Main characteristics
- Location
- Southampton, Hampshire
- Company
- Hunts Recruitment Ltd
- Salary
- £21735 - £22613/annum
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Category
- Social Care / Nursing
Job summary
Hunts Recruitment are looking for committed and compassionate Support & Waking Night Support Workers for a caring team working with adults with additional learning needs in Bursledon- Southampton.- Job Type: Permanent
- Salary: £10.45- £11.15 per hour (£21,735- £22,613 per annum) 1.5x pay for overtime hours
- NVQ 2 or above preferred but not essential
- Car drivers preferred but not essential
- Day or Waking night roles available!!
You will be offered the following benefits:
You will earn best-in-class wages
Market-leading compensation packages, including 30 days annual holiday and 1.5x pay for overtime hours
A career with the best-in-class care provider
A role within a company that is growing aggressively. Your career growth within the company is entirely within your control. Opportunities to move vertically are ever-present
Your work will make a difference in the lives of young people who need additional support
Your job role will be:
- To contribute and participate in providing quality care and life experiences to vulnerable people
- To help provide a therapeutic, structured and relaxed environment in which service users can develop and enjoy their lives.
- To assist in the overall daily management of the home by taking responsibility for coordinating activities during a shift as required.
- To support and advise new and less experienced staff in the implementation of procedures and service user guidelines.
Main Duties:
- To facilitate good communication within all levels of the staff team.
- To ensure that medication is administered in line with both Company Policy and CQC guidelines (training provided)
- To oversee and organise the daily recording of information relating to service users.
- To participate in life planning for particular service users
This may include:
- Identifying the service users emotional, physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and make appropriate decisions for action in consultation with the Management Team
- Delivering a clearly defined programme of care for each service user within the home and ensuring that service user files are recorded and maintained accurately
- Liaising with relatives, other staff and other professionals in consultation with the Home Manager
- To ensure that the agreed psychology guidelines for each service user are followed in consultation with the Management Team
- To work with all staff in providing an effective 24-hour service and to demonstrate a reasonable degree of flexibility to ensure all shifts are covered with the required staffing levels
- To assist in maintaining a good standard of hygiene and tidiness within the home and, when required, to check all equipment including emergency and fire equipment and report any defects
- To ensure accurate recordings and reporting of all accidents and incidents that may occur involving service users and/or staff and to record relevant information in the appropriate place
- To prepare reports and participate in service users reviews as required
- To supervise and share meal times with service users, to encourage a positive attitude towards food and appropriate behaviour at mealtimes
- To assist in the delivery of day care and leisure opportunities following individual activity programmes in conjunction with, and following guidance from day service staff
- To use initiative in creating and delivering appropriate leisure opportunities for service users
- To accompany and organise transport when required for service users to attend activities outside the home.
Additional Information:
All employees are expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises so that tasks which are not specifically covered in the job description are undertaken.
These additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work. Training will be provided
Hunts Recruitment acts as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. We are an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone
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