Support Worker (Care)
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £22,737 to £23,155 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 June 2024 |
| Location: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Framework |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ003221 |
Summary
SUPPORT WORKER (CARE), EDWIN HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, F3-AD1 £22,737 - £23,155 FTE, PERMANENT, 37 HPW
• Are you looking for a role in care where you can really make a difference?
• Are you an enthusiastic, compassionate, and dynamic individual?
• Do you have an understanding of wider issues affecting substance misusers e.g. homelessness, Mental Health issues?
Framework Housing Association is the lead provider of drug and alcohol treatment within the City of Nottingham and is offering an exciting opportunity to join a team of staff in this Care Quality commission rated GOOD care setting.
Framework is looking to appoint a Support Worker at Edwin House to provide high standards of care and support and work proactively with service users to enable them to gain some control over their substance use, improve their quality of life and build recovery capital.
Edwin House is a 49-bed facility based in Radford which provide residential accommodation. The vacancy is in the residential area of this facility and the role involves supporting people who present with a range of complex support and health conditions resultant from historic or current problematic substance misuse.
• You must be flexible and able to work on a 24-hour rota. Will include night shifts.
• Full time shifts roles only – 37 hours per week.
• Shifts are 7am to 3pm/1pm to 9pm/8.45pm to 7.15am.
• If not already, you will be trained to deliver medication.
• Full training given.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Provide face to face & one to one, informal support, dealing with a wide range of individual needs.
• Assist Service Users with personal care and to complete daily living tasks as set out in their care and support plans which promote health and wellbeing.
• Administer medication through an online system – Training will be given.
• Contribute to the Review of individual care and support plans, and risk and needs assessments for service users.
• Respect the rights and responsibilities of Service Users.
• Advise Service Users to make informed decisions and choices.
• To build skills and confidence of Service Users.
• To work alongside Senior Care Workers/ nurses and managers to ensure tasks and objectives identified in care support plans are achieved within agreed time scales.
• To work with the occupational therapist to implement and review structured programmes and meaningful actives.
• Empower Service Users to maintain health and well-being.
• To assist with move on accommodation.
• Identify your own development needs and actively seek opportunities to expand your knowledge, skills, and experience to meet the developing needs of the service.
For more information about the vacancy or Service, please contact: Registered Manager - Katie Walker at 0115 654 8822
To apply, please complete an online form to submit your CV & supporting statement/letter of interest to recruiting manager.
Why Join Us?
• Working for Framework is a great way into social care. We invest in you and encourage career progression – providing a full induction, e-learning and classroom training, management development pathways, fully-funded professional qualifications and more.
• Your wellbeing is important to us. We emphasise wellbeing in all our working environments and employ a Wellbeing Practitioner to support our staff.
• Employee assistance programme, salary sacrifice schemes.
• Stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid sick leave.
• 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays – increasing with service.
• Paid DBS and Update Service.
• Loyalty awards and non-contributory life insurance.
• Equality and diversity is important to us: we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and cultures, and appreciate the variety of experience they provide. As one of Nottingham’s few Disability Confident Leaders, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities.
Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.
98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.
Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.
As an organisation we do not offer sponsorship for overseas candidates as our roles do not come under the right coding on the Shortage Occupancy List (SOL) for the scheme. Any non-UK citizen who applies for a role within Framework would need to be able to provide valid RTW without the need for support from us to stay in the country.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
• Are you looking for a role in care where you can really make a difference?
• Are you an enthusiastic, compassionate, and dynamic individual?
• Do you have an understanding of wider issues affecting substance misusers e.g. homelessness, Mental Health issues?
Framework Housing Association is the lead provider of drug and alcohol treatment within the City of Nottingham and is offering an exciting opportunity to join a team of staff in this Care Quality commission rated GOOD care setting.
Framework is looking to appoint a Support Worker at Edwin House to provide high standards of care and support and work proactively with service users to enable them to gain some control over their substance use, improve their quality of life and build recovery capital.
Edwin House is a 49-bed facility based in Radford which provide residential accommodation. The vacancy is in the residential area of this facility and the role involves supporting people who present with a range of complex support and health conditions resultant from historic or current problematic substance misuse.
• You must be flexible and able to work on a 24-hour rota. Will include night shifts.
• Full time shifts roles only – 37 hours per week.
• Shifts are 7am to 3pm/1pm to 9pm/8.45pm to 7.15am.
• If not already, you will be trained to deliver medication.
• Full training given.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Provide face to face & one to one, informal support, dealing with a wide range of individual needs.
• Assist Service Users with personal care and to complete daily living tasks as set out in their care and support plans which promote health and wellbeing.
• Administer medication through an online system – Training will be given.
• Contribute to the Review of individual care and support plans, and risk and needs assessments for service users.
• Respect the rights and responsibilities of Service Users.
• Advise Service Users to make informed decisions and choices.
• To build skills and confidence of Service Users.
• To work alongside Senior Care Workers/ nurses and managers to ensure tasks and objectives identified in care support plans are achieved within agreed time scales.
• To work with the occupational therapist to implement and review structured programmes and meaningful actives.
• Empower Service Users to maintain health and well-being.
• To assist with move on accommodation.
• Identify your own development needs and actively seek opportunities to expand your knowledge, skills, and experience to meet the developing needs of the service.
For more information about the vacancy or Service, please contact: Registered Manager - Katie Walker at 0115 654 8822
To apply, please complete an online form to submit your CV & supporting statement/letter of interest to recruiting manager.
Why Join Us?
• Working for Framework is a great way into social care. We invest in you and encourage career progression – providing a full induction, e-learning and classroom training, management development pathways, fully-funded professional qualifications and more.
• Your wellbeing is important to us. We emphasise wellbeing in all our working environments and employ a Wellbeing Practitioner to support our staff.
• Employee assistance programme, salary sacrifice schemes.
• Stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid sick leave.
• 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays – increasing with service.
• Paid DBS and Update Service.
• Loyalty awards and non-contributory life insurance.
• Equality and diversity is important to us: we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and cultures, and appreciate the variety of experience they provide. As one of Nottingham’s few Disability Confident Leaders, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities.
Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.
98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.
Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.
As an organisation we do not offer sponsorship for overseas candidates as our roles do not come under the right coding on the Shortage Occupancy List (SOL) for the scheme. Any non-UK citizen who applies for a role within Framework would need to be able to provide valid RTW without the need for support from us to stay in the country.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.