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Support Worker

  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • People, HR & Administration
    Healthcare
  • Durham

AI generated summary

  • You need confidence, strong communication skills, a positive attitude, responsibility, teamwork, and preferably a driving license. Embrace a supportive framework for those you help.
  • You will provide person-centered support to 5 individuals with learning disabilities, promote personal development, and work within a supportive team, covering a 24hr rota including sleep-ins.

Requirements

  • - Confident, strong and calm individuals
  • - Skills in positive communication and engagement
  • - Ability to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support
  • - Confidence to work within a positive behaviour support framework
  • - Ability to accept responsibility and develop as a skilled practitioner
  • - Ability to follow agreed guidelines
  • - Ability to work positively within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos
  • - Car drivers are preferable

Responsibilities

  • - Provide person centred support to 5 service users who have a learning disability, autism and complex needs so that they can experience a wide range of opportunities for personal development.
  • - Demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support.
  • - Work within a positive behaviour support framework.
  • - Accept responsibility and develop as a skilled practitioner.
  • - Follow agreed guidelines and work positively within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos.
  • - Cover a 24hr rota pattern, including sleep-ins, as part of a friendly, motivated team.

FAQs

What are the main responsibilities of a Support Worker at Creative Support?

Support Workers provide person-centered support to individuals with a learning disability, autism, and complex needs, helping them to experience opportunities for personal development and promoting positive engagement and communication.

Is prior experience required to apply for the Support Worker position?

While previous experience in care is beneficial, it is not necessarily required. Full training is provided, and candidates should demonstrate a commitment to developing their skills in the role.

Do Support Workers need to drive?

Car drivers are preferable as there is an opportunity for Support Workers to drive service users' cars to participate in activities within the Tudhoe community.

What type of schedule can Support Workers expect?

Support Workers will cover a 24-hour rota pattern, which includes sleep-ins, as part of a friendly and motivated team.

What qualifications can I work towards in this role?

Support Workers are supported to complete the nationally recognized Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma.

What benefits do you offer to Support Workers?

Benefits include a one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period, competitive pay, pension contributions, 28 days annual leave, free enhanced DBS checks, and access to a free employee support program.

Is there an opportunity for advancement in the company?

Yes, Creative Support encourages personal and professional development, offering opportunities to advance within the organization through training and qualifications.

Can anyone apply for this position?

Candidates must be located in and eligible to work within the UK, as the position is not open to sponsorship under the UKVI scheme.

What qualities are you looking for in a Support Worker?

We seek confident, strong, and calm individuals who can demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support, possess positive communication skills, and can work within a supportive team framework.

How can I apply for the Support Worker position?

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the vacancy reference number 73765.

Opportunity, Choice, and Wellbeing

Science & Healthcare
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1991
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Creative Support was established as Manchester Housing Consortium in 1990 and was registered in 1991 as an Industrial and Provident Society with charitable status. We subsequently changed our name to Creative Support to show our commitment to developing creative responses to individual needs. In our first five years we successfully enabled people who had been living in long stay hospitals to move into supported housing, greatly improving their quality of life. By the late 1990’s we were providing a wide range of housing, care and support services. Creative Support now provides person-centred services across England in 65 local authorities, supporting over 5,000 individuals with care and support needs. Our portfolio includes accommodation based services such as residential care, supported housing and extra care as well as a range of floating support and homecare services to service users living in their own homes. We also provide day activities and respite support so that service users, families and carers can enjoy holidays and short breaks.