, and commitment to supporting people with dignity.
• Experience working within complex care is essential.
• Ability to work on a rota including shift work and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Enable people supported to live a full and happy life.
• Provide practical and emotional support.
• Promote health, well-being, and individual choices.
• Facilitate social and recreational activities.
• Complete necessary records and documents.
• Lone working required.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Compassion

Commitment to dignity

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Support Worker to join our team in Kidwelly, Wales West. Whilst fully embracing the company ethos support workers provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they want to live. Support is required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Main requirement for this role is night shift.

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people in a way which respects their dignity? Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services: Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy.

Responsibilities

• The main focus of the support is to enable the people we support to live a full and happy life, to run their own home and to take part in a range of activities in the community.
• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they wish, in line with their individual support plans.
• Promote the health, well-being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs of the people we support and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.
• Facilitating social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, walks, shopping and other recreational activities of their choice.
• General housekeeping duties that can include shopping, domestic duties as well as elements of personal care.
• As part of the role, you will need to be able to complete a range of records and documents.
• The position involves lone working.

Requirements / Qualifications

• You would need to be able to work on a rota which includes shift work and weekends.
• Experience working within complex care is essential.
• Night shift is a main requirement for this role.
• Additionally, the role requires enthusiasm, compassion and commitment to supporting people with dignity.