Multi Site Support Worker in Guildford, Surrey

Our residents are at the heart of everything we do at the Meath Epilepsy Charity. With person-centred planning, we ensure that everyone remains focused on achieving their goals and maintaining their independence as much as possible. We are currently looking for experienced and enthusiastic Support Workers to join our dedicated team across our three supported living homes and eight services based at the Meath in Godalming. You will be prominently based across the three supported living homes, supporting adults of varying ages with epilepsy and autism.

The Meath Epilepsy Charity, CQC rated GOOD, is looking for enthusiastic Support Workers to help support our residents and encourage them to develop and learn life skills, enabling them to live life to the full. This is a rewarding opportunity to help vulnerable people continue to lead independent lives whilst providing them with meaningful support.

As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will deliver person-centred care and support to our residents, in line with their personal care plans.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Assist and encourage people to engage in everyday home, social, leisure and work activities, according to the individual's choice.
• Provide direct care provision for all aspects of the individual residents' assessed needs in line with their care plan, cultural needs and wishes.
• Help people to develop skills to enable them to manage their daily lives, achieve planned goals and personal outcomes including personal banking.
• Encourage people to become active and valued participants in their local community, supporting and encouraging them to make choices and life decisions in line with the Mental Capacity Act requirements.
• Support people with personal care if required, which may include toileting and bathing, in line with their support plan.
• Administer and store prescribed medication in line with legislation and support with attending GP and/or hospital appointments.
• Assist individual residents with their mobility, where appropriate.
• Oversee and help in the serving and preparation of meals and drinks, ensuring that each resident receives a well-balanced diet.
• Communicate and convey relevant information about the residents to team members, in order that the individual plan of care may be regularly updated, and appropriate care provided, paying attention to any changes observed in the residents' physical, medical or psychological condition.
• Report immediately to the senior staff in charge any accident or untoward incident that may occur to a resident, member of staff or visitor.
• Be aware of the steps to take in line with Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policies should an allegation of abuse be witnessed or made by you.
• Attend 1:1 supervision meetings with your line manager every six weeks.
• Follow any reasonable instruction given by your line manager, manager or senior manager as required.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks that may be required.
• Be conversant with and implement Meath policies and procedures.

The duties and responsibilities outlined above do not represent a full list of the tasks the post holder will be expected to perform. Other tasks may be required for the proper performance of the job and any other related tasks.

Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications for this role:

• At least one year's experience working in care.
• Ability to communicate with the general public, trustees, professional bodies and all other parties on behalf of The Meath both written and verbal.
• Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel and other operating systems.

Essential:

• Take responsibility/work well independently as well as part of a team.
• Flexible, reliable and punctual.
• Willingness to attend and participate in relevant training to ensure that high operational and safety standards are maintained at all times.
• High degree of confidentiality with regard to all at the Meath.

Desirable:

• Be aware of CQC requirements & hold a relevant Health and Social Care Qualification or be willing to work towards a qualification.

Inclusivity & Diversity:

We recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity, and identity to work. We encourage people from all backgrounds to be part of our charity in supporting our inspirational residents.

Our values are embedded into our culture here at The Meath, designed by our team, and how we live our every day:

• COLLABORATIVE: We are trusting, we achieve more together, we communicate.
• CARE: We are person-centred, we are respectful, we are skilled & knowledgeable.
• PROUD: We work as a team, we take pride in the people that we support, we take pride in our community.
• INCLUSIVE: Everyone is important, everyone has a voice, everyone is welcome.
• EMPOWER: We are creative, we are positive, we support individual development & achievement.