Supportive Living Worker

Fulbridge Social Care; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is hiring Supportive Living Workers in Cambridge to enhance the quality of life for service users. This role involves key responsibilities such as supporting daily activities and building strong professional relationships. Successful candidates will receive comprehensive training and qualifications, making a significant impact in the lives of those they support.

Qualifications

• Ability to form professional relationships with service users.
• Ability to read and understand written work and write clear reports.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with service users.

Responsibilities

• Support service users with meal preparation, personal care, and shopping.
• Build strong relationships with users and maintain a safe environment.
• Attend meetings and keep accurate records for monitoring purposes.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patience

Confidence

Education

Care Certificate

First Aid Certification

Medication Administration Training

Job description

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Fulbridge are hiring a new team of Supportive Living Workers who are enthusiastic, motivated and care enough to make a difference.

If you want to work in a unique environment where your efforts will enhance the quality of life for our service users, then we need you.

Fulbridge Social Care requires staff teams for numerous shift patterns within elderly care homes and support living settings.

We are taking on trainee and qualified candidates as we offer full support, training including the Care Certificate, First Aid, Medication Administration and the opportunity to gain qualifications in this field.

Please note that you would be required to complete an enhanced DBS with Fulbridge Social Care and successfully complete one of our induction assessments prior to any placements being offered.

We require individuals who have the confidence, patience and skill set to successfully work with our service users and make a positive impact on their lives. In this role, you will be part of a team to support service users throughout the day with basic tasks such as supporting with meal preparation, personal care, cleaning and shopping.

Main duties and responsibilities :

• Build strong professional relationships with the service users and other members of staff
• Maintain a safe, clean and enjoyable environment for service users to live and for you to work
• Keep up to date with all communication / information systems
• Attend and take an active part in meetings as appropriate
• Protect service users from any form of abuse from staff, visitors or service users
• Write accurate reports for reviews and keep written records for monitoring purposes
• Attend work reliably and punctually and follow a set shift pattern
• Ensure you keep yourself up to date with all procedures and policy changes
• Take responsible care for the health and safety of yourself and others
• Undertake any other additional duties as required, which are relevant to the post

Person Specification:

• Ability to form professional relationships with service users
• Ability to read and understand written work and to write clear and accurate reports
• Ability to communicate clearly and easily with service users in a variety of ways
• Ability to go wherever service users want to go and participate in all activities
• Ability to work as directed and complete tasks reliably and to a high standard
• Ability to participate in training and development
• Ability to follow a work pattern and to attend work punctually and reliably
• Awareness of what effective teamwork is
• Awareness of the general health, safety and welfare of service users