Female Support Worker, 22 hours per week, permanent, Accrington - 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 Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire .
Who do you support?
We provide 24 hour support to two females and one male all people supported are verbal. One person with limited communication this lady is needing assistance with moving and handling as she is in a wheelchair. The lady requires support with a hoist. The gentleman supported needs support with a wheelchair when out in the community. All people supported requires assistance within the community. The people we support at the property enjoy being out in the community and attending local day centers, cinema, lunch out, being out for drives and finding new places to enjoy a relaxing walk. They enjoy spending time together and time on their own with staff 1:1. the people we support at this service enjoy good banter and playing tricks on staff with other staff support.
Where do they live?
The property is a 4 bedroom bungalow over a flat, the service has a large drive and a shared back garden space.
What would a typical shift be like?
The day would start with two people support up and ready with all personal care been assisted with, when arriving on shift you would need to support the other staff member with hoisting one lady into a shower chair and assisting with all personal care, when this is complete and the person supported in assisted into the living room she would need some assistance with feeding.
The lady is on a SALT diet which includes following her guidelines in place to prepare and service the food accordingly to her guidelines, new staff will be supported with this an till full training with the SALTs team has taken place. staff on duty would follow the people we support activity planner/house diary to ensure the people we support are attending their chosen activity/appointments. day to day cleaning would needed to done following the service cleaning Rota. staff will need to support 1 of the ladies to clean her room weekly to ensure this is a safe space as this lady does enjoy spending most of her time in her room when returning from an activity.
What activities do the people that we support at this property like to do?
The people we support enjoy walking and being out in the community, cinema and attending day care services.
Are there any skills or interests that a candidate could have that would be great to use to support this service?
There are two of the people we support have a mobility care so ideally someone who can drive, someone who enjoys cooking and baking, someone who enjoys watching Action, Disney, Shirley Temple movies. The people supported enjoy a take a way once a week this is normally on a Friday night. This is a female only service due to the needs of the people we support. staff will be required to do sleep in shifts.
What are your shift patterns?
This service will normally have 2 staff on duty during the day and lone working after 7pm but on a Thursday when staff will lone work after 9pm.
We hope this 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.
