Support Worker Supported Living

Care4uwe is a service provider for adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism/ Complex needs . We are looking for proactive and enthusiastic individuals to join a high performing team that specialise in working with people whose disability has a level of complexity that inhibits their ability to live independently. Our staff must have patience, tolerance, and good communication skills to work well with our customers. Staff must be keen to learn new skills and have the ability to engage our customers in meaningful activities indoors and outdoors ensuring that customers are giving choice and their independence is promoted. The service encompasses a model of Positive Behaviour Support and is CQC registered, so knowledge and experience of providing support using Positive Behaviour Support and previous experience in a CQC registered service will be desirable.

This role requires working on a shift pattern including sleep in duties that we pay GBP56 per night for.

Specialist Behaviour Support Workers are responsible for the customer's emotional, psychological wellbeing as well as providing support to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional, and social care needs. These will include support with personal care, administration of medicines, managing challenging behaviours and supporting customers to access the activities in the community. Successful candidates will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team. They will work with others to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

Behaviour Analysis:

- You are liable to observing and monitoring the customer's behaviours, the duration, the intensity, and the damage, as well as factors that may alleviate or trigger the behaviour - You are responsible in planning appropriate intervention to modify and resolve the behaviour - You require superb interpersonal and relationship skills and must have the capacity to handle psychologically behavioural changes - You understand and collaborate with the different support organisations accessible in the community - You will have ability and skill to present and feedback to other professionals in a formal settings - Reports possible cases of abuse, neglect or endangerment appropriately - Actively participates in the reviewing and the designing behavioural interventions plans. - Implements behaviour support plans - Measures goals and objectives of behaviour support plans to ensure they are being met

- Communicates with parents and care managers in regard to customer's progress in the absence of management - Assists customers in identifying inappropriate behaviours and develop better behaviour alternatives - Assists newly recruited staff in facilitating behavioural interventions - Maintains up to date accurate records of customer's, service being provided and behavioural

Other Responsibilities:

- deliver all aspects of support to enable a customer to develop independent living skills as appropriate to the individual needs of the customer. In some services, this will include delivering personal and physical care as appropriate and may involve physical intervention. - Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation - Participate in the support planning and risk management. - Carry out support duties to enable customers to integrate into the community including e.g. accompanying the customer to attend benefit agency appointments and meetings, go shopping, to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities - Report any observations relating to customers welfare - Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Care4uwe