Support Worker (Supported Living)

Radis Community Care; Aldridge; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Radis Community Care in Aldridge is seeking a dedicated Full-time Support Worker to assist adults with mild learning disabilities and PMLD in a supported living setting. You will help with personal care, medication, daily living tasks and community activities, promoting independence and dignity within a home-like environment.

The role involves shift patterns from 7am–2:30pm or 2:30pm–10pm with alternate weekends. Experience in supported living or PMLD is helpful but not essential.

Qualifications

• Supports individuals with PMLD and mild learning disabilities.
• Assists with personal care, medication and daily living tasks.
• Promotes independence, dignity and respect.
• Flexible shift pattern including mornings, evenings and alternate weekends.
• Experience in supported living or PMLD is preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide prompts for personal care and daily living skills.
• Support activities and socialisation within the community.
• Assist with meals, household tasks and occasional transport.
• Monitor wellbeing and report changes to the team.

Skills

Care

Medication administration

Personal care

Daily living skills

Behaviour support

Education

Health and social care qualification (preferred)

Job description

Do you have a passion for care? Do you want to help people with mild learning disabilities live independently and happily?

We are looking for a Full time Support Worker to join our supported living residential service in Aldridge WS9 where you as part of a team, will be supporting 12 male and females in their own home with Learning disabilities mental health and autism. Each person has different likes and hobbies, such as shopping, cooking, swimming, go on trips, have activities in the hub such as film nights and pamper sessions, go out for meals. You will be responsible for providing prompts for personal care, medication, daily living skills, and activities to the people you support. You will also be part of a great team that will help you achieve your true potential.

Shift times are; 7am – 2.30pm or 2.30pm – 10pm /alternate weekends. full time hours and flexibility required

At this present time, we are unable to consider Sponsorship for this role.

About the role

As a Support Worker you will be supporting individuals with PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities) and Mild Learning disabilities. The role may include manual handling, medication administration, personal care, food preparation, household tasks, supporting individuals to keep in contact with family and friends, accessing the community and attending appointments. We provide support for daily living skills and help support with socialisation.

The people we support, may on occasion, display behaviours that are challenging and some of these could be physical in nature.

We recognise each person as an individual and provide a unique service which is person centred and tailored to their needs. The role is to promote the individual’s independence, choice, dignity and respect by delivering the best standards of support. We offer people with PMLD a safe and secure home where they can live independently with the support they need.

Ideally the successful person would have a qualification in health and social care (but this is not essential) or will have worked either in supported living settings and / or with individuals with PMLD.

Join us at Radis Community Care, a leading provider of community-based social care and support for thousands of vulnerable adults and children in England and Wales. We care for a range of people, including the elderly and people with physical and/or learning disabilities

. Our care is tailored to meet our service user’s individual needs, ranging from brief daily visits to 24-hour care