Support Worker

Overview

Jasmine House is a Supported Living House based in the town of Ely, Cambridgeshire, and supports adults with a learning disability in keeping their lives independent and safe. We provide accommodation and support for 4 adults with learning disabilities. The service operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

The role of Support Worker is to enable adults with a disability to live as independently as possible and to enjoy lifestyles as close to those enjoyed by other members of the community. We support and empower individuals to enhance the quality of their life, maximise potential and to continue to promote and develop independence skills within their home.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

You will report to the Senior Support Worker and work in a small team providing practical support to our service users, building on their existing skills and abilities whilst respecting their individual needs and choices. Our Support Workers assist service users with all aspects of their care, with an emphasis on empowering them to develop and maintain their independence, skills and well-being. This includes supporting with personal care where needed, cleaning, shopping, and accessing community activities and opportunities. The role will also involve administration of medication. You will be using IT to update documents such as support plans and risk assessments and will have a good working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and assessments of capacity. Our Support Workers are in regular contact with service users, their families and other professionals and partner agencies, so strong communication skills are essential.

The working hours for this role are 37 per week. The shifts are on a 4-week rota which could be subject to change to meet service need. These will be during the week, at weekends or Bank Holidays (between 8am - 10pm). Additional enhancements are paid for weekends and Bank Holidays. You will be required to work two weekend shifts twice each month and complete sleep-ins. The starting pay for the post is £13.26 per hour (with enhancements for weekend and bank holiday shifts).

You will be completing a comprehensive training program and benefit from excellent career development opportunities as well as being part of a supportive team committed to delivering an excellent service for adults with disabilities.

What will you be doing?

You will report to the Senior Support Worker and work in a small team providing practical support to our service users, building on their existing skills and abilities whilst respecting their individual needs and choices. Our Support Workers assist service users with all aspects of their care, with an emphasis on empowering them to develop and maintain their independence, skills and well-being. This includes supporting with personal care where needed, cleaning, shopping, and accessing community activities and opportunities. The role will also involve administration of medication.

You will be using IT to update documents such as support plans and risk assessments and will have a good working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and assessments of capacity. Our Support Workers are in regular contact with service users, their families and other professionals and partner agencies, so strong communication skills are essential.

The working hours for this role are 37 per week.

The shifts are on a 4-week rota which could be subject to change to meet service need. These will be during the week, at weekends or Bank Holidays (between 8am - 10pm). Additional enhancements are paid for weekends and Bank Holidays. You will be required to work two weekend shifts twice each month and complete sleep-ins.

The starting pay for the post is £13.26 per hour (with enhancements for weekend and bank holiday shifts).

You will be completing a comprehensive training program and benefit from excellent career development opportunities as well as being part of a supportive team committed to delivering an excellent service for adults with disabilities.

About you

You will have previous experience of supporting a person with a disability and a qualification in Health and Social Care or similar at Level 2 or above. You will have excellent communication skills and IT skills as well as a proficient level of written and spoken English for the purposes of case recording and to enable you to work towards the Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care if you do not already hold this qualification. You will also need the ability to demonstrate awareness and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion, and the Mental Capacity Act, as well as the need for safety and confidentiality in the role.

In return for your commitment, we offer excellent training for you to gain further knowledge and experience with the opportunity to be part of a supportive and energetic team committed to delivering excellent service for adults with learning disabilities.

Please use the supporting statement in your application to evidence how your skills and experience matches the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this advert.

Candidates will be progressed regularly and the opportunity will be filled as soon as we identify a suitable candidate. So please don’t hesitate, we want to speak to you now

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network IDEAL and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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