Support Worker

Job title: Day Support Worker

Salary: £26,016 – 26,847 pro rata

Hours: 24 hours per week (early, late and weekend shifts)

Contract: Permanent

Location: Dolphin Manor, Stone Brig Lane, Rothwell, LS26 0UD

As a support worker you will thrive on making a difference in people’s lives while working in the health and social care sector.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About you

As a Support Worker working with people living with dementia, you will bring to the role:

• awareness of the needs of older people and people with disabilities from diverse backgrounds, and an empathetic and enabling approach
• a person-centred approach, with the ability to respond to changes in customers’ skills, health and support needs
• physical ability to undertake moving and handling tasks
• ability to support people with everyday tasks like getting washed, dressed, going to the toilet, taking medicine, eating, and drinking, and maintaining their independence in doing this.
• Candidates must demonstrate effective communication skills, both written and verbal, and numeracy abilities.

About the role

As our next support worker, you’ll be a key member of our team at Dolphin Manor. The team provides an innovative, multidisciplinary service for people living with dementia, offering a range of short-stay services in a homely environment.You will support people with daily living, social, and leisure activities, and personal care. You will have excellent communication skills and be a team player. You will be motivated and a critical thinker with the ability to understand the needs of your customers.

We work closely with health colleagues and with family, friends, and carers to offer shared care, information, and advice.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

Skills, experience and qualifications

We provide full training and will support you to achieve relevant qualifications. You will complete the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of starting in post.

How to apply

Please complete the online application form.

Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Jaydene Porter, Registered Manager, Call [phone removed] or email [email removed]

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visaroute before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job purpose

To work to contribute to providing an integrated package of support to customers to enable them to live independent, safe and fulfilling lives in the community using a strengths-based approach.

Responsibilities

• To work as part of a team and to contribute to the development of the service.
• To work flexibility across the older people accommodation provision.
• To support new members of staff in understanding their role.
• To contribute to the assessment of new referrals in collaboration with senior support workers, to ensure that they meet the services eligibility criteria through liaison with potential customers and referral agencies.
• To work in partnership with individuals to identify their needs and strengths through the assessment and support planning process.
• To contribute to support plans and person centred risk assessments and promote their implementation in order to promote independence in a safe environment including housing related support and the requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
• To contribute to appropriate reviews including the annual provider-led reviews and participate in multi agency meetings including the care programme approach (CPA). This will also include working collaboratively with health professionals to apply the principles of the Mental Capacity Act (2005).
• To support individuals to develop practical living skills as identified in their support plan in order to develop and maintain independent living skills.
• To support customers to manage their medication as specified in their support plan and to administer medication if required and where staff have reached the required competency and reviewed every 6 months.
• To provide personal care and support to customers where required and as specified in their support plan.
• To facilitate customers on outings and/or appointments as required.
• To undertake lone working as required.
• To work towards recovery and increased independence through promoting social interaction.
• To support customers to access and engage in local community and mainstream resources including the use of leisure, education, employment, volunteering and faith organisations and support service users engagement with these organisations.
• To undertake lone working as required.
• To handle small amounts of cash and comply with LCC Financial Regulations.
• To support the safeguarding of customers within a positive risk management framework, ensuring that all safeguarding issues are monitored and reported promptly in line with the multi-agency framework.
• To liaise and communicate with relatives, carers, other professionals and appropriate agencies and sign post to appropriate services where required.
• To support and encourage customers