Bank Male Complex Support Worker

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Job Introduction
At Turning Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across England. We strive to constantly find ways to support more people to discover new possibilities in their lives. The quality of our support means everything to us. The people we work with inspire us and in turn we look for new ways to inspire change. We owe it to the people we work with to grow and shape the future, because we believe in what we do.
We endeavour to create positive family relationships offering a good circle of support. There is a strong focus on supporting individuals' lives in a person-centred way which includes various activities, shopping, managing own budgets and cooking. We tailor our services to enable people to be as independent as possible.
Where will I be working?
Within Salford we have 18 homes providing care and support for adults with Learning Disabilities, varying abilities, and health issues. As part of this role, you will be supporting specific individuals with PBS, complex needs and challenging behaviour.
The service is a 24-hour service therefore flexibility is essential. Shift patterns include, mornings, evenings, sleep shifts/waking nights and weekends/bank holidays.
We use a digital social care record system, to support daily recording, which will make your day-to-day tasks easier and allows you to spend more time with the People We Support
Role Responsibility
This is a hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will include:
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
The Ideal Candidate
People with learning disabilities will sometimes have multiple conditions that can create complex needs. These conditions mean that the person we support may present with a combination of needs that affect: –
Mental health
Ability to form and manage relationships
Behaviours that challenge
Physical appearance
Physical health
Sensory input
Communication ability
Cognitive ability
This role will be supporting individual with complex and challenging behaviours so it is essential that you have previous experience in supported living settings supporting individuals with learning disabilities, PBS and complex and challenging behaviour. It is also essential that you are:
Passionate, caring and 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
About us
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
What Benefits Will I Receive?
Being a member of our bank is a fantastic opportunity to work flexibly around your existing commitments, giving you control over when you want to work in order to suit your own circumstances. But not only that – being employed by Turning Point will also give you access to many of our rewards!
Your annual leave entitlement will accrue as you work, to the equivalent of 29 days a year.
Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.
Turning Point Benefits
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
Turning Point
Attached documents
2022 SW Role Profile and Job expectations.pdf
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Location:
Salford
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Support Work

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