3 months contract with local authority

Job Purpose:

Provide support to individuals with disabilities to help them achieve their planned goals and outcomes.
Deliver high-quality support, including physical and emotional assistance and personal care.

Key Responsibilities:

Participate in care planning, monitoring, and review processes.
Promote equality of opportunity, choice, privacy, dignity, rights, and independence.
Support customers in developing and maintaining relationships and attending to their wellbeing needs.
Organize and lead activities in the community and the service.
Adhere to organizational policies and procedures.
Ensure the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
Engage positively in the supervision and appraisal process for performance management.

People Management Responsibilities:

Work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, relatives, friends, professionals, colleagues, and community members.

Work Environment:

Work in a busy vibrant supported living service, being flexible to adapt to changing needs and demands of customers.
Provide hands-on support in all areas of daily living, including personal care and medication administration.
Handle customers who may display challenging behaviors.
Adhere to universal precautions to prevent the spread of infection.
Availability to work across seven days, including evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and sleep-in cover.

Technical Knowledge and Experience:

Essential: NVQ Level 2, manual handling, safe handling and administering of medication, food and hygiene, infection control, epilepsy awareness, safeguarding adults awareness.
Desirable: NVQ 3 or above, lone working, dealing with challenging behaviors.
Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
Plan and support people in accessing activities or devise programs for those at home.
Record information, write concise reports, and undertake safe manual handling.
Demonstrable knowledge of Valuing People Now, Personalization and Person-Centered Approaches, and understanding of social care economics.
Experience in paid or unpaid work with people with learning disabilities.

Requirements:

Day and Night Support Co-ordinator