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This is a great opportunity to join an organisation that offers a fulfilling and rewarding career in supported living services in Birmingham. This role would suit someone who has a desire to provide support to others who wish to go on and live independently in the community. In return you will be rewarded with a great deal of job satisfaction.

The job involves supporting people with mental health, learning disability, physical disability and various other health issues.

The role will requires you to be able to travel to Acocks Green as this is the main site at the moment but other sites will also be opened around Birmingham in the near future.

What we need from you as an experienced Support Worker:

• You will need a minimum of 2 years experience working in a similar role in the UK
• Have the ability to encourage and motivate service users
• Able to liaise with professionals/families and carers
• Have an understanding of mental health issues
• Have the ability to cope in a crisis situation
• Good communication, organisational and report writing skills
• Must be computer and digital literate
• Have a flexible attitude to work, able to cover rota working/bank holidays etc
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Well mannered, courteous and professional

Desirable Requirements:

• NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health & Social Care
• Experience of caring in mental health

What the role involves:

You will be involved in providing whatever help and encouragement is required by the person we support to take control of their life. It is likely that to achieve this, the person receiving support will require support from a number of different people, including friends, family, professionals. It will therefore be necessary for the support worker to respect and work cooperatively with others enabling the person we support to live in their own home within their local community, based on the individual’s preferences/needs within the framework of their support plan.

Other incorporated duties include:

• Providing support on the day today living tasks and this may involve supporting people with nutrition and hydration, personal hygiene, environmental hygiene and safety, accessing community and meaning full activities
• To recognise and respect at all times that you are a guest in the person we support in their home
• To treat people, we support at all times, as an adult and a unique individual, recognising their rights to make choices and their rights to dignity, individuality, sexual preference, love, friendship and respect and to support people we support in the responsibilities that accompany these rights
• Assisting people, we support in developing their skills, facilitating access and enrolment in further education/community education, college course, if applicable
• Pursue desire for paid or unpaid employment by liaising with employment agencies, employers etc., if applicable

Salary: £11.00 per hour, working Days and Nights shifts. Some flexibility is needed and the hours will be confirmed at interview stage.

Benefits:

• Pension
• 20 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays

Please note that employment will be subject to excellent references and an enhanced DBS disclosure being obtained.

Please apply now!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £11.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension

Day range:

• Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

• Homecare

Shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Experience:

• working in a similar Care/Support Worker role in the UK: 2 years (required)

Work Location: One location