Details:
- Salary: £23,816 - 24,000 - Annum
- Location: Southampton
- Date: 1 month ago
Description:
Hunts Recruitment is looking for committed and compassionate Support Workers for a caring team in the Bursledon area of Southampton.
Your role will be to support adults who have additional learning needs, with their day to day lives and routine.
- Job Type: Permanent
- Salary: £11.45 Per hour ( £23,816 per annum)
- NVQ 2 or above preferred but not essential
- Car drivers preferred but not essential
SPONSORSHIP - NOT AVAILABLE
You will be offered the following benefits:
Thorough onboarding, induction, and training programme
30 days holiday per year.
Ongoing training and career development with the opportunity to progress to Team Leader and beyond.
Work in a supportive and friendly team.
Casual dress.
Regular check ins with you line manager.
Rewarding work.
Access to Perk box discounts.
Your job role will be:
- To contribute and participate in providing quality care and life experiences to vulnerable people
- To help provide a therapeutic, structured and relaxed environment in which service users can develop and enjoy their lives.
- To assist in the overall daily management of the home by taking responsibility for coordinating activities during a shift as required.
- To support and advise new and less experienced staff in the implementation of procedures and service user guidelines.
- To facilitate good communication within all levels of the staff team.
- To ensure that medication is administered in line with both Company Policy and CQC guidelines (training provided)
- To oversee and organise the daily recording of information relating to service users.
- To participate in life planning for particular service users
- Identifying the service user’s emotional, physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and make appropriate decisions for action in consultation with the Management Team
- Delivering a clearly defined programme of care for each service user within the home and ensuring that service user files are recorded and maintained accurately
- Liaising with relatives, other staff and other professionals in consultation with the Home Manager
- To use initiative in creating and delivering appropriate leisure opportunities for service users
- To accompany and organise transport when required for service users to attend activities outside the home.
Additional Information:
All employees are expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises so that tasks which are not specifically covered in the job description are undertaken.
These additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work. Training will be provided
Hunts Recruitment acts as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. We are an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone