Working closely with the Service Leader and the Support Worker team, you will be responsible for supporting a range of individuals with a range of different needs and abilities.
Our Support Needs & Challenges
In one area of the building we support over 55’s with physical or mental health needs.
On the other side of the building we support under 55’s with mental health, We have 70 apartments and there are 66 people that live here the amount of people we support varies depending on care packages at the time at present we support 28 people but we do have some vacancies so this will increase
What is important to us?
It is important that we are supportive of everyone and their abilities and needs, we promote independence. Some people we support require low level support such as support with meals, medication, cleaning, others can require a higher level of support with personal care and moving and positioning. The aim of the extra care services is to enable people to live independently but with staff on site 24/7. Some people we support can live in their own apartment but need four calls a day supporting with meals, personal care, medication and cleaning, they don’t need a nursing/care home but they do need a higher level of support.
We also support people with their social hours such as going out into the community for days out, meals out, shopping and supporting to medical appointments.
Our extra care services are not secure buildings and people are free to come and go as they please and have visitors whenever they want there are DOLS in place, everyone has their own front door. They all have pendants which are linked to the phones the support team carry and these are responded to as and when people press them for emergency support
Our Shifts: Early shifts 8-3, 3-8,8-8, Night shifts 8pm till 8am
Shift Requirement: Varied
Contract: Bank
UK Driving License Required? No
What You'll Be Doing
You’ll be supporting lots of individuals with varying needs with the extra care scheme to live their daily life in the way they wants to live it. This means you will provide support in a wide variety of ways, including:
- Supporting with personal care
- Medication Administration
- Home management, including support with cooking, cleaning, shopping and budget management
- Daily activities - anything and everything the person we support like to do is something you might provide support with! So come ready and willing to put yourself out there and try some new things