Support Worker , Stoke

We are recruiting on behalf of Creative Support, they are a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. They are currently looking to add a Support Worker to our team in Blythe Bridge, Stoke.

We are looking for a compassionate, positive and creative individual to join our supportive and dedicated team at our supported living service in Blythe Bridge, Stoke. We would love to hear from people who have the genuine passion and drive to want to make a positive difference in people’s lives who have learning disabilities. The successful candidate will be supporting 4 gentlemen at our beautiful and homely Supported Living Service and out in the community. No two days will be the same as the people that use our service have a wide range of interests and activities from shopping, afternoon tea, trips out visiting new places and coffee and cake days.

• You will be enabling someone to live a fulfilling and independent life at home and out in the community
• Assisting with day-to-day living duties such as budgeting, shopping and supporting with medication and any personal care that may be required
• To work flexibly including evenings and weekends, according to the needs of the service
• To enable service users to become as independent as possible and to grow in confidence, competence and personal effectiveness in areas such as social skills/relationships, daily living skills and using community resources
• To be responsive to the individual needs of service users within the framework of their Person Centred Plans

Experience Requirements:

• Ability to demonstrate a warm, person centred and affirmative approach to people with learning disabilities
• Good verbal communication skills and ability to listen sensitively to others
• Ability to engage with service users, to develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships
• Ability to demonstrate basic insight and understanding into the needs of people with learning disabilities
• Written communication skills, sufficient to contribute to a record keeping system
• Ability to work constructively and co-operatively as part of a consistent team approach
• Ability to work safely and responsibly without direct supervision in service user’s own homes
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, self-motivation and resourcefulness
• Ability to liaise in a professional manner with other agencies and to work in a positive way with the families and friends of service users
• Understanding of the person centred aims and principles of Creative Support and ability to put these into practice
• Ability to demonstrate respect for difference and diversity
• Ability to provide emotional and practical support to service users
• A non judgmental, accepting approach to working with people who may be challenging and the ability to cope in a mature way with conflict, distress and challenging behaviours
• Ability to work in a calm, patient and tolerant manner at a pace appropriate to the needs of the individual
• Ability to enable people to enjoy developmental opportunities without being exposed to unacceptable risks
• Experience of providing care, support or other services to people with special needs Application & Interview
• Experience of supporting people with learning disabilities Application Form Desirable 18 Life experience and confidence in relating to people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• Possession of NVQ II/III or other relevant social care qualification
• Warm, respectful and positive approach when working with service users
• Willingness to work flexible hours according to needs of agency and service users

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

A one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period.

Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 25 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays

Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff

Free employee support programme

All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams

Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma