Overview
Care and Support Worker – Ewart House, HA1 2BE
About this role of Care & Support Worker: Ewart House
We have an amazing opportunity for a Care & Support Worker working in one of our services. This post is a part time, permanent position working 20 hours per week.
Caring is at the heart of what we do at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing. It is an integral part of the company and something we pride ourselves in as being the best. If you are a caring individual, one who wants to support people to live the best lives they can, then this is the role for you.
In this position you will support people with various Learning Disabilities to remain as independent as possible. You will be responsible for their support plans and liaising with others that support our customers on a day-to-day basis. As this is a registered supported service, there will also minimal one to one personal care, depending on our customers` needs. Support is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Subsequently, this role does involve shift work and there will be an opportunity for overtime.
MTVH are able to provide full training to you if you have the desire and compassion to take up this role. This training will ensure you provide personalized care and support services to our customers with dignity. This role does require you to work flexibly to ensure individual needs are met while maximizing independence, choice, privacy and well-being, in collaboration with the senior care and support workers/team leaders.
What you’ll need to succeed:
The ability and experience to assist customers with personal care and needs in line with their care plans if required.
Empower customers to maintain and establish positive relationships in the wider community.
Provide practical support to customers for essential daily living tasks.
Be key worker for allocated customers to develop an understanding of their requirements and best meet their needs.
Assist with the creation of support plans and work with external parties in achieving the best outcomes for customers.
Encourage customers in developing and maintaining independence and emotional wellbeing.
You will demonstrate you understand what good support looks like appropriate to the age, gender, disability, race, religion, and sexuality of the customer to improve their quality of life and independence
To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers we will complete a enhanced background check with the Disclosure and Barring Service adding you to the DBS update service once an offer of employment is made.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
