Support Worker

Key Information:

Hours: Day shifts, night shifts, sleep ins

Positions available: Full time and part time (5-40hr contracts available)

Pay: £12.10

Location: Vacancies available in Liverpool, Wirral and Sefton (Inc Southport)

Support we offer: Outreach and Supported Living

Start date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

Are you looking for a new opportunity and a chance to make a difference? We have Support Worker roles in Liverpool, Wirral and Sefton (Inc Southport). Apply today and start your career at Options for Supported Living!

About Us: We at Options exist for one reason- to fulfil our mission to support, empower, and enable people with disabilities to live their lives to the full. That’s what we do.

Why you should join:

1. Blue Light Discount & reimbursement
2. Arriva Travel Club
3. Cycle to work
4. Fix your bike voucher
5. Learn to drive
6. Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme)
7. Company pension
8. Referral programme
9. Sick pay
10. Casual dress
11. Company events
12. Training paid for
13. 02 Open
14. Medicash
15. £250 refer a friend scheme
16. Company events
17. Training & development

The Role: No experience is required, full training is provided. All we need are individuals with great values (real people people).We are looking for people to provide effective support to enable people with disabilities to live their lives to the full.

This includes:

People Supported:

1. Enable people to achieve their full potential.
2. Support people to fulfil their wishes expressed day-by-day and identified in their Person Centred Plans.
3. Promote and act within the ten beliefs of Options (see attached)
4. Support people in the day-to-day tasks involved in ordinary living.
5. To support people through difficult times when they may injure themselves, be verbally abuse to staff and others around them, or attempt to hurt those around them. (Very occasionally restraint may be required.)
6. Support and encourage people to take part in the things that they enjoy or might grow to enjoy.
7. Understand and respect the relationships, which are important to people supported.
8. Maximise the safety of people supported, staff and the community within the overall goal of supporting people to achieve positive outcomes in his/her life.
9. Support people to go on holiday.
10. Work consistently within Guidelines for Support, which ensure people are well supported, when anxious or worried or angry.
11. Provide support for personal needs, including all aspects of personal care.
12. To provide personal care for the people we support who need it. This means supporting a person bathing, washing, shaving, drinking eating, going to the toilet and changing pads.
13. Ensure safe administration of medication and completion of full and accurate records.
14. To maintain records necessary to support people effectively.

Staff Team:

1. Contribute to and participate in a team-based approach.
2. Work to complete your responsibilities within the Team Action Plan.
3. Attend training, development and team meetings, which may be additional to contracted hours.
4. Take part in regular support and supervision.
5. Act as a role model for those around you.
6. Work within Options Working Values (copy attached).
7. To provide personal care for the people we support who need it.

Finances and Administration:

1. Keep full records of all income and expenditure.
2. Fully comply with the financial and administrative procedures of Options.

Management and Options:

1. Participate in the on-call system (when suitably experienced – after completion of Probationary Period) and to work sleep-ins or waking nights when required.
2. Work to all Options policies and procedures.
3. Promote positive relationships with those closest to people supported, and all others helping to support them.
4. Shape Options by expressing your views and contributing to how it develops.

Self-Development:

1. Attend and participate in all training and development as identified to develop one’s own skills, and abilities.
2. Maintain a constant desire to learn and develop.

You will have the following qualities:

1. Committed to and passionate about supporting and developing others.
2. Has a person-centred approach, seeing people as people, irrespective of disability.
3. Have a clear desire and commitment to working to values openly and honestly.
4. A Full UK Driving Licence would be beneficial for some posts.

How to apply:

If you are interested in joining our team, please hit the apply button which will then take you to our website to complete the application. We look forward to hearing from you!

All successful applicants are subject to a DBS and pre-employment checks.

We currently do not hold a sponsorship licence, therefore are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time.

If you have any questions regarding this job please do not hesitate to get in touch with our Recruitment team via email recruitment@ofsl.org.uk