Learning Disability Support Worker
- Employer
- Service Care Solutions
- Location
- Colchester, Essex
- Salary
- £10.75 - £11.75/hour mileage
- Closing date
- 17 Jul 2021
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Job Details
A Learning Disability Support Worker is required to work within a specialist private supported living service based in Colchester!
Driver is essential as there are no transport links.
*Do you know someone who would be interested in this role? We offer a £250 referral bonus per successful candidate that is referred*
Temporary Pay Rate:
*Standard Days: £10.75ph ltd
*Nights & Saturdays: £11.50ph ltd
*Sundays & Bank Holidays: £11.75ph ltd
Hours and length of contract:
*Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
*Initial 3 month contract length, likelihood of extension
*DAYS OR NIGHT CONTRACT
oLong Days: 8am-8pm
oLong Nights: 8pm to 8am
*The manager is looking for the position to be filled ASAP
Daily Duties:
You will work within a private supported living complex which consists of four houses and a total of 25 bedrooms for adults with learning disabilities and complex care needs. As a support worker your role will be to support these individuals to live as independently as possible.
Complex needs can include:
*Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC)
*Asperger's Syndrome
*Bipolar Disorder
*Depression
*Downs Syndrome
*Epilepsy
*Personality Disorder
*Schizophrenia
*Speech and Language Difficulties
As a support worker you will provide high quality and compassionate care to the service users, be responsible for their general well-being.
Daily duties include but are not limited to:
*Providing physical, emotional, spiritual and social support to service users
*Working closely with staff and tenants in promoting individual packages of care that reflect the person's chosen lifestyle
*Supporting tenants in leisure, education and employment services inside and outside of the home
*Supporting tenants as much as possible to undertake household chores, including planning and pre-paring meals
*Assisting tenants in maintaining their personal hygiene where necessary
*Support with food shopping, gardening, pottery
*Giving medication as required
*Completing written reports and notes
*Supporting tenants with leisure activities such as: arts and crafts, dancing, music, football, bowling, cinema
Person specification
The applicant must have a clear DBS and have recent and relevant experience and an NVQ in Health and Social Care.
If you are interested in this role then please contact Emma at SCS on (phone number removed) or send across your CV directly to (url removed)
Driver is essential as there are no transport links.
*Do you know someone who would be interested in this role? We offer a £250 referral bonus per successful candidate that is referred*
Temporary Pay Rate:
*Standard Days: £10.75ph ltd
*Nights & Saturdays: £11.50ph ltd
*Sundays & Bank Holidays: £11.75ph ltd
Hours and length of contract:
*Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
*Initial 3 month contract length, likelihood of extension
*DAYS OR NIGHT CONTRACT
oLong Days: 8am-8pm
oLong Nights: 8pm to 8am
*The manager is looking for the position to be filled ASAP
Daily Duties:
You will work within a private supported living complex which consists of four houses and a total of 25 bedrooms for adults with learning disabilities and complex care needs. As a support worker your role will be to support these individuals to live as independently as possible.
Complex needs can include:
*Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC)
*Asperger's Syndrome
*Bipolar Disorder
*Depression
*Downs Syndrome
*Epilepsy
*Personality Disorder
*Schizophrenia
*Speech and Language Difficulties
As a support worker you will provide high quality and compassionate care to the service users, be responsible for their general well-being.
Daily duties include but are not limited to:
*Providing physical, emotional, spiritual and social support to service users
*Working closely with staff and tenants in promoting individual packages of care that reflect the person's chosen lifestyle
*Supporting tenants in leisure, education and employment services inside and outside of the home
*Supporting tenants as much as possible to undertake household chores, including planning and pre-paring meals
*Assisting tenants in maintaining their personal hygiene where necessary
*Support with food shopping, gardening, pottery
*Giving medication as required
*Completing written reports and notes
*Supporting tenants with leisure activities such as: arts and crafts, dancing, music, football, bowling, cinema
Person specification
The applicant must have a clear DBS and have recent and relevant experience and an NVQ in Health and Social Care.
If you are interested in this role then please contact Emma at SCS on (phone number removed) or send across your CV directly to (url removed)
Company
Since opening our doors in 2005, we've successfully implemented and grown eight specialist divisions in the Construction, Criminal Justice, Finance, Healthcare, Housing, Legal, Sales and Social Work industries, with over ninety consultants driving dedicated markets across the UK.
Company info
- Website
- https://www.servicecare.org.uk/
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