Support Worker, Community Health

About The Company

Southleigh is a 14-bed residential care home in Kettering supporting adults with learning and physical disabilities. We provide a high level of support to enable all the people we support to meet their personal goals and future aspirations!

The individuals we support here at Southleigh absolutely love cooking and baking! There isn't a week that goes by where we're not making chocolate kebabs and dipping strawberries into chocolate or baking cookies on national sugar cookie day! The individuals we support love visiting Rushden lakes and lapping up the sun with of course lots of ice cream. They all love arts and crafts and are often creating scrap books of all the memories they've made during the year.

The ladies love a pamper and are often asking their support workers to paint their nails and do their hair! We all love going out and doing different activities such as bowling or visiting the cinema.

We are all very well supported at Southleigh and none of our efforts go unnoticed. We understand what's important and always try our best to help the individuals live their best lives! No two days are the same, one day we're partaking in a family event or party and the next we're out window shopping and sightseeing! There is huge variety in the role and lots to learn with lots of opportunity to develop new and existing skills.

We all work very hard with one goal in mind and that's to support the individuals to do whatever it is they wish!

Now we've shared a glimpse of what it's like to work for us, let us introduce ourselves. We're Salutem and we are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of thousands of children and adults in England and Wales across our residential homes, schools and day centres. Our dedicated support teams empower individuals to overcome any obstacles and live the life they choose.

Each day will be different, and the main focus of your role is to provide daily support to adults in our residential services. It's definitely not a normal 9-5, you can work days, nights, and flexible shifts too. Talking of 'dream' jobs, some of our shifts are sleep-ins!

As a Support Worker, you will provide high-quality, person-centred support that promotes independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes for the people we support.

Key duties include:

• Delivering person-centred support in line with individual care plans, risk assessments, and support needs.
• Promoting independence, choice, dignity, and inclusion in daily life.
• Supporting individuals with personal care, medication, health appointments, and wellbeing activities where required.
• Assisting people to develop life skills, access education, employment, volunteering, and community opportunities.
• Encouraging social participation, hobbies, and positive relationships.
• Following Positive Behaviour Support plans and responding to challenging situations with professionalism and empathy.
• Safeguarding individuals by recognising and reporting concerns in line with policies and procedures.
• Supporting household tasks, meal preparation, budgeting, shopping, and maintaining a safe and welcoming home environment.
• Keeping accurate records, including daily notes, incident reports, health information, and financial records.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, families, healthcare professionals, and external agencies.
• Following all health and safety, regulatory, and organisational policies and contributing to continuous service improvement.
• Attending training and participating in ongoing professional development.

Flexibility is essential, as the role may involve evenings, weekends, bank holidays, sleep-ins, waking nights, and other shift patterns as required.

• Supportive:
  Helping everyone reach their full potential.
• Ambitious:
  Striving for the best outcomes.
• Loyal:
  Prioritising our staff and the people we support.
• Unique:
  Innovating without compromising quality.
• Transparent:
  Fostering openness and mutual respect.
• Engaging:
  Partnering with everyone involved.
• Meaningful:
  Offering fulfilling opportunities.

• Emotional Support: 24/7 Employee Assistance, mental…