Advanced Support Worker

Posting date:	16 May 2025
Salary:	£14.42 per hour
Additional salary information:	£14.42 an hour
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	16 June 2025
Location:	Liverpool, L13 1DA
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	L0106-25-0005

Summary

Delivering tailored, life-enhancing support in line with the organisations complex care service models, working with the complex care team and other specialists to ensure that the needs of the people we support are met within a comprehensive and robust framework. Support an environment where colleagues feel encouraged to reflect on their practices, and guide, support and assess colleagues to promote continuous improvement and high levels of competency. To act as a role model and mentor to colleagues, by demonstrating excellent levels of practice and ensuring specialist care and support is tailored to the people we support. Identify escalate and contribute to the management of any risks that could affect customer service or safety, or the effectiveness, efficiency and compliance of an individual's activities, to ensure that the best interests of the people we support are always maintained. To ensure the health safety and wellbeing of self colleagues and people supported by following the appropriate policies and procedures and escalating any concerns, complaints or poor practice. To provide the best care and support possible, in accordance with a persons support needs and create personalised support plans using specialist knowledge and experience, gaining input from other care professionals, so that peoples holistic needs are supported. Delivering care and support in line with co-produced plans, and establishing meaningful relationships with the people we support and their loved ones, to truly understand their needs, and ensure they feel engaged, involved and fulfilled. To take the lead on monitoring and evaluating the health and behaviour needs of the people we support, ensuring Health and Behaviour Plans are reviewed regularly and updated in line with policy and best practice. Motivate and lead self and colleagues to promote operational excellence, specialist support and person-centred care. Highlighting own learning and performance needs (particularly in specialist areas), always striving to be the best they can be, and encouraging those around them to do the same. Demonstrating Personal Qualities A Place I Belong/ Changing Lives Its all about youyoull have high level of self-awareness and continually reflect on your interactions with others. Your values are important to you and aligned with ours you role model these at every opportunity; you do the right thing. Bringing fresh perspectives to your work you always ask for feedback to make sure youre doing the best you can. Working with People Better Together We work better when we work together youll be a natural at developing relationships with others, working together as part of a team and encouraging others to contribute. An excellent communicator, youre adept at getting the best outcomes for the people we support through the effective relationships youve built. A people person, youll identify opportunities to work in partnership in your local community to enhance the lives of the people we support. Leading/Managing Services Purpose with Passion/ Changing Lives Youre passionate about enabling people to live the life they want to lead. You take personal charge of mistakes and learn from them, ensuring a no blame culture. You set a good example to others and youre a respected member of the team. Delivering Results and Improving Services Dare to be the Best We all have the power to make a difference you actively seek out opinions from people who use the service, their families and carers to make improvements, and enable them to live the life they want. Youre not afraid to speak out when it really matters, when you can see something thats not right. Youre always looking for opportunities to develop and improve our service and new ways of doing things where you think something can be done better