Support Worker - Befriending in Community

Nottingham Mencap; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local support organization in Nottingham is seeking dedicated support and enablement workers. This role involves providing practical and emotional support to individuals with learning disabilities or autism, ensuring their safety and well-being in various community settings. Ideal candidates will possess excellent social skills, reliability, and a commitment to empowering individuals to achieve appropriate independence.

Benefits

Paid supervision meetings

Training provided

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities or autism.
• Ability to use initiative while supporting individuals.
• Must be familiar with relevant policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support designated children/young people or adults ensuring their safety.
• Provide practical and emotional support empowering independence.
• Attend supervision meetings with coordinators.

Skills

Great social skills

Experience with learning disabilities or autism

Reliability

Initiative

Effective communication

Job description

We are seeking support and enablement workers for our expanding service. We are looking for individuals with great social skills, with some experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities or autism, who are reliable and able to use their initiative whilst supporting individuals within the community.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• To support designated children / young people or adults ensuring their safety and wellbeing in community and individual pursuits.
• To recognise and provide for individual developmental needs, intellectually, emotionally, and socially; through activities within a variety of settings which are sensitive to the individuals’ background and needs.
• To provide practical and emotional support to individuals empowering them to develop skills and appropriate independence.
• To demonstrate effective communication skills including report/observation writing, verbal, non-verbal and advocacy awareness.
• To consult and involve the individual in all decisions affecting him/her in whatever ways that are possible or appropriate.
• To empower the individual to access play, leisure and learning opportunities in a variety of settings.
• To develop a positive relationship with the supported individual and their parent’s/carers/significant others.
• To attend (paid) Supervision meetings with the befriending Co-Ordinator or Service development manager.
• To undertake external and internal additional training as and when required.
• To be familiar with Nottingham Mencap’s policies, procedures and guidelines including child protection, adult Safeguarding, equal opportunities, health and safety, and to work to the standards required by the relevant regulatory bodies such as the CQC.
• To undertake other duties at the request of the Befriending Co-Ordinator so far as they are compatible with the aims and level of responsibility to the post.

Working context

• Must be able to travel in local areas.
• Must be able to meet the support requirements of the individual you are supporting in a variety of settings.
• Must be able to complete online training and annual updates (which will be paid for by Nottingham Mencap).
• To be able to record online session sheets for the individuals regarding their planned sessions, behavioral development and outcomes that have taken place during the sessions.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation. This draft job description will be reviewed and amended, as appropriate, with a full review at six months at the end of the probationary period.

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