Support Worker

Description:

Support Worker
Camden
£20/hr
Start date: ASAP

AKTON Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Support Worker in the Camden area. 3 - 6 months contract.

This supplementary information for the Support Worker- Disabilities Accommodation Services is for guidance and must be used in conjunction with the Job Capsule for Social Care Job Family at Level 2.

Role Purpose:
* To support people with Disabilities to take control of their lives and, making use of the local community, to meet planned goals and outcomes.

* To provide high quality support to adults with Disabilities, to include physical and emotional support and personal care.

Example outcomes or objectives that this role will deliver:
* Participate in the care planning, monitoring and review process
* Promote equality of opportunity, choice, privacy, dignity, rights and independence
* Support customers to develop and maintain relationships and be attuned to customers' wellbeing needs
* Participate in organising and leading activities in the community and the service
* To follow organisational policies and procedures
* Ensure the safeguarding of vulnerable adults
* Participate positively in the supervision and appraisal process for performance management

People Management Responsibilities:
Relationships: The post requires working effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including customers and their relatives and friends, other professionals, colleagues and members of the community, and the ability to communicate with each at a level that is meaningful to them is essential.

Work Environment:

* Part of a busy vibrant supported living service, which requires all workers to be flexible to adapt to changing needs and demands of customers

* Working with people who may need hands-on support in all areas of daily living, including people moving, personal care and administration of medication

* Some customers may display behaviours which challenge the service

* Universal precautions required to inhibit spread of infection.

* The service operates across seven days and will require the postholder to be available to work at any time within this; including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and sleep-in cover.

Technical Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
* NVQ Level 2
* Manual handling
* Safe handling and administering of medication
* Food and hygine
* Infection control
* Epilepsy awareness ( exceptions can be made and knowledge can be shared via induction)
* Safe guarding Adults awareness

Desirable:
* NVQ 3 or above
* Lone working
Dealing with challenging Behaviours
* Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders
* Ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders, using diverse methods and media
* Ability to plan and support people to access their planned activities, or to devise programmes for people who remain home in the daytime
* Ability to record information and write concise reports
* Ability to undertaking moving of people, following training in safe manual handling

Knowledge
* Demonstrable knowledge of Valuing People Now
* Principles of Personalisation and Person-Centred Approaches
* Understanding of the economic position in social care and the drive for efficiency
* Understanding of epilepsy, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and other long term conditions

Experience
* Experience of paid or unpaid work with people with learning disabilities

Shift Patterns:
Am PM
7:30-02-30
7:45-02-45
8:00-03:00

Log days:
7:30-09-30
7:45-09-45
08:00-10:00

Night Shits:
09:30Pm-07:30 (AM)
10-00pm -08:00 (AM)