MPA Recruitment are working in partnership with our market leading healthcare client Apex Housing to recruit Permanent Residential Workers with complex needs, in the Derry/ Londonderry Area.
This role will be based at Belmont Cottages.
This is a Full-time role (36 hours per week) to include weekends.
There is also a permanent part time role available (24 hours per week)
The salary for all Care Assistant positions is £25,992 per annum. (£13.47 per hour)
This is a fantastic opportunity to secure a permanent Residential Worker contract with a passionate healthcare provider in a supportive, patient centred care environment
Job Duties:
- To effectively manage the varying needs within 4 different cottages
- To provide care that is resident focused whilst ensuring that residents’ dignity and privacy are maintained at all times.
- To respect and promote the rights and entitlements of people with learning difficulties and complex needs and be responsive to individual needs of the service users
- Conduct Heath and Safety Audits as required
- To be able to effectively manage a large frequency of incidents involving adults who display complex needs
- To ensure appropriate documentation is established and maintained in respect of new residents and continuous evaluation of residents’ support plans
- Comply to all health and safety policies including accident/incident reporting and reporting all additional concerns
- To ensure all services are delivered in accordance with recognised standards including RQIA and Apex policies and procedures
- To promote the self-esteem, happiness and emotional health of service users
- To accompany service users on social and recreational outings and other appointments, as required.
- Carry our house visits with manager as required
- Attend fundraising committee meetings
- Establish and maintain good working relationships with the multidisciplinary team, residents, visitors, colleagues, relatives, other departments and all levels of management
- As a shift leader you will have direct responsibility for analysing staffing levels, coordinating workloads and delegating as appropriate
- Managing the staff within the scheme and liaising with the manager to identify and establish work targets and development objectives
Essential Criteria
- QCF/NVQ 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent
- A minimum of 1 years’ experience in a support working role with learning difficulties AND Challenging behaviour in a community/residential setting
- Must be currently registered with NISCC OR if new to the sector must achieve registration within 6 months.
- Have previous administration experiences
OR
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a support role working with adults with learning difficulties AND challenging behaviour in a community/residential setting
- Have previous administration experience
- Must be currently registered with NISCC OR if new to the sector must achieve registration within 6 months.
AND
The above experience must include supervisory responsibility
Above experience must demonstrate the use of IT and the provision of admin support to include regulatory, scheme and resident reports
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Further Information:
Employee benefits:
· Starting at 4 weeks annual leave and 12 statutory days pro rata (increases with length of service)
· Company pension scheme contributions Employer 6%, Employee 4%
· Company maternity/paternity pay
· Company sick pay
· Continuous training and development
· Free onsite parking
Employee health and wellbeing:
· Apex promotes wellbeing for employees, consisting of a number of health and wellbeing initiatives
· Access to Inspire Workplaces’ Employee Assistance Programme and online Support Hub
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