Support Worker

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Salary: £10.79 to £10.98 per hour
Working Pattern: Casual hours, shifts are based on a 4-week rota various shift patterns inclusive of weekend working & bank holidays allowance. .Contract Length: Permanent
Location: New Tyne, Worthing

About You

To become a Support Worker with us you will be:

• Passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be.
• Empowering people to live the life they choose.
• Supporting people to have the opportunities to learn and grow.
• A good listener, patient, respectful, kind and treat all people with dignity.
• Ensure people have opportunity to be involved in every aspect of their care and support.
• Support people to maintain relationships important to them and to make new relationships.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, take a look at the attached job description for more detail.

Rewards & Benefits

Our values & support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We offer the below benefits.

• Maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave.
• Training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships and personal development.
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution
• Eligible to apply for a Blue light card
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
• As a support worker will be given online and face to face training throughout the year.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

About New Tyne

Here we support people with Dementia in the Worthing area providing long stay and short breaks. We provide a wide range of activities to encourage and stimulate people through outcome-based person-centred care promoting independence and wellbeing.

This role includes providing active support with personal care, physical care, and engaging people in a wide range of activities in a way that is right for them. This can include reminiscence, gentle exercise, arts, crafts, and conversation-based activities. Regularly supporting activities throughout the year such as themed parties and fund-raising events.

Key Skills (These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

• You are able to interpret information, such as service complaints, and redirect them to the appropriate person to provide quick and accurate resolution.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• You will show the ability to deal appropriately with expressive behaviour from the people we support and respond sensitively to their families and carers.
• Confident in building relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Enjoy working as part of a team completing shared tasks as required.

Qualifications/ experience

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills, in order to record and document activities in the provider support plans.
• Basic understanding of the needs of the people we support and their rights as an individual.
• Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety practice, First Aid and Fire procedure, Manual Handling - Desirable
• NVQ 2/Diploma in Care or equivalent qualification - Desirable
• Previous experience of working in a care setting and with people who have a disability or are vulnerable - Desirable
• Previous experience of running group activities - Desirable

How to Apply

Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the key skills listed on the Job Description and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.