Support worker

Support Worker Camden GBP20/hr Part time: 20/hrs a week Start date: ASAP Support Worker, Disabilities Accommodation Services This supplementary information for the Support Worker- Disabilities Accommodation Services is for guidance and must be used in conjunction with the Job Capsule for Social Care Job Family at Level 2. Role Purpose: * To support people with Disabilities to take control of their lives and, making use of the local community, to meet planned goals and outcomes. * To provide high quality support to adults with Disabilities, to include physical and emotional support and personal care. Example outcomes or objectives that this role will deliver: * Participate in the care planning, monitoring and review process * Promote equality of opportunity, choice, privacy, dignity, rights and independence * Support customers to develop and maintain relationships and be attuned to customers #39; wellbeing needs * Participate in organising and leading activities in the community and the service * To follow organisational policies and procedures * Ensure the safeguarding of vulnerable adults * Participate positively in the supervision and appraisal process for performance management Work Environment: * Part of a busy vibrant supported living service, which requires all workers to be flexible to adapt to changing needs and demands of customers * Working with people who may need hands-on support in all areas of daily living, including people moving, personal care and administration of medication * Some customers may display behaviours which challenge the service * Universal precautions required to inhibit spread of infection. * The service operates across seven days and will require the postholder to be available to work at any time within this; including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and sleep-in cover. Technical Knowledge and Experience: Essential: * NVQ Level 2 * Manual handling * Safe handling and administering of medication * Food and hygine * Infection control * Epilepsy awareness ( exceptions can be made and knowledge can be shared via induction) * Safe guarding Adults awareness Desirable: * NVQ 3 or above * Lone working Dealing with challenging Behaviours * Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders * Ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders, using diverse methods and media * Ability to plan and support people to access their planned activities, or to devise programmes for people who remain home in the daytime * Ability to record information and write concise reports * Ability to undertaking moving of people, following training in safe manual handling Knowledge * Demonstrable knowledge of Valuing People Now * Principles of Personalisation and Person-Centred Approaches * Understanding of the economic position in social care and the drive for efficiency * Understanding of epilepsy, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and other long term conditions Experience * Experience of paid or unpaid work with people with learning disabilities