Support Worker Intensive Support Team

The Methodist Church in Britain; South Wellfield; Presencial; GBP 20.000 - 26.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working requests

Descripción de la vacante

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a part-time Support Worker for its Intensive Support Team on the Isle of Wight. You will support service users, help identify needs, and assist with care planning, reviews, and community-based activities.

Applicants should have experience with learning disabilities, strong communication skills, and be comfortable using electronic systems. A vehicle is desirable and right to work in the UK is required.

Formación

• Commitment to educational development appropriate to the role.
• Experience of supporting people with a learning disability.
• Understanding of problems relating to mental health conditions.

Responsabilidades

• Provide time and support to an allocated group of service users to promote safety and help them live in the community.
• Assist in identifying needs and support practitioners to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans.
• Maintain focus on service users' needs, applying agreed values and skills in daily work.
• Support practitioners in delivering agreed standards of care to all service users.
• Build rapport with service users, including community-based support outside their home.
• Collaborate across boundaries of care and organisations to address service users' direct needs.
• Answer calls, take messages, and keep information confidential while referring to qualified staff.
• Monitor progress, functioning and mental state to spot early signs of relapse and alert relevant staff.
• Participate in risk assessment and risk management per policy.
• Attend outpatient appointments and clinical reviews as required.
• Encourage participation in leisure, social, and recreational activities.
• Assist service users to engage with their care plan and access services regularly.

Conocimientos

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Computer literacy

Educación

Commitment to educational development

Descripción del empleo

The Community Learning Disabilities Team on the Isle of Wight is recruiting a Support Worker to its Intensive Support Team. The job centres on supporting an allocated group of service users, helping them identify needs and assisting practitioners with assessing, planning and reviewing care plans. The post is permanent and part-time at 30.75 hours weekly, and includes accompanying service users to community venues and outpatient appointments. The Trust cannot offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship, so applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

What the job involves

• Give time and support to an allocated group of service users to promote their safety and help them live in the community
• Help service users identify their needs and assist practitioners to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans
• Keep service users' needs central at all times, applying agreed values and skills to daily work
• Help practitioners deliver agreed standards of care to all service users
• Build rapport with service users, including working with them in community settings outside their home
• Work across boundaries of care and organisations, focusing on the direct needs of service users
• Answer the telephone and take messages, keeping information confidential and referring calls to qualified staff
• Monitor service users' progress, functioning and mental state to spot early signs of relapse and alert relevant staff
• Take part in risk assessment and risk management in line with the Risk Policy
• Attend outpatient appointments and clinical reviews with selected service users as required
• Encourage and help service users take part in leisure, social and recreational activities
• Support service users to engage with their agreed care plan and access appropriate services on a regular basis

What’s required

Qualifications

• Commitment to educational development appropriate to the role

Experience

• Experience of supporting people with a learning disability
• Understanding of problems relating to mental health conditions

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication skills
• Working well in a team
• Able to use a computer and confident learning new electronic systems

Checks & eligibility

• Access to own vehicle for work purposes, suitably insured
• Right to work in the UK at the time of application

Other

• Working with due regard for personal safety and health and safety requirements of the service
• Following the policies and procedures of the service

Nice to have

• Up-to-date awareness of developments in social and health care practice
• Knowledge or experience of positive behaviour plans

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview process