Support Worker

About the role

Within Salford we have 18 homes providing care and support for adults with learning disabilities, varying abilities, and health issues. The role involves supporting specific individuals with PBS, complex needs and challenging behaviour in a 24‑hour service. Flexibility is essential due to shift patterns that include mornings, evenings, sleep shifts/waking nights and weekends/bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Promoting the independence of people we support
• Supporting a full range of daily activities including cleaning and cooking, days out or going away on holiday
• Arranging activities in the home and in the local community
• Developing residents’ life skills and personal interests
• Helping residents stay safe and healthy
• Assisting with personal care needs
• Manual handling
• Supporting people with medication
• Ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standard at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements
• Using a digital social care record system to support daily recording and service monitoring

Qualifications

• Previous experience in supported living settings supporting individuals with learning disabilities, PBS and complex and challenging behaviour
• Passionate, caring, enthusiastic and understanding
• Flexible, patient and non‑judgemental
• A great team player with lots of energy
• Able to demonstrate good communication skills
• Able to complete the physical aspects of the role such as manual handling where needed

Benefits

You will receive 29 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 31 days, with the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

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