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Support Officer - Social Care
| Posting date: | 29 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.51 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 November 2024 |
| Location: | Wigan, Greater Manchester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | PossAbilities CIC |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Wigan |
Summary
Hey there! Are you ready to bring your passion, creativity, and happy vibes to a place that truly makes a difference? Look no further! At PossAbilities, we’re a social enterprise on a mission to help vulnerable people ‘Live the life they choose.’ If that sounds like something you’d love to be a part of, keep reading!
Our Supported living services help people to live as independently as possible. You will be responsible delivering support for people to live in a safe, excellent quality and happy home.
Why Choose PossAbilities?
PossAbilities isn’t just a fantastic place to work; it’s a place where your heart can sing. Here’s why you’ll love working with us:
Awesome Pay: We proudly offer a real living wage...earn £24,160.08 a year for a 37-hour workweek (pro-rata for part-timers).
Pension Perks: We contribute up to 4% of your salary into a pension plan.
Holiday Fun: Enjoy 20 days (pro rata) of annual leave, 8 bank holidays, and access to our reduced rate holiday home at Ribby Hall Village, and 3 extra days holiday on completion of 5 years long service award! Also the opportunity to bring your children or grandchildren to the Cherwell Chipmunks Day Camp for a full day of activities and tasks out in the open air during the school holidays!
Duvet Days: Perfect attendance? Have a paid day off to chill!
Mental Health Support: We’ve got trained mental health first aiders to support you.
Social Events: Join fun events with the people we support, staff, and their families.
Discounts & Benefits: As an employee of PossAbilities you are eligible for a Blue Light Card, ESSO discounted fuel card & similarly a Love2Shop - Every Day Benefits Card all easy-to-use discount schemes which saves you money on your day-to-day spending.
The Hours
Individual needs come first, and so we need a lot of flexibility when it comes to your working hours. These will be scheduled Monday-Sunday on a rota basis with the rest of your team and can include sleep-ins; waking nights; weekends; and Bank Holidays. Whilst these are our standard shifts, we can accommodate flexible working requests and part-time hours to meet personal requirements. This can be discussed at interview.
You will:
· Develop a relationship with individuals, their families and circles of support in order to determine what support they may want with their available funding.
· Use the range of person-centred thinking tools and resources to develop an understanding and a ‘picture’ of what support people want/need.
· You will to create a framework for decision making that incorporates the wishes of the individual, their family and circles of support, fom this you will facilitate and develop a support plan with the individual, which identifies agreed outcomes and is in line with their available funding
· Assist and support individuals to arrange a person-centred review of their support plan.
· Explore flexible and creative support opportunities which may result in individuals becoming less reliant on learning disability services.
· You will take the key role of a community connector and match the skills and interests of individuals with opportunities within their local community.
· For those individuals that are interested in employment opportunities, receive the necessary advice, support and guidance in order to ensure successful outcomes.
· Respond and report on any incidents or concerns that arise during their stay, in accordance with health and safety, safeguarding and other relevant incident management processes.
We asked our existing colleagues what type of person they thought we should be recruiting to work with us at PossAbilities and the outcomes are here:
What's it like to work at PossAbilities? Watch and find out... https://vimeo.com/907456586/b2d034812c?share=copy
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. We believe that diversity drives innovation and we actively seek to foster an environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all employees, ensuring that our team reflects the diverse communities we serve.
If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know, and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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