Home Care Support Worker Learning Disability Accommodation Services

Job introduction

Are you looking for a rewarding, varied role where each day can offer a fresh challenge?

·         Do you want to make a positive impact on the life of an adult with learning disabilities?

·         Have you worked with or had experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities?

·         Value treating people with dignity and respect? 

If you enjoy helping people and want to make a difference to their lives, we would very much like to hear from you. 

We are recruiting Home Care Support Workers (full and part-time) to work at Beaconsfield Villas, Ferndale Road, or Windlesham Avenue.  If you are successful you would work at the residential unit that best matches your qualities.  Where ever you work you will be joining a team of committed staff providing high level support to the residents.

For an informal chat about the positions please call  Adrienne Young on 01723 295775

Closing Date: Midnight Monday 10 April 2023

About the role

About us

The Learning Disability Service support residents with Learning Disabilities to live independently our Home Care Support Workers help residents with personal care, day to day tasks and support accessing leisure activities, banking, shopping and health appointments etc.

We provide 24-hour 7 day a week care and support.

We make every effort to provide as homely an environment as possible and our dedicated team of staff work hard to ensure that our residents’ individual needs are met in a caring and sensitive manner and skills are developed in a way that promotes their independence.

➢ Windlesham Road supports five female residents with learning disabilities whose behaviour can be complex.

➢ Beaconsfield Villas supports six adults, living in 4 separate flats, who have learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour

➢ Ferndale Road support two individuals who can at times exhibit behaviour that challenges.

You will join a large team of committed staff in providing high level support to the residents. The help you provide will be tailored to each individual’s needs and is designed to help them to maintain as much independence as possible.

The support you provide to the residents will involve:

·         supporting with intimate personal care where required

·         keyworking or taking on additional responsibilities

·         enabling individuals to participate in a range of activities within the wider community such as swimming, trampolining, eating out, bowling, shopping etc.

·         help with cooking meals and general household cleaning tasks, laundry etc.

·         assisting with the administration of medication

·         completing care records

·         using various communication tools to help residents express themselves

·         creating and maintaining relationships with family members, carers and friends

About you:

You don’t need any formal qualifications for this social care role as we will provide you with an in-depth induction programme where you will be well supported by your managers and colleagues. However, you will need to have had experience of working with or living with someone with learning disabilities and:

·         have a caring and flexible approach to your work

·         have good written and number skills

·         be able to work well as part of a team

·         be able to work on your own initiative and think quickly in a difficult situation

·         worked with or had experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities

·         Driving licence would be useful

You will be required to work a shift pattern including earlies, lates, sleepins and some weekends.

Working for us, we can offer you:

·         a generous salary

·         time and a half for working at weekends, double time for working on a bank holiday or time and a third for working at night (between 8pm and 6 am)

·         the opportunity to volunteer to work extra shifts

·         a career average pension scheme

·         generous holiday up to 25 days a year

·         regular supervision meetings plus

·         a range of other staff benefits from Staff shop, discounted Freedom Leisure membership

·         Travel to work loans

·         Rental deposit scheme

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.