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Are you passionate about making a difference to our citizens and the district that they reside in? Then, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

About the Role:

We are currently looking to recruit self-motivated and enthusiastic support worker to provide care and support to adults with learning disabilities within their own homes.

You will make a difference to the quality of a person’s life by supporting them with their daily living activities.

Which can include key responsibilities such as:

• Intimate personal care: showering/bathing, dressing or undressing, assisting with toileting
• Administering medication and support with meal preparation to enable individuals to get the most from their daily life
• You will have an understanding of the importance of social inclusion, promoting independence and enabling positive life choices.
• To support people with a learning disability in their own homes and enable them to live as independent a life as possible, following the values and principles contained in “Valuing People”.
• To enable men and women with learning disabilities to have more control over their lives through person centred approaches, which maximise community inclusion and participation and are responsive to the needs and wishes of the individual.
• To support tenants with their finances, including ensuring that commitments are met and all welfare benefits to which they are entitled including Housing Benefit are claimed.
• To enable and encourage tenants to undertake daily living skills including cooking, and other household tasks, taking account of individual choice, cultural backgrounds, and religious beliefs
• To give practical, personal and emotional support, including intimate personal care, to enable service users to meet their assessed need by maintaining and promoting their health, physical and mental well-being and social development.
• To develop, with tenants, families, and other professionals as appropriate, care plans, support plans and risk assessments to enable people to maintain a quality of life in line with their person-centred plans.

Essential requirements:

• Knowledge of current legislation, guidance and value base in the field of learning disabilities.
• To be mobile in being able to carry out the physical tasks within the job.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written form, using the English language; able to produce accurate, factual, legible and clear reports.
• The ability to work as a team member and on own.
• Understanding of and ability to demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.
• Ability to work with people with a learning disability to promote independence.
• Be able to maintain confidentiality
• Previous experience of caring.
• Ability to implement and monitor a high-quality service delivery

What can I expect?

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave
• Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
• Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
• We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
• Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
• Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more

Want to know more?

If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council, feel free to contact.

Name: Natalie Utley

Tel: 01924 302680

E-mail: nutley@wakefield.gov.uk

Join us and make a real impact in the community. Apply today to become a valued member of our team!

Company: Wakefield Council

Salary: Grade 6 SCP 12 £16,617.76 - SCP 18 £18,325.55 (pro rata)

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Health

Sector: Adult Services

Job Role: Support Worker