Qualification:
At least 3 years experience working with people with learning disabilities in day centre, supported living or in outreach Desire to acquire qualification in health and social care.

Salary: £13.03/hr

Work hours: 37.5hrs per week 

Main responsibility:
Providing front-line support, acting as a link between the manger and support staff, helping to ensure high standards of care are delivered consistently.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Resilience and ability to support staff’s confidence and skills in working with people with complex challenging behaviour.
• Oversee a team of support workers, offering guidance, on-site coaching, and mentoring, especially for new starters
• Oversee the day-to-day running of the service, which can include ensuring staff rotas are fully covered and handling petty cash or other finances.
• Ensure that all records, including client files, daily notes, and incident reports, are accurately and comprehensively maintained.
• Acting as a role model promoting good practice and set a positive example for all junior staff.
• Developing stimulating visual communication tools for people with learning disabilities and work closely with activity coordinators the day service/key workers in the supported accommodation and outreach to ensure clients are receiving quality support.
• Developing calendar of meaningful activities for people with learning disabilities with activity or key workers.
• Providing guidance and supervision of staff ensuring cover and provision of quality support.
• Admitting new clients to the service, completing assessments, risk assessments and support plans for clients and sharing with staff.
• Monitoring documentation and incident forms and keeping record for RM.
• Holding monthly team meetings with rest of the team updating them on developments and policy/procedure changes.
• Carrying out spot checks and updating line manager.
• Identifying information for risk assessments with professionals, main carers and staff and update clients’ care plans.
• Completing/ensuring the ABC charts are accurate and followed through with appropriate strategies to ensure minimisation of re-occurrence.
• Ensuring health and safety at work for staff and clients and keeping records.

Requirements:

• IT skills and good communication skills
• UK Class 4 Driving Licence
• Excellent English communication

Benefits:

Statutory Benefits

• Pension plan
• Statutory Annual leave
• Statutory sick pay

Other benefits

• Support to further studies