Female Support Worker
- Recruiter
- CREATIVE SUPPORT
- Location
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 14 Apr 2017
- Closes
- 04 May 2017
- Sectors
- Education & Teaching, Support
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Creative Support is a non-profit provider of personalized care and support for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, autism spectrum conditions, and older people. We are recruiting a Female Support Worker for our Floating Support Service. We support people with a learning disability and/or mental health needs within their own home or out in the community. This may be with regards to support in domestic tasks and maintaining the home, emotional support, social inclusion, financial management in terms of support with paying household bills, shopping and cooking. The floating support service spans throughout the Middlesbrough area with a radius of 5 miles. We currently support in excess of 30 customers with a view to expanding.
We are looking for a motivated, caring individual to provide person-centred support to people with a learning disability and/or mental health needs in Middlesbrough. Your responsibilities will include:
Providing personal care, practical and emotional to people with a learning disability
Identifying and accessing opportunities for social inclusion with service users
Working with service users in a recovery-focused way in line with their support plan
Collaborating with service users, families, and involved professionals to provide a consistent and coordinated service that meets the needs of service users
Assisting the line manager with the day-to-day running of the service
Experience of working with people with a learning disability is desirable, as is a relevant professional qualification. The position is open to graduates, experienced practitioners, and people looking to start their career in social care. You must be warm and able to work in a person-centred way with people with a learning disability and/or mental health needs. Car driver would be an advantage but not essential.
You will be expected to work flexibly on a rota to meet the needs of the service, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
This position offers the opportunity to work in an environment that challenges and encourages personal and professional development. Creative Support has obtained Investors in People Silver status and you will receive ongoing training regarding the service user group you work with and training regarding changes to the law governing social care.
This role is exempt from Section 7 2e of the SDA.
We do not accept CV as a form of application, applicants must submit a completed Creative Support application form which can be requested or downloaded via the listed methods. An enhanced DBS check is required, which we pay for. Creative Support is not a recruitment sourcing agency; all employees are directly employed by our organisation. We do not accept cold calls or sales/marketing contact from recruitment candidate sourcing/advertising agencies. Upon receipt of your application we will email you a confirmation of receipt. If you do not receive this confirmation email please contact us via telephone or email. Contact information can be found on our company website.
Closing Date: 03 May 2017.
We are looking for a motivated, caring individual to provide person-centred support to people with a learning disability and/or mental health needs in Middlesbrough. Your responsibilities will include:
Providing personal care, practical and emotional to people with a learning disability
Identifying and accessing opportunities for social inclusion with service users
Working with service users in a recovery-focused way in line with their support plan
Collaborating with service users, families, and involved professionals to provide a consistent and coordinated service that meets the needs of service users
Assisting the line manager with the day-to-day running of the service
Experience of working with people with a learning disability is desirable, as is a relevant professional qualification. The position is open to graduates, experienced practitioners, and people looking to start their career in social care. You must be warm and able to work in a person-centred way with people with a learning disability and/or mental health needs. Car driver would be an advantage but not essential.
You will be expected to work flexibly on a rota to meet the needs of the service, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
This position offers the opportunity to work in an environment that challenges and encourages personal and professional development. Creative Support has obtained Investors in People Silver status and you will receive ongoing training regarding the service user group you work with and training regarding changes to the law governing social care.
This role is exempt from Section 7 2e of the SDA.
We do not accept CV as a form of application, applicants must submit a completed Creative Support application form which can be requested or downloaded via the listed methods. An enhanced DBS check is required, which we pay for. Creative Support is not a recruitment sourcing agency; all employees are directly employed by our organisation. We do not accept cold calls or sales/marketing contact from recruitment candidate sourcing/advertising agencies. Upon receipt of your application we will email you a confirmation of receipt. If you do not receive this confirmation email please contact us via telephone or email. Contact information can be found on our company website.
Closing Date: 03 May 2017.