Activities Support Worker | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 13 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2024 |
| Location: | Aylsham, NR11 6LZ |
| Company: | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6636528/839-6636528-LR |
Summary
To work as part of the team providing respite services to Children, Young People and Adults with complex healthcare needs, enabling their families to have a break from their carer responsibilities.
The post holder will provide support across Mill Lodge Adult Respite Unit, Squirrels Children Respite Unit, and Home-Based Respite:
by organising activities that are tailored to the needs of the individuals, and group activities to bring people together.
Delivering and arranging activities for individuals to provide a stimulating environment to meet their emotional, social, physical & intellectual needs.
Developing and maintaining a range of resources which short break staff can use to enhance the provision of short breaks for children, young people and adults.
Ensuring the individual needs of patients are met, providing opportunities for individuals to use their skills and enhance their quality of life, whilst maintaining their independence and privacy.
Working on a rolling shift pattern, including alternate weekends, applying a flexible attitude to working hours especially in regards to covering absence & holidays, including bank holidays, evenings & weekends.
Displaying a caring, sensitive & approachable nature.
Displaying compassion, patience & empathy in all tasks, whilst being creative, organised & reliable in approach to work.
To contribute to the delivery of care packages for patients with learning disabilities and complex health needs for example, to enhance quality of life where possible.
To create organise and offer children, young people and adults who access NCH&C short breaks services a stimulation programme of internal and external activities
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Do you have a passion working with children and young people? Are you organised? Do you enjoy planning events and coordinating activities? If you answeredyesthen this could be for you! An exciting opportunity has arisen within Respite Services at NCHC and we are looking for an Activities Support Worker to work across our children’s and adult unit.
A day in the life of an Activities Support Worker
• Providing support, communication and engagement with children/young people/adults
• Creating activities - you will be in charge of designing engaging activities planned both internally and with external resources.
• Event planning – the Activities Support Worker will be involved with planning events such as summer or Christmas parties
• Interaction – to engage with CYP/Adults to see which activities they want to do and supporting them in doing so
• External communications – as an Activities Support Worker you will be speaking with external entertainers or businesses to organise visits
• Social activities- trips out, social engagements and activities within the units for all abilities.
An informal chat about the role is welcomed!
Clinical:
To manage, under indirect supervision, own workload within competencies of the post
To create, organise and offer children, young people and adults who access NCHC short break services a stimulating programme of activities offering internal & external activity sessions.
To co-ordinate & produce an activities programme for each service user, which will include both one to one activities as well as group sessions for those in residential care, ensuring that individuals likes and dislikes are considered. This should be circulated to all staff and families to know what is taking place.
To book external entertainment/activities and organise transport facilitating trips away from the unit.
To build and maintain good relationships with those children, young people and adults who access NCHC short break services, and their relatives.
Engage with children, young people, adults and their families using a variety of communication techniques as documented in the individuals care plan. This may include:
Using skills of empathy, persuasion, compassionate language and active listening
Identifying accessible information and any reasonable adjustments to support communication, including specific communication tools used and aids such as switches, eye gaze etc.
Being aware of their likes, dislikes, nutritional & cultural needs
To motivate, encourage & participate in activities with individuals.
Be confident in delegating the responsibility to undertake activities to the staff team ensuring that activities are taking place at regular intervals.
Ensure activities consider the child, young person or adults need for rest and relaxation and avoid over stimulation
To arrange photographs of events for parents, carers, families and within unit promotion and unit newsletters, ensuring consent has been obtained and recorded within the persons healthcare record..
Ensure consent to photography, external travel and activities has been obtained 6 monthly for children and young people. For adults within NCH&C care ensure families wishes are recorded at the annual respite review and staff act in accordance with these.
To act at all times in a professional manner to visitors, staff and children, young people and adults who access NCHC short break services.
To observe & promote patient choice, independence, dignity, privacy, fulfilment & other rights.
To help to create a warm and friendly atmosphere within the units, which allows & encourages individuals to develop and participate in the running of the unit to their fullest potential.
To review and record activities provided on the individuals Systm One record following the trust’s policy for record keeping.
To maintain good liaison within the team about all aspects of work, communicating fully and appropriately with all relevant persons.
Be aware of child/adult protection issues and procedures, always referring to Line manager or safeguarding team for advice.
Be aware of new developments and research findings related to own role, taking responsibility for competence in practice. Liaise with Clinical Lead around the implementation of any new initiatives.
To assist the nursing staff deliver personal care to children, young people and adults who are undertaking activities
To assist with manual handling of children, young people and adults including hoisting when required.
To assist the nursing staff in emergency situations (e.g. cardiac or respiratory arrest, major incident).
Work with colleagues in de-escalating behaviours that challenge using strategies as outlined in child, young person or adults individualised care plan
Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, cleaning specialist equipment and general housekeeping tasks
To work a flexible shift pattern dependent on service needs
Demonstrate an awareness and understand of consent, and gain consent as appropriate following organisational policies
Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, cleaning specialist equipment and general housekeeping tasks
Share responsibility of indirect patient contact tasks, such as, answering telephones arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data
Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
Will be required to assist in manual handling of children, young people and adults including hoisting.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Oct 2024
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