Waking Nights Support Worker
Waking Nights Support Worker
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Job Description
PLEASE NOTE:Due to the stated preferences of the person being supported this role is only open to female applicants.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Main responsibilities:
- Working under the direction of the Team Leader you will plan and provide support and care to foster the wellbeing and development of the people we support in accordance with their personcentred support and care plan recording and reviewing progress as directed so that the people we support can fulfil their potential for independence choice inclusion and control supporting them to:
- Encourage the people we support to maintain a clean tidy and welcoming living environment.
- Support to use appropriate laundry equipment so they can be enabled to do their laundry and clothing.
- Plan shop and prepare healthy and wholesome meals alongside the people we support considering their health choices and wishes.
- Encourage the people we support to be healthy by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments.
- Enable the people we support to look after their finances by supporting them individually to budget monitor their finances and access benefits.
- Support and encourage tenants to maintain an active and supportive social life considering individual choices and wishes.
- Working under the direction of the Team Leader provide personal care where required and appropriate as a part of their support and care plan (e.g. bathing hair washing etc) and where the appropriate registration is in place.
- Administering and recording of medication order/check medications.
- Meal preparation: planning a menu based on their individual preferences and diet choice making a shopping list preparing the food cooking the food safe handling and storage of the food.
- Related paperwork includes support plans daily updates person profiles risk assessments incident reporting behaviour reports and notes/updates on health appointments.
- Working under the direction of the Team Leader ensure tenants receive their housing related support by enabling tenants to look after their finances. This includes developing appropriate budgeting and financial training including support to access benefits and maintain them and assist them to understand and maintain their tenancy. Assisting tenants to access services from the landlord.
- Work within the communitys policies and procedures and code of conduct actively promoting the equality and diversity and the human rights of tenants to realise independence choice inclusion and control.
- Undertake training and continuous professional development in accordance with The Care Quality Commission local authority requirements the needs of the service and the people we support.
- Work in close partnership with family members and other professionals involved in the individuals life.
- Undertake personal development to develop and understanding of our philosophy and values and how these inform and guide practice in the key responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification:
Knowledge & Experience:
- You will preferably have experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities autism and distressed behaviours/emotions. However this is not essential as training will be given.
- Driving License is desirable but not essential.
Personal Attributes
- You will have a desire to support people to achieve a life full of opportunities. Experience is not needed but an understanding of the importance of supporting someone to have autonomy in their life is.
- Youll have a supportive and encouraging natural approach: our tenants live in their own homes or shared houses and will need support and guidance to maintain their home use laundry equipment cook plan shopping and will need help looking after their finances.
- Someone who is also keen to help arrange local and communitybased events with the people we support. Youll have a creative spirit and be keen to get involved or help create events e.g. coffee mornings film clubs.
- You crave the autonomy and freedom to provide true personcentred support: the people we support all have differing needs and wants; you are instrumental in making it happen!
- You want to become a real part of someones life and be able to support them in all their activities.
- You have a passion for helping others live a fulfilling and interesting life.
- You like being involved in the activities of people you support: many of the people we support have interests such as swimming crafts socialising
Education
- Youll have a good general education good numeracy and literacy skills; its not essential for you to have any qualifications as we will support you in gaining these.
- You will have a general knowledge of IT skills.
Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.
Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant preemployment checks including a DBS check.
We Reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
The charity
Established in 1954 Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities autism and mental health challenges. In our 70thyear we honour our past provide for the present and will lead the future.
Our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trusts ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration valuing everyones contribution enabling personal pathways to development celebrating the changing seasons and respecting the rhythm of natural life.
We operate in both rural and urban communities building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills continues to play to our strengths.
The benefits
Below is just a taste of what we offer:
Life cover for all employees so families will receive payment if a colleague dies at work (subject to cover terms and conditions).
Employees who introduce a friend to work with us receive 150 through payroll (Terms & Conditions apply.
Employee assistance programme with 24/7 helpline for advice and support. Also available to your immediate family
We contribute to a pension scheme along with your personal contributions
Annual leave entitlement 25 days per year PLUS statutory bank and national holidays
Free parking at most communities
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