If you are a Mental Health Support Worker living in Workington or nearby areas looking to help vulnerable people supporting them in their daily basis activities.
If you are comfortable helping with meal preparation, household chores, administering medication, managing finances, accessing community facilities, going shopping, meeting friends, visiting the doctors, finding a job, or providing general emotional support. Then this place is for you!
Our business is forever expanding because of new clients with big contracts, so we are always eager for new candidates to register.
This is a flexible role allowing you a variety of hours to choose from and a variety of sites to work at.
CRITERIA
* Restrain trained
* 6 Months UK experience working in a similar support setting.
* Experience and awareness of safeguarding.
* Comfortable with personal care
* Able to provide 2 years work reference history.
* Overseas police check.
BENEFITS
- Flexible working hours to suit you.
- Holiday pay with flexibility (Can Be Accrued or put in your weekly pay)
- Free training provided online.
- Free DBS updates
OBJECTIVES OF ROLE
- To provide support to service users with individual needs and independent living skills
- To work as part of a dedicated team to ensure high quality standards are met.
- To maintain the safety and wellbeing of service users, colleagues, and guests of the accommodation.
- To give individuals the best care and ensure they feel safe and secure in their environment
- To ensure that the right medication and right dosage is given to individuals that need it.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Deal with safeguarding issues in a timely manner, ensuring appropriate action is taken place in line with company procedures.
- Give assistance or guidance to service users some users can be quite independent and need more emotional support than anything.
- Reporting any concerns around the service user's welfare in line with company procedures
- Personal care including medication management, cooking, exercise, general cleaning duties.
- Dealing with emergency situations in an effective manner, contacting the emergency services, seeking necessary support, following protocol
- Taking note of day-to-day details on care plans making sure the information is accurate to assist with future care.
AGENCY
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.