The Complex Care Support Worker Mobilisation Team at Alternative Futures Group helps set up new services, giving complex care to each person as their support begins. The work involves delivering care in each new person's home, making sure the paperwork is in place before care starts, and shadow-training the support workers who take over. Travel across the North West is central, with short-term placements, flexible hours covering all seven days and an on-call rota. A full driving licence and use of a vehicle are needed.
What the job involves
- Travel across the North West to give short-term care and support to new individuals under their Personalised Plan
- Shadow-train new core care team support workers until they are ready for clinical nurse sign-off
- Ensure all paperwork is in place in the home before initial care delivery
- Provide health-related and social support to people with complex care diagnoses such as acquired brain injury, spinal injury, learning disability, autism and mental health
- Provide safe medication and pain management in line with each person's medication care plan
- Support people who display behaviours that challenge, using appropriate techniques and strategies
- Manage medical equipment and supplies, monitoring stock and reordering in good time
- Assist with initial rostering and coordinating rotas for the core care team
- Act as a role model for new support workers, demonstrating AFG values and good practice
- Attend all clinical mandatory and specialist training, face to face and online
- Take part in out of hours support as part of an on-call rota
- Report and record incidents which cause or could cause harm, in line with AFG policies
Qualifications
- NVQ or QCF Level 2 in Care and Promoting Independence, or equivalent
Experience
- At least 2 years providing clinical care and support to adults with complex needs, such as acquired brain injury, spinal injury, learning disability, autism or mental health
- At least 2 years providing medication and pain management to people with a complex care diagnosis
- Experience of shadow-training new complex care workers
- Experience of working with and relating to people from a wide variety of backgrounds
Checks & eligibility
- Full driving licence and use of a vehicle
Other
- Willingness to attend all clinical mandatory and specialist training courses and events
- Ability to travel to services across the North West region to provide short-term care and support
- Ability and willingness to work flexible hours covering 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Ability and willingness to provide out of hours support and take part in an on-call rota
What’s offered
- Travel expenses paid at £0.55 per mile
- Clinical mandatory and specialist training, plus the Alternative Futures Group development programme for clinical community care support workers
- Career development support
- Lifestyle support services
- A wide range of employee benefits
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