Support Worker

The purpose of the service is to reduce inequalities within health, employment and life experiences for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health. To engage, enable and empower individuals with learning disabilities and mental ill health to have fulfilled, rewarding and healthy lives. Utilising a strengths-based approach, through partnership working with the individual, their family and carers, health partners, local businesses, employers, organisations and the local community we endeavour to achieve our purpose. Enabling the individual to live a life that matters to them.

Main duties of the job:

• You will positively engage with people, showing your respect for them as an individual, working in a person centred way.
• Your skills, knowledge and experience will enable you to recognise, promote and develop a person's strengths and abilities whilst equipping you to support with any physical, emotional and social requirements they may have.
• You will ensure that a person's right to privacy, dignity and choice are at the foundation of all you do.
• You will support and assist people with their health, wellbeing and personal care, paying particular attention to the individual's plans.
• Care, welfare, safety and security is everyone’s responsibility, ensuring that you follow relevant policies and procedures will enable us all to work safely.

About us:

We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. Working for Stoke-on-Trent City Council is more than just a job, it's about making, protecting and improving the services for the local population, reducing inequalities and improving independence for the people who live and work in the city. We are always looking for people of the highest calibre with skills, knowledge and experience to help us deliver our compelling vision. Stoke-on-Trent City Council's diverse and talented workforce is its greatest asset and most valuable resource. The skills, knowledge and experience of our c.4,600 employees are essential to delivering our ambitions and vision for our organisation and Stoke-on-Trent. We want to be an employer that people are proud to work for, and where our staff are supported, developed and rewarded in an inclusive way that helps them to excel and to deliver the high-quality services that our residents need.

Job responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the Day Services Management Team you will play an important role in delivering a quality service in line with departmental Policies and Philosophies relating to Adults with Learning Disabilities.
• To attend to the personal care needs of the individual in line with the agreed care plan.
• To help individuals to learn more skills.
• To participate in record keeping.
• To be involved in duties, which enable individuals to develop and maintain links in the community as agreed in IPPs.
• To liaise with families, carers and colleagues.
• To work flexibly and effectively with people, irrespective of their degree of disability.
• Willingness to undertake training specific to the tasks required.
• Any other duties commensurate with the designation and grading of this post.

Person Specification:

• Have relevant work experience and/or understanding of the disability field and be able to demonstrate that experience gained can be applied in practice.

• Have a positive attitude towards people with Learning Disabilities.
• Have a good basic standard of literacy and numeracy and the ability to clearly record information.
• Be highly motivated and have a positive commitment to self-advocacy and understand the concepts of Social Role.
• Have the ability to demonstrate, train and assess life skills.
• Be willing to participate in Induction, Post Induction and other work-related training.
• Show a commitment to the promotion of anti-discriminatory and anti-racial practice, the respect of service users as individuals and the development of positive attitudes and non-judgemental practice.
• To be able to fully meet the requirements of the post either by possession of a current valid driving licence or by access to public or other transport in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.