On Site Support Worker in Guildford

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. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing direct care provision for all aspects of the individual residents' assessed needs in line with their care plan, cultural needs, and wishes.
• Helping people to develop skills to manage their daily lives, achieve planned goals, and personal outcomes including personal banking.
• Encouraging people to become active and valued participants in their local community, supporting them to make choices and life decisions in line with the Mental Capacity Act requirements.
• Supporting people with personal care if required, which may include toileting and bathing, in line with their support plan.
• Administering and storing prescribed medication in line with legislation and supporting with attending GP and/or hospital appointments.
• Overseeing and helping in the serving and preparation of meals and drinks, ensuring that each resident receives a well-balanced diet.
• Communicating relevant information about the residents to team members to ensure the individual plan of care is regularly updated.
• Reporting immediately to senior staff any accident or untoward incident involving a resident, member of staff, or visitor.
• Being aware of the steps to take in line with Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policies should an allegation of abuse be witnessed or made.
• Attending 1:1 supervision meetings with your line manager every six weeks.
• Being conversant with and implementing Meath policies and procedures.
• Performing other tasks as required for the proper performance of the job.

To qualify, you should have at least one year of experience working in care and be able to communicate effectively with the general public, trustees, professional bodies, and all other parties on behalf of The Meath, both written and verbal. You should also possess excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel, and other operating systems.

Essential Skills:

• Take responsibility and work well independently as well as part of a team.
• Be flexible, reliable, and punctual.
• Willingness to attend and participate in relevant training to maintain high operational and safety standards.
• Maintain a high degree of confidentiality regarding all at the Meath.

Desirable Skills:

• Awareness 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.

We CARE: We are person-centred, respectful, skilled, and knowledgeable.

We are PROUD: We work as a team, take pride in the people we support, and take pride in our community.

We EMPOWER: We are creative, positive, and support individual development and achievement.