Waking Nights Support Worker

Salary £24,784.50 per year pro rata at £12.71 per hour.

Location Sugar Loaf Lane, Kidderminster

This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The role

Hours:

There are 3x 23 hour per week positions, with the following shift patterns available:

Vacancy 1:

Week 1: Wednesday and Sunday

Week 2: Thursday and Friday

Week 3: Friday and Saturday

Week 4: Tuesday and Friday

Vacancy 2:

Week 1: Tuesday and Wednesday

Week 2: Monday and Saturday

Week 3: Tuesday and Wednesday

Week 4: Saturday and Sunday

Vacancy 3:

Week 1: Monday and Saturday

Week 2: Tuesday and Friday

Week 3: Monday and Tuesday

Week 4: Monday and Friday

Purpose:

Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the People We Support?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We have an opening for you to join us as a Waking Nights Support Worker at Ashfield House. The purpose of the role is to provide autonomous assistance to the People We Support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion, and control.

You will be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person centred outcomes and delivered within budget.

You will ensure that all needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments are kept up to date. There will also be direct engagement and liaison with social workers, family members and key workers as required.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Main responsibilities:

Working under the direction of the Team Leader, you will plan and provide support and care to foster the wellbeing and development of the People We Support in accordance with their person-centred support and care plan, recording and reviewing progress as directed so that the People We Support can fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control, supporting them to:

Encourage the People We Support to maintain a clean, tidy, and welcoming living environment.
Support to use appropriate laundry equipment so they can be enabled to do their laundry and clothing.
Plan, shop and prepare healthy and wholesome meals alongside the People We Support considering their health, choices and wishes.
Encourage the People We Support to be healthy by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments.
Enable the People We Support to look after their finances by supporting them individually to budget, monitor their finances and access benefits.
Support and encourage the People We Support to maintain an active and supportive social life considering individual choices and wishes.

Working under the direction of the Team Leader, provide personal care where required and appropriate as a part of their support and care plan (e.g. bathing, hair washing etc) and where the appropriate registration is in place.

Administering and recording of medication, order/check medications.
Meal preparation: planning a menu based on their individual preferences and diet choice, making a shopping list, preparing the food, cooking the food, safe handling, and storage of the food.
Related paperwork includes support plans, daily updates, person profiles, risk assessments, incident reporting, behaviour reports and notes/updates on health appointments.

Working under the direction of the Team Leader, ensure the People We Support receive their housing related support by enabling them to look after their finances. This includes developing appropriate budgeting and financial training including support to access benefits and maintain them and assist them to understand and maintain their tenancy. Assisting the People We Support to access services from the landlord.
Work within the Community’s policies and procedures and code of conduct, actively promoting the equality and diversity and the human rights of the People We Support to realise independence, choice, inclusion, and control.
Undertake training and continuous professional development in accordance with The Care Quality Commission, local authority requirements, the needs of the service and the People We Support.
Work in close partnership with family members and other professionals involved in the individual’s life.
Undertake personal development to develop and understanding of our philosophy and values and how these inform and guide practice in the key responsibilities of the role.
Must stay awake throughout full duration of the shift.
Respond to pull cord alarms and any calls via the landline.
Complete hourly site security checks.
Complete any necessary cleaning of the office, kitchen and bathrooms.
Respond to any requests made by the People We Support, should they require assistance.

Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.

We Reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

The charity

Established in 1954, Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. In our 70th year we honour our past, provide for the present and will lead the future.

Our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.

We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.