In brief
This support worker role assists adults with learning disabilities to lead independent lives within supported living environments. The work involves providing person-centred care, managing challenging behaviour and helping service users with daily tasks such as cooking, household chores, medication management and accessing social events in the community.
Best for
Support workers with experience in challenging behaviour
Non-negotiable
Recent UK based health or social care experience required
Worth knowing
Some services involve lone working
What you need
Required
Personal care
Clearly required in the listing
Challenging behaviour management
Clearly required in the listing
Written and verbal English
Clearly required in the listing
Basic numeracy
Clearly required in the listing
Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults
Clearly required in the listing
UK healthcare experience
Clearly required in the listing
Preferred
No preferred skills or technologies were clearly stated.
Your day-to-day
Provide personal care
Clearly stated in the job description.
Manage challenging behaviour
Clearly stated in the job description.
Assist with daily living
Clearly stated in the job description.
Administer medication
Clearly stated in the job description.
Facilitate community access
Clearly stated in the job description.
What's on offer
Full job description (from employer)⌄
Cerise Healthcare is recruiting for exceptional Support Workers to work with our client, providers of support to Adults with Learning Disabilities who reside in a Supported Living Services across the area of Leeds and the surrounding areas. Benefits to Cerise Healthcare’s Support Workers include: Competitive pay rates Flexible hours to suit your needs Opportunities to progress Leading training courses Generous refer a friend scheme Cerise Healthcare’s Support Workers understand the importance of enabling service users to lead an independent life. Providing person-centred care they actively enhance the service users’ life style and promote respect and dignity. Support Workers will assist service users with all aspects of their life with which they require assistance, this could include; Personal Care Managing challenging behaviour Assisting with their finances Prompting/assisting with medication Assisting with cooking Helping with household chores Meeting friends/attending social events Accessing the community This role would suit Support Workers who have prior experience of working with those who exhibit challenging behaviour. Previous experience of personal care is required, As well as working as part of a team there is opportunity within some the services for lone working. Cerise Healthcare require that all our workers have recent experience UK based experience in healthcare. Cerise Healthcare partner can consider both full and part time Support Workers for this role and are able to offer flexible hours. Support Workers for Cerise Healthcare must be able to work under their own initiative, be patient and understand that the role is changeable depending on the wishes of the service users. Cerise Healthcare ask that all Support Workers: Have good understanding of written and verbal English Have Basic numeracy skills Have a current DBS on the update service (or be prepared to undertake one) Have recent UK based health or social care experience Are punctual Are reliable Have knowledge of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA) Cerise Healthcare are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We aim to provide equality of opportunity to all persons regardless of their religious belief, gender, race, age, marital/civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity. Cerise Healthcare will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on the aforementioned; or any other qualities. Please note that this role is subject to passing mandatory training, a successful DBS and referencing checks
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