Supported Living/Daycentre Worker
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 August 2025 |
| Location: | Sunderland, Tyne & Wear |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | NDRC Northeast Disabilities Resource Centre |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
OVERALL OBJECTIVES
1. To provide support to people with a physical disability and or learning disability as well as mental health conditions to enable them to maintain their tenancies and to achieve their aspirations for independent living.
2. This job description is generic and applies to all support workers. The duties will be determined by the individual needs of the users being supported. The context in which support is been provided may vary according to the user’s support plan.
3. Depending on location the support provided may vary from the supported living services to NDRC Day Centre and in the community.
KEY TASKS
1. Identify users’ individual support needs and, through consultation and
agreement with the user (and, where appropriate, their Care
Manager), devise and implement suitable support plans to ensure
that identified support is given to the highest standard.
2. Promoting safety and providing emotional support.
3. Assisting in or providing total personal care to patients.
4. Observing and reporting and substantial or unusual findings in
Service users’ behaviour or physical condition.
5. Assisting with meal preparation.
6. Performing routine household chores.
7. Listening to the concerns of Service user’s and reporting any
concerns to senior management.
8. Promoting safety and providing emotional support when needed.
9. Administering safely and correctly a Service user’s medication.
10. This is not an exhaustive list but could change from time to time from Management.
The duties described in this job description must be carried out in a manner which promotes equality of opportunity; dignity and due respect for all employees and clients or customers is consistent with the Company’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
1. To provide support to people with a physical disability and or learning disability as well as mental health conditions to enable them to maintain their tenancies and to achieve their aspirations for independent living.
2. This job description is generic and applies to all support workers. The duties will be determined by the individual needs of the users being supported. The context in which support is been provided may vary according to the user’s support plan.
3. Depending on location the support provided may vary from the supported living services to NDRC Day Centre and in the community.
KEY TASKS
1. Identify users’ individual support needs and, through consultation and
agreement with the user (and, where appropriate, their Care
Manager), devise and implement suitable support plans to ensure
that identified support is given to the highest standard.
2. Promoting safety and providing emotional support.
3. Assisting in or providing total personal care to patients.
4. Observing and reporting and substantial or unusual findings in
Service users’ behaviour or physical condition.
5. Assisting with meal preparation.
6. Performing routine household chores.
7. Listening to the concerns of Service user’s and reporting any
concerns to senior management.
8. Promoting safety and providing emotional support when needed.
9. Administering safely and correctly a Service user’s medication.
10. This is not an exhaustive list but could change from time to time from Management.
The duties described in this job description must be carried out in a manner which promotes equality of opportunity; dignity and due respect for all employees and clients or customers is consistent with the Company’s Equal Opportunities Policy.