Female Support Worker, 39 hours per week, perm - Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Driver Essential

Being a Support Worker at AFG is a hugely rewarding role and could be your first step on a long and happy career in Health & Social Care.

So, what does a Support Worker do?

We have a vision to create a world where people control their lives. Here at AFG, we pride ourselves on helping the people we support to design, develop and ‘own’ the support they receive by planning this with them; we support people to make informed choices and increase their own independence; and we support people to maintain their own health, wellbeing and living environment. These principles are really important to us.

Our Support Workers work in a variety of settings including community-based services (often supporting people in their own homes) to our Treatment & Recovery Centres.

One thing that is common across all of our services is a focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations of the people we support with a diverse range of care needs (including Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, Complex Care, Substance Misuse issues to name a few).

We value the people that work with us…

At AFG we recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you! In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development (including opportunities to undertake vocational qualifications) and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

About you…

There are a few things that we look for in all of our support workers; we would need you to…

be a good communicator (verbally and in writing)
be patient, confident and enthusiastic about caring for others
be able to use your own initiative
be able to work as part of a team
have flexibility to work a varied shift pattern to provide 24-hour support
share our AFG values

We don’t ask for any other relevant training or a previous career in care as full training will be provided – you just need a willingness to learn and develop.

Your pay - our Support Workers receive a rate of £12.00 per hour for all worked hours. Once you are successful for a role with us, full details of your pay will be included in your written offer.

As a ‘values based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our AFG family. If you are passionate about caring for others and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.

More about this vacancy...
We asked the Team Leader to tell us more about this role and the amazing person that we need to work here.

Where is this vacancy based?
This vacancy is based in Greater Manchester, Rochdale .

Who do you support?
This vacancy is based in Rochdale, supporting one lady, with complex needs, that require total support with all aspect of her support needs and her daily life.

A successful candidate would be required to support with Moving and Handling, training and annual assessment will be completed within the service by the Team leader.

Individual supported require direct support with all aspect of personal care, at all times. With all aspect of her life, meaning she require support with managing her finances, support with managing and administering medication, support with all area of her food preparing, feeding support, and support with fluid intake.

Total support with all life skills, support to accessing local community for social, professional and other activities any community engagement.

The individual supported rely and require support with maintaining basic life skills and social interaction within her local community and engaging with professional organisation and partners within social care support network.

What would a typical shift be like?
Support to identify symptoms, book and attend health appointment.

Individual fully rely on staff support to manage and maintain tenancy. Because of her support needs.

She would like someone that is creative and forward thinking, this individual should be able to support with new community activities that would enable the person to access local community and increase social interaction.

Because of her mobility support need for the individual we support require someone that is able to drive. Driver is require and essential for this service.

Being flexible, willing to work sleep hours and willing to learn, and develop non-verbal communication skill, able to support with the skill of elimination of need and support and decision making.

A successful candidate would be required to support with Moving and Handling, training and annual assessment will be completed within the service by the Team leader.

Total support with all life skills, support to accessing local community for social, professional and other activities any community engagement.

Support to identify symptoms, book and attend health appointment. Individual fully rely on staff support to manage and maintain tenancy. Because of her support needs.

Because of her mobility support need for the individual we support require someone that is able to drive.

Driver is require and essential for this service. Being flexible, willing to work sleep hours and willing to learn, and develop non-verbal communication skill, able to support with the skill of elimination of need and support and decision making.

Successful candidate should able to lone work, and would be working within a small, but experience staff team that are hardworking, friendly happy and willing to support a new member of staff to understand the needs of the PWS and settlement well within the team.

What activities do the people that we support at this property like to do?
Support with engagement in local community on the day with staff support. Drop off and pick-up from Day Centre Mondays and Fridays. And any health or social appointment.

Are there any skills or interests that a candidate could have that would be great to use to support this service?
Being flexible, willing to work sleep hours and willing to learn, and develop non-verbal communication skill, able to support with the skill of elimination of need and support and decision making.

What is the team here or is it lone-working?
Successful candidate should able to lone work, and would be working within a small, but experience staff team that are hardworking, friendly happy and willing to support a new member of staff to understand the needs of the PWS and settlement well within the team.

What are your shift patterns?
This is a lone working service 09:00-22:00 For day sleep 09:00-16:00/09:00-17:00 for day shifts. 16:00-22:00/17:00- for late/ evening 22:00-07:00 sleep 07:00-09:00/07:00-10:00 morning shifts. All other shift will be look at base on the need of PWS and need of service.

We hope it has given you more insight into this role and we hope to see your application soon.

Please note our Support Workers are contracted by area therefore flexibility is essential to work in other services where required.

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