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Keyworker - MOR09992
| Posting date: | 20 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £29,142.10 to £31,309.85 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2024 |
| Location: | Elgin, IV30 6HN |
| Company: | Moray Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | MOR09992 |
Summary
Job Description
To provide care and support to both adults and children with autism and/or learning disabilities who exhibit a variety of behaviours that cause concern. To lead the team around the adult or child, Keywork the individual and provide supervision and other support measures to the team.
Responsibilities
- To provide direct support and Keywork service users who display behaviour that causes concern. Working as a team to manage the behaviour and to enable them to participate in a wide range of activities in the community to support social inclusion.
- To support and be a keyworker to adults within their own home in the local community, accessing community facilities and enabling them to maintain their tenancy.
- To support and be a keyworker to children living at home, supporting them to reach their potential, be part of their community and maintain family relationships.
- To support and be a keyworker to children and young people living in residential care supporting them to reach their potential, be part of their community and maintain family relationships.
- To provide support and supervision to support workers within the service.
- To uphold social work values and to ensure good working practice including understanding and awareness of health and safety.
- To promote the independence and develop the skills of service users and assist with all tasks necessary to ensure positive life experiences and maintain their tenancy.
- To work positively with other agencies, parents, support workers, and other services to ensure a quality provision of care for service users.
- To ensure that the living environment of the service users is clean and appropriate to meet each individual’s needs.
- To participate in regular and ongoing training relevant to the needs of the service users.
The Individual
- Previous experience in completing Keyworker responsibilities
- Previous experience in working in Social care
- Willingness to undertake HSC SVQ level 3 & PDA in supervision (adults) CYP SVQ level 4
- Willingness to undertake further training as required.
- Registration with the SSSC once in post
- Effective Practical Skills
- Effective Observational Skills
- Flexibility, Empathy and Approachability.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Experience of community participation
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Previous experience in a supervisory role.
- Experience of working in social care
- A resilient and assertive nature
- Ability to remain calm in a crisis
- Ability to reflect on own professional practice
- Knowledge of Social Care Values.
- To understand your own feelings about being challenged
- Knowledge of Social Care Values.
- Knowledge Health & Social care values
- Ability to form positive relationships with service users, colleagues, parents, guardians and other professionals.
- Sensitivity and understanding of discrimination and health and wellbeing issues.
- Flexible approach to work patterns and bases and ability to work within and shift based rota system.
- Ability to respond appropriately in difficult or challenging situations e.g. BSS etc
- Ability to work effectively as part of the support team and in multidisciplinary settings.
- Ability to use own initiative and to be self-motivated
- The ability to engage service users in activities and participation within their home and in the local community.
- Ability to communicate in an open an approachable manner.
- An appreciation, acceptance and commitment to the importance of confidentiality
- Ability to carry out duties that involve personal care of service users.
- Ability to carry out moving and handling duties in line with health and safety regulation and risk assessment.
- Ability to support service users with physical activities such as swimming, hydro therapy etc.
- Must be able to work flexibly to meet the needs and demands of the service
- The ability to deliver agreed interventions for managing behaviour that causes concern, e.g.
- BSS,SCIP, CALM etc.
There is potential for this to become a full-time position with 13.5hrs worked as a Keyworker and 22.75hrs worked as a Support Worker providing direct support to our Service Users.
Closing date: 4 October 2024
Starting Salary: £29,142 (Pro Rata)
£15.46 per hour
13.5 hours per week
Contact Kate McClue for further information 01343 842390
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