Support Worker, Essex; Braintree or Witham

Support Worker, Essex (Braintree OR Witham) Transforming Care Supported Living, Braintree Nightingale Close, Witham £12.80ph Temp to perm opportunity Driver preferred Mental Health support experience required Full time (37.5 hours per week) You will be supporting people with a learning disability, physical disability, autism, epilepsy and physical disabilities to enjoy an excellent quality of life focused on maximising their independence and community connections. You will have the opportunity to be part of a service providing effective support for service users. The service will offer an empowering model of support, which enables people to lead fulfilling and valued lives, maintain their tenancies, participate in their local community, develop independent living skills and achieve their personal goals and desired outcomes. As well as providing direct care and support, you will have the opportunity to act as a Key Worker supporting people to achieve their dreams and goals. The Role: To develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users. To promote the self-esteem, happiness and emotional health of service users. To respect the person’s right to privacy and ensure that their dignity is maintained at all times. To encourage and support service users in expressing needs, views and concerns. To enable service users to make choices and decisions and to participate in planning and decision-making processes. To support service users to express their personal identity, including gender and sexuality. To respect and promote the human rights and entitlements of people with learning disabilities and enable them to participate in their communities as active citizens, enjoying the same rights as others. To support service users to access independent advice and advocacy when needed and to signpost/refer to external agencies as required. To be responsive to the needs of service users in accordance with their Support Plans and to respond flexibly to changing needs. To provide respectful and dignified personal care in accordance with individual care plans. To enable and empower service users to gain independence, confidence and competence in following areas: Personal care and hygiene Improving and maintaining health and wellbeing Daily living skills Budgeting and paying bills Social skills/relationships Using community resources and facilities Social, leisure and work activities Finding and sustaining voluntary or paid employment Self-organisation and coping abilities Personal safety Get in touch to find out more / apply!: (url removed) (phone number removed)