Support Worker

We are looking for a Support Worker to join our team at Portway Lifestyle Centre.

This role will involve:

• Ensuring the delivery of service objectives.
• Working with people who use our Day Opportunities, with a focus on sport and/or the Hydrotherapy Pool.
• Working across the whole service area on an outreach basis.
• Empowering individuals to be as independent as possible and maximise their potential.
• Contributing to keeping people safe.
• Having the ability to prioritise and work on own initiative.

Main duties of the job

Candidates will need to demonstrate the ability to be person-centred in their approach to supporting individuals who have a variety of social care needs including complex needs and communication difficulties.

Able to demonstrate how to work in a multi-agency approach with other partners.

This role will require an enhanced adults barring DBS check to be completed.

Hours: 37 hours per week - Monday - Friday

Job responsibilities

To provide compassionate, safe, effective and responsive support, that will assist service users to maximise their independence.

This will involve providing support with a range of personal and practical tasks, that will achieve agreed personal goals, so that wherever possible service users are able to exercise choice and control maintaining their wellbeing.

After following an individual's plans, staff will report back to their manager, giving accurate feedback and recording progress towards agreed outcomes.

To promote and ensure service delivery which values and respects the dignity, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals.

To support and participate in people's chosen activities, promoting citizenship and community engagement, including but not limited to activities both in the person's home and community that will promote both physical and emotional wellbeing, volunteering, and life skills development.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of delivering care and support to people with a disability or older people, to enable them to live independently.

Qualifications

• Good written and communication skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.