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Support Worker – Dom Care and Supported Living

Vacancy: Support Worker – Dom Care and Supported Living

Location: Various

Hours: Full time @ 38 hours per week with an average of 2 sleep-ins per week.

Salary: Starting at £12.21ph

Essential Requirement:

  • flexibility to work on a rotational rota pattern covering Monday – Sunday each week across shifts patterns which include early shifts, day shifts, late shifts, sleep-ins and some weekends.
  • Resilience and adaptability are key as this role involves lone working either with an individual or a small group, as well as working as part of the wider Care team.
  • A genuine desire to support and improve lives of others  

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assisting services users with bathing, grooming and getting dressed
  • Encouraging and supporting on tasks within their own home including household chores
  • Supporting and encouraging them to plan and access their social life, activities, and engagements within the local community and beyond
  • Providing mental and emotional support
  • Organising, supporting and encouraging suitable recreational activities for service users
  • Collaborating with other health care and social care professionals to provide the best possible care to service users
  • Prompt the taking of medication or administer medication, including performing health checks.
  • Flagging up any concerns or potential for concern that you may impact service user or the service provision.
  • Supporting service users with meal planning, shopping, preparing, and cooking nutritious meals.

Benefits:

  • Fully paid CPD.
  • Paid DBS
  • Annual Leave: 28 days pro-rata