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Support Worker - MOR10653

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Lhanbryde

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GBP 27,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

A leading company seeks dedicated individuals to support service users with extreme learning disabilities in a compassionate care environment. You'll manage challenging behaviours while promoting independence and skills in a collaborative setting. Full-time and part-time contracts available, leading to fulfilling work experiences.

Qualifications

Experience working with people with disabilities exhibiting challenging behaviour.
Willingness to undertake SVQ level 2 and further training.
Good practical and observational skills, with flexibility and empathy.

Responsibilities

Provide direct support to service users with challenging behaviours.
Promote independence and develop skills of service users.
Maintain service user records and support plans as a key worker.

Skills

Practical Skills

Observational Skills

Empathy

Flexibility

Ability to Remain Calm in Crisis

Communication

Education

SVQ Level 2

Job Description

To work with and provide care and support to service users with extreme learning disabilities who exhibit a variety of challenging behaviours posing a range of physical and emotional challenges.

Responsibilities

To provide direct support to service users who exhibit extreme challenging behaviour to manage the behaviour and to enable them to participate in a wide range of therapeutic and social activities.
To uphold social work values and to ensure good working practice including understanding and awareness of health and safety
To promote the independence and develop the skills of service users and assist with all tasks necessary to ensure positive life experiences
To work positively with other agencies, parents, carers, and other services to ensure a quality provision of care for service users
Develop and contribute to the maintenance of service user records and support plans and act as a key worker when required.
To ensure that the living environment of the service users is clean and appropriate to meet each individuals needs
To participate in regular and ongoing training relevant to the needs of the service users.

The Individual

Experience that would give the post holder insight into issues in relation to working with people with a disability who exhibit challenging behaviour.
Willingness to undertake SVQ level 2
Willingness to undertake further training as required
Willing to work towards SSSC
Good Practical Skills
Good Observational Skills
Flexibility, Empathy and Approachability
Ability to work as part of a team
Ability to remain calm in a crisis
Ability to reflect on your own practice
To understand your own feelings about being challenged
Knowledge of Social Care Values
Ability to form positive relationships with service users, colleagues, parents and other professionals
Sensitivity and understanding of discrimination and health and well being issues
Flexible approach to work patterns and bases and ability to work within a shift based rota system
Ability to respond appropriately in difficult or challenging situations
Ability to work effectively as part of the support team and in multi-disciplinary settings
Ability to use own initiative and to be self motivated
The ability to engage service users in activities and participation within their home and in the local community
Ability to communicate in an open an approachable manner
Ability to carry out duties that involve personal care of service users
Ability to carry out moving and handling duties in line with health and safety regulation and risk assessment
Ability to support service users with physical activities such as swimming, hydro therapy etc