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Forensic Support Worker

Job details
Posting date: 26 September 2024
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 24 October 2024
Location: West Yorkshire, LS11 7HL
Company: Real Life Options
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: ORG3708-HM1154471LeeFSW

Summary

Forensic Support Worker

Forensic Experience Essential

£11.44 per hour

Leeds Outreach – LS11 Area

Contracted hours: 8am - 10pm Part Time Hours 16 to 20 hours per week which include days, evenings and weekends.

Are you a highly motivated caring individual, who is looking for a vocation where every day is different, where you can make a difference to people’s lives.

We offer care packages for a diverse range of individuals with different care and support needs, which range from full support, forensic, challenging behaviours whilst being able to risk assess situations. There is also support helping with budgeting and shopping.

For the people we support you would need to be very active to support with social activities as they like to go Swimming, to the gym and go to the Rugby games or concerts on occasions so this may include late evenings.

In our Leeds Outreach you will be working within the community and within peoples own homes and day centre support, supporting with daily finances, meal preparation and personal care and every day is different, as each individual is different, this is why a person centred approach is essential.

The role

Across all services, the individuals we support have autism, learning disabilities and at times can display behaviours of concern, therefore you must have the ability to follow detailed support plans in order to ensure a consistent approach.

Essential Experience in –


Criminal background
Grooming behaviours
Mental Health Disorders
Personality disorder
Associated challenging behaviour


Desirable training –


Mappa Training
Anthony Bainbridge Training


Previous experience in Forensic Support Work is Essential for this role.

A adult DBS is required for this role.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. This role will include shift working, including evenings, sleepovers, nights and weekends. Sleepovers will include an allowance.

Benefits and Rewards


A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme


In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:


Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives


We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

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.