Support Worker - Dairy Mews in Carlisle

This position does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under current UK immigration guidelines.

Do you have a genuine passion for supporting people with Autism and/or behaviour that challenges to help them work towards achieving their potential in everyday life? If you are motivated, enthusiastic, a creative thinker and problem solver with a real desire to support people to make positive choices, decisions, and take action, we would really like to hear from you.

At Turning Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across England. As a Support Worker, you will make a real difference to people's lives as you improve their daily living skills. Passionate about people, you will enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress with us.

Where will I be working? You will be working in one of our Supported Living facilities in Carlisle. We endeavour to create positive family relationships offering a good circle of support. There is a strong focus on supporting individuals' lives in a person-centred way which includes various activities, shopping, managing own budgets and cooking. We tailor our services to enable people to be as independent as possible. We use a digital social care record system to support daily recording, which will make your day-to-day tasks easier and allows you to spend more time with the People We Support.

Shift Patterns: This is a hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will include:

• Supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, communication difficulties and challenging behaviour
• Supporting people with a person-centred approach
• Providing and assisting people we support with personal care
• Supporting a full range of daily activities at home and accessing the community
• Supporting people to be as independent as possible and have control over their lives
• Investing time with people we support, understanding the most effective way to deliver positive support and improve a person's quality of life
• Delivering outcome-focused support to improve skills, develop personal interests and increase personal independence
• Ensuring accurate record keeping and documentation is maintained at required standards to enable effective reviewing of a person's support to develop action plans to help improve all aspects of a person's life

You should have the right attitude and transferable experience of helping people to manage anxiety. Knowledge of learning disabilities and complex needs would be beneficial.

What is essential is that you are:

• Passionate, caring and enthusiastic
• Flexible, patient and non-judgemental
• A great team player with lots of energy
• Able to demonstrate good communication skills
• Able to complete the physical aspects of the role such as manual handling where needed
• Drivers are desirable but not essential

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer. We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive? We know reward looks different to each person and so whether it's ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career - we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package. This is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential. You will be working a range of shifts including nights and some weekends. You will get 29 days' paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 31 days. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost. Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.