Residential Assistant - ASC in Basildon

This role is working at a residential short break service, supporting adults with a wide range of disabilities. The successful person would offer support with all aspects of individuals' lives, including social and well-being, as well as personal care tasks. All support will be delivered in a person-centred manner with individual dignity and choices respected.

The Opportunity

ECC Adult Social Care, through effective practice, is moving towards a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support to a model with four key principles: prevention, early intervention, enablement, and safeguarding. This will enable people, their families, and carers to access information and tools to live healthily and independently, responding proactively to growing service demand in a sustainable way within the financial constraints of the Council.

This role will be focused on being a committed, flexible, and passionate member of a team working within a residential/short break service to ensure the provision of a high-quality service for adults. The role will work collaboratively with adults, their families, and other professionals in a residential home environment. It will support adults in accordance with their care plans and ensure access to social and leisure activities according to their needs and wishes, including continuous monitoring of individuals' emotional and general wellbeing.

Accountabilities

• Provides support to individuals to ensure they are able to reach their optimum independence and can exert control in their everyday lives, in accordance with the care plan.
• Supports individuals/groups to access social and leisure activities which may include college classes, resource centres, community access, and other activities.
• Monitors individual emotional and general wellbeing on a daily basis and ensures the protection of adults from abuse, reporting any concerns to senior managers.
• Supports individuals to make choices in a way that always respects their dignity and privacy and promotes their choice in accordance with the care plan and any other key documents.
• Ensures respectful, patient, and courteous approaches are undertaken with adults, their families, visitors, and colleagues whether within the home or out in the community.
• Undertakes accurate and legible recording to ensure it meets the Care Quality Commission standards and positively promotes Adult Social Care.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF Level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience with a willingness to achieve the award within 24 months of starting the role.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience within a social care setting and working within a team environment.
• Good communication skills and an ability to develop a rapport and engage with diverse groups of individuals.
• Aware of a person-centred approach and respect for dignity and privacy, promoting choice.
• Understanding of and the ability to develop knowledge of the needs of individuals and legislation in respect of Vulnerable Adults, Mental Capacity, and other relevant legislation, policy, and procedure as appropriate.
• Willing to undertake training in the following if not already completed: Manual Handling, First Aid Awareness, Food Hygiene, Risk and Conflict Management, Data Protection, Health and Safety, and other core training relevant to the role.