Job Title –Senior Support Worker
Location Watford, Hertfordshire
Salary – £8.74 per hour
Purpose of the Post
To supervise and lead a team of support workers to enable our service users to lead as fulfilling and satisfying a life as they possibly can.
A key purpose in your job is to act as a role model for staff. So that they are encouraged to understand the people you are supporting and take pride in providing the practical and emotional care that enables the individual service users to lead as ordinary a life as they can achieve.
In order to achieve this demanding purpose you will be an actively engaged with service users and staff, continuously seeking opportunities for improvements to service users lifestyles and staffs skills and commitment to achieve this.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To supervise the day-to-day delivery of care, to ensure that service user’s needs are met and those they participate appropriately in daily household and leisure activities.
To be responsible for the care, welfare and safety of service users and the health and safety of staff
To take on the role of case coordinator for individual service users and to participate in the reviewing, reassessing and changing of person centred support plans to ensure they are up-to-date and in line with the individual’s needs.
To participate, as required, in the recruitment and selection of staff within an equal opportunities framework.
To undertake monthly supervisions with staff as delegated and participate in the staff appraisal programme for subordinate staff
To act as a staff skills coach and undertake appropriate team building and training programmes, designed to meet an individual’s needs or the Company’s staff development program.
To ensure that the requirements of legislation, Care Standards and the Company’s Policies and Procedures are followed.
To attend training or development sessions, where training needs have been identified, to update or maintain your skills. (Passing these courses is in some cases a requirement for continued employment)
To work away from the home as and when necessary and assist service users with activities, holidays and days/evenings away from the home.
To complete other duties that may be requested, as and when they occur.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES
To have the ability to undertake the assessment of people’s needs and develop individual service plans from the information gained
To have the skills necessary to undertake the management of assessing people’s needs and developing individual service plans from the information gained
To have the knowledge and ability to supervise staff in their day-to-day work, ensuring good practice
To have the ability to operate the recording systems of the home
To have the knowledge and ability to manage the service on a day-to-day basis
To have the ability to work with parents and carers
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
To have worked with the relevant service user group for at least a year
To have passed LDAF Induction, LDAF Foundation, and ideally NVQ level 2 in Care.
To have passed or be prepared to undertake the NVQ Assessors qualification for NVQ level two assessment
To have had experience of writing reports and organising client led meetings
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
To have the knowledge and ability to work with and develop an awareness within the staff team of positive action and anti-racism
PERSONAL SKILLS
To be able to communicate clearly in English through both written and verbal means
To be able to work in a flexible way, as necessary, to meet the needs of service users
Due to the nature of the position, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure prior to commencement of employment, the disclosure expense will be met by the employer.
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