Support Worker - Adult Supported Living

Swanton Care; Sunderland; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work

Pension

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Swanton Educates

Trained mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Swanton Care is recruiting a Support Worker for a service near Seaham, Sunderland. You will fully support individuals to live as they wish, working with families and managing care plans, while acting as a Key Worker to ensure the person’s best interests are upheld.

Responsibilities include recording outcomes, safeguarding confidentiality, assisting with personal care, and medication management. DBS/enhanced checks required.

Qualifications

• Equivalent of Level 2 in English.
• Willingness to work towards Care Certificate.
• Minimum 2 years' teamwork experience and ability to communicate in English using varied methods.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to live independently and involve their families in care planning.
• Act as a Key Worker and promote best interests of service users.
• Advocate for health, wellbeing and informed consent, ensuring decisions include the individual.
• Record outcomes in confidential records and contribute to care plans.

Skills

English proficiency

Teamwork

Effective communication

Education

Care Certificate

Job description

About The Role

We are recruiting for a Support Worker for our service near Seaham.

Location: Sunderland

Job type: Full time: 36 hours per week

We do not offer sponsorship

The role

• To fully support the individual to live and enjoy the life they wish to have. Fully involve them and their families and support them in all aspects of their care and support planning.
• Acting as a Key worker and understanding that ‘working together works best for a number of service users ensuring that the team always works in the best interests of the individual and encouraging positive behaviours across the team.
• Ensuring the individuals needs are met to maintain health and well being, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Advocate on behalf of the individual and ensure no decision is made without them.
• Recording and evidencing outcomes in service user records, ensuring confidentiality. Contributing to the preparation, implementation, monitoring and regular review of individual care and support plans. Giving the individual a voice that is heard and their aspirations are worked towards with them.
• Ensuring individuals’ dignity is maintained at all times and given support with their personal and intimate care as required in their care plan. This may include bathing, toileting and assistance with dressing.
• Medication management to include, ordering, storing and administering.
• Undertake service responsibilities in relation to completing audits related specific to supported living.
• Encouraging the individuals you support to engage with activities they already enjoy, and to seek out new experiences, Actively involve them in making decision about everyday tasks that will enhance their independence and engage with the wider community.
• Empower individuals to actively achieve their goals by taking time and communicating in their preferred method, be aware of the individuals’ beliefs and cultural needs and work in an open and trustworthy manner.
• To contribute to at least 6 team meetings each year, actively engaging in supervision and appraisal to continuously improve and develop knowledge and skill that will enhance the lives of the people within the service.

About you:

• You will be able to demonstrate equivalent of level 2 in English and either hold or be willing to work towards Care Certificate
• You will have worked within a team for a minimum of 2 years and have the ability to communicate effectively in English whilst having the ability to use variety of differing methods of communication according to needs of person we support

What we can offer:

Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *

Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!

Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service

Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.

Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme

Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme

Life cover you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.

Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *

Career pathways we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!

Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development

Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support

Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us

*subject to eligibility & criteria

Onboarding checks including an enhanced DBS will be required.

About The Service

Supporting people in their own homes to live an independent life within their community.