Support Worker

Position:?Wellbeing Practitioner Type:?Temporary (ongoing), Part-time and Full-time vacancies available Location:?Various locations around Bury  

MUST have uk license and access to a vehicle.

Shift Patterns: 

• Full-time Split Shifts:?8:00 AM - 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM - 9:30 PM (10 hours per shift), working a 2-week rolling rota (including weekends/bank holidays) 

• Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday 

• Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 

• Part-time Evening Shifts:?4:30 PM - 9:30 PM (5 hours per shift), working a 2-week rolling rota (including weekends/bank holidays) 

• Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday 

• Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 

Requirements: 

• Must be a driver and have access to a vehicle 

• Clear enhanced DBS check 

• Relevant experience in support work, moving and handling, etc. 

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team 

Responsibilities: 

1. Support and Reablement: 

• Promote the reablement of customers with identified needs. 

• Enable customers to reach their potential, maintain independence, and continue living in their own homes or return after a period of support. 

1. Person-Centred Care: 

• Provide therapeutic and creative solutions to assist recovery and encourage independence. 

• Reduce dependence on services through self-management. 

1. Goal Planning: 

• Contribute to the delivery, evaluation, and adjustment of goal plans to maximize independence outcomes. 

• Meet identified goals within agreed timelines. 

1. Daily Living Assistance: 

• Assist customers, including those with complex needs, with daily living tasks such as personal care. 

• Enable customers to undertake these tasks themselves in line with their personal goal plan and risk assessments. 

1. Assessment and Review: 

• Positively contribute to the assessment and review of customers’ needs. 

• Support the creation of accurate and therapeutic goal plans. 

1. Communication: 

• Receive, transmit, and store information using appropriate methods (face-to-face, telephone, electronic). 

• Be aware of and react to any changes in customers’ needs or service provision at the beginning of each visit. 

1. Customer Care: 

• Deliver outstanding personalized customer care. 

• Liaise with families, carers, and advocates professionally and courteously. 

• Respect confidential information in line with the authority’s policies. 

1. Compliance: 

• Adhere to the appropriate policies, procedures, and values of the authority and department. 

Tasks Include: 

• Supporting customers with washing/dressing, showering, meal preparation, and medication. 

If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the above requirements, we would love to hear from you!