Care & Support Worker

Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support?

We have an opening for you to join us as a Support Worker within the Care and Support Team. The purpose of the role is to provide autonomous assistance to the people we support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion, and control.

You will be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person centred outcomes and delivered within budget.

You will ensure that all needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments are kept up to date. There will also be direct engagement and liaison with social workers, family members and key workers as required.

Location & Travel

Community-based

This role will be based at our St Albans Community.

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 person-centred 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:
• Maintain a clean, tidy, and welcoming living environment.
• Use appropriate laundry equipment so they can be enabled to do their laundry and clothing.
• Plan, shop and prepare healthy and wholesome meals considering their health, choices and wishes.
• Be healthy by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments.
• Look after their finances by supporting them individually to budget, monitor their finances and access benefits.
• 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 the 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 community’s 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 individual’s 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.
  
  

Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today.

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.
• Sleep ins are required for this role.
  
  

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.
• You’ll 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 community-based events with the people we support.
• You’ll 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 person-centred 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 someone’s 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

• You’ll have a good general education, good numeracy and literacy skills; it’s 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 pre-employment checks including a DBS check.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Established in 1954, Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. In our 70th year 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 Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s 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.

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