Female Support Worker, 20 hours per week, perm - St Helens, Merseyside,
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.0 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £12.00 for hours worked |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 June 2024 |
| Location: | St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1DQ |
| Company: | Alternative Futures Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REF-132-I232VR0 |
Summary
Being a Support Worker at AFG is a hugely rewarding role and could be your first step on a long and happy career in Health & Social Care.
So, what does a Support Worker do?
We have a vision to create a world where people control their lives. Here at AFG, we pride ourselves on helping the people we support to design, develop and ‘own’ the support they receive by planning this with them; we support people to make informed choices and increase their own independence; and we support people to maintain their own health, wellbeing and living environment. These principles are really important to us.
Our Support Workers work in a variety of settings including community-based services (often supporting people in their own homes) to our Treatment & Recovery Centres.
One thing that is common across all of our services is a focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations of the people we support with a diverse range of care needs (including Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, Complex Care, Substance Misuse issues to name a few).
We value the people that work with us…
At AFG we recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you! In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development (including opportunities to undertake vocational qualifications) and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.
About you…
There are a few things that we look for in all of our support workers; we would need you to…
- be a good communicator (verbally and in writing)
- be patient, confident and enthusiastic about caring for others
- be able to use your own initiative
- be able to work as part of a team
- have flexibility to work a varied shift pattern to provide 24-hour support
- share our AFG values
We don’t ask for any other relevant training or a previous career in care as full training will be provided – you just need a willingness to learn and develop.
Your pay - our Support Workers receive a rate of £12.00 per hour for all worked hours. Once you are successful for a role with us, full details of your pay will be included in your written offer.
As a ‘values based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our AFG family. If you are passionate about caring for others and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.
More about this vacancy...
We asked the Team Leader to tell us more about this role and the amazing person that we need to work here.
Where is this vacancy based?
This vacancy is based in St Helens near Taylor Park .
Who do you support?
At present we support only 1 person in this particular service, the person concerned has capacity to do many things for themselves, communication is very important and this must be consistent to ensure the same information is being communicated to the individual to cause as least confusion as possible.
Where do they live?
The property is detached on the corner of a main road. it has 3 bedrooms 2 lounges a dining area and small kitchen, there are gardens to the front and rear with a garage at the rear which contains the drying machine, the garage at present is used for little else.
There is a local Spar which is 50 yards from the property and there are bus routes either towards St Helens town Centre or towards Liverpool.
There is a local park across the main road.
What would a typical shift be like?
This is a lone Worker service at present so a typical day when you arrive on shift will be to complete all the necessary checks required, diaries, monies, and any required health and safety checks.
The person supported will sometimes be in bed for most of the morning as they choose very often to stay up late watching TV. Staff around 9:30am will knock on the persons bedroom door and offer morning medication which is normally taken without any problems, the person will either choose to stay in bed, until they are ready to get up or they may be in at the start of your shift at 9am.
Staff will encourage the person to complete their personal care as this is not done by staff, staff will then prepare a breakfast or lunch the person chooses dependent upon what time they choose to get up.
Activities can be pre arranged or arranged on the day, this will be decided by the person supported, the weather will often have an impact as to whether the person will go out.
The person supported has 2 birds as pets and staff will support in cleaning these out and providing food and water, an activity will be the person supported going to a pet shop to buy supplies.
The person supported has a number of physical and mental issues that staff will support with and this will include working along side G.P.'s Consultants, district nurses as example and communications with family members is also supported by staff on occasion.
The person supported is a very keen Liverpool fan and any day when they are playing it is important that they are able to watch the game, staff should interrupt as little as possible during these times.
At night staff will cook tea of the persons choice and provide evening medications around 5.30pm. Staff who choose to complete the sleep in can retire to bed around 10.15pm, the person supported as already stated will often stay up watching TV and will access the toilet during the night, staff are not required to support during the night unless the person supported requests this which is very rare.
There are a number of different tasks that you would be required to support the person supported with i.e. Daily finances and banking Household chores including food preparation Managing a tenancy; reporting property issues to the landlord Communication
Accessing the community
Medication
management Building social & lifestyle skills Health
&
hygiene needs
What activities do the people that we support at this property like to do?
Shopping for his birds and some peroneal food items he likes to have
Going to Liverpool football club to complete the tour occasionally, they do not attend matches.
Watching football, rugby, snooker or any sports is a daily option for the person, they will often like to watch comedies and soaps like Coronation Street.
Interaction with the persons pet birds is very important to them
Time on their own in the house is also important and they will often complete tasks like washing and doing dishes in this situation. Reading the Liverpool echo is a favorite activity.
Are there any skills or interests that a candidate could have that would be great to use to support this service?
Walking, Cinema, Shopping, pets, football To have awareness or be prepared to gain awareness of Asperger's Syndrome
Be patient and understanding Be able to provide healthy options via cooking
Be able to deal with the occasional challenging situations with confidence Have and continue to develop positive and consistent communication.
What is the team here or is it lone-working?
At present we have 2 staff who cover the main commissioned hours You will be Lone Working in this service and will if you chose complete a sleep in shift, these are not compulsory
What are your shift patterns?
Day shift 9am to 19:00 sleep shift 22:15 to 07:15 We hope it has given you more insight into this role and we hope to see your application soon.
We hope it has given you more insight into this role and we hope to see your application soon.
Please note our Support Workers are contracted by area therefore flexibility is essential to work in other services where required.