Support Worker
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £25,989 i £26,824 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | [Plus 10% unsocial hours for qualifying shifts] |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Devizes, Wiltshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Wiltshire Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 5661 |
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Salary: £25,989 - £26,824 pro rata [Plus 10% unsocial hours for qualifying shifts]
Hours per week: 30 hours
Interview date: To be confirmed after shortlisting
Bradbury Manor Short break Service – Promoting Health, Ensuring Care
We are passionate about our community and take pride in our work. We encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do – through trust and respect, empowering people to develop skills, collaborate and innovate to find solutions, be open, take responsibility, to listen and learn.
At Bradbury Manor, we provide short breaks away from the family home supporting customers, enabling them to take part in meaningful activities. We work with families, paid and unpaid carers to ensure that they are also involved and listened to, we will support the customer in the most appropriate way to enable them to maximise their independence.
We will provide regular training opportunities to support you in this role and you will be supported to undertake a 26-week probationary period with regular meetings throughout this period to monitor progress.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
• Work in a person-centred way with customers and promote their wellbeing, choices, dignity and independence. This will be achieved through the key-worker system.
• Planning activities for and with customers, taking into account differing needs, wishes and preferences.
• Creation of menus taking into account medical conditions, wishes, preferences, diets, etc
• Support customers either living in their own home, or whilst visiting the settings.
• Where appropriate, support customers to understand and maintain their tenancies, or licence agreements.
• Support customers moving into or out of the property; to be involved in the planning, preparation and execution of the move, or stay at short break services.
• Encourage and support customers in their personal, social (including religious), and leisure and work activities.
Support customers maintain and develop relationships.
• When required undertake sleeping-in duties or waking night duties on the premises.
• Act as a link person between the customer and work, college or leisure establishments and advising those establishments as necessary on the requirements or needs of the customer.
• Provide emotional and practical support for customers with everyday issues or when customers are faced with more difficult decisions or experiences.
• Assist/support customers with all aspects of their financial and home management so that financial commitments (paying bills, shopping, benefit claims, etc) are met.
• Assist customers with household tasks.
• Where required, assist customers in administering their own medicine, or administer medication to customers if this is required.
• Seek advice and guidance from Senior support workers and the Team Leader.
• Only in exceptional circumstances will the postholder will be responsible for running shifts and should normally have access to more senior staff members whilst on shift.
• Focus on the individual, their strengths, choices, assets and goals through person centred planning.
Specific requirements:
• Flexibility is required in order to provide a responsive service to emergency situations, ensuring the safety and well-being of those at the home, which may involve working outside core hours.
• The postholder will need to be flexible in terms of work locations, dividing time between respite and day settings as required.
• Have a flexible approach and work within a varied rota including on call, evenings, weekends, sleeping-in and waking night duties. The postholder will need to be able to remain awake and alert whilst undertaking waking nights duties.
• The postholder will need to be physically fit to perform all aspects of the role.
Why us?
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
For more details, contact Angie Taylor, Registered Manager, at Angie.Taylor@Wiltshire.gov.uk
Hours per week: 30 hours
Interview date: To be confirmed after shortlisting
Bradbury Manor Short break Service – Promoting Health, Ensuring Care
We are passionate about our community and take pride in our work. We encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do – through trust and respect, empowering people to develop skills, collaborate and innovate to find solutions, be open, take responsibility, to listen and learn.
At Bradbury Manor, we provide short breaks away from the family home supporting customers, enabling them to take part in meaningful activities. We work with families, paid and unpaid carers to ensure that they are also involved and listened to, we will support the customer in the most appropriate way to enable them to maximise their independence.
We will provide regular training opportunities to support you in this role and you will be supported to undertake a 26-week probationary period with regular meetings throughout this period to monitor progress.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
• Work in a person-centred way with customers and promote their wellbeing, choices, dignity and independence. This will be achieved through the key-worker system.
• Planning activities for and with customers, taking into account differing needs, wishes and preferences.
• Creation of menus taking into account medical conditions, wishes, preferences, diets, etc
• Support customers either living in their own home, or whilst visiting the settings.
• Where appropriate, support customers to understand and maintain their tenancies, or licence agreements.
• Support customers moving into or out of the property; to be involved in the planning, preparation and execution of the move, or stay at short break services.
• Encourage and support customers in their personal, social (including religious), and leisure and work activities.
Support customers maintain and develop relationships.
• When required undertake sleeping-in duties or waking night duties on the premises.
• Act as a link person between the customer and work, college or leisure establishments and advising those establishments as necessary on the requirements or needs of the customer.
• Provide emotional and practical support for customers with everyday issues or when customers are faced with more difficult decisions or experiences.
• Assist/support customers with all aspects of their financial and home management so that financial commitments (paying bills, shopping, benefit claims, etc) are met.
• Assist customers with household tasks.
• Where required, assist customers in administering their own medicine, or administer medication to customers if this is required.
• Seek advice and guidance from Senior support workers and the Team Leader.
• Only in exceptional circumstances will the postholder will be responsible for running shifts and should normally have access to more senior staff members whilst on shift.
• Focus on the individual, their strengths, choices, assets and goals through person centred planning.
Specific requirements:
• Flexibility is required in order to provide a responsive service to emergency situations, ensuring the safety and well-being of those at the home, which may involve working outside core hours.
• The postholder will need to be flexible in terms of work locations, dividing time between respite and day settings as required.
• Have a flexible approach and work within a varied rota including on call, evenings, weekends, sleeping-in and waking night duties. The postholder will need to be able to remain awake and alert whilst undertaking waking nights duties.
• The postholder will need to be physically fit to perform all aspects of the role.
Why us?
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
For more details, contact Angie Taylor, Registered Manager, at Angie.Taylor@Wiltshire.gov.uk
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