Support Worker, Community Health

Location:

Banbridge – However, there may be some travel required within Northern Ireland to fulfil the duties associated with the post.

Salary: £12.71 per hour

Contract Type:
Occasional Hours

• To assist the Team Leader in the provision of professional and high quality support to those individuals with physical and learning disabilities and acquired brain injury promoting recovery through a strength’s based, person centred approach. This enables the people we support to ensure they live independent lives achieving their full potential in all aspects of their lives.
• Provision of direct support to include overnight support where applicable to the persons we support, ensuring their physical and mental wellbeing. This support will include daily assistance with physical care, personal hygiene needs, daily life tasks and skills development, whilst sensitively championing their personal independence and safeguarding their privacy, dignity and rights.
• Directly assist the persons we support with the setting and achieving personal orientated goals, which may include social inclusion and self-esteem.

Develop and maintain a positive, trusting and professional relationship with the person we support, acting in a supportive and empathetic manner.

Openly display compassion and sensitivity to the persons we support, ensuring appropriate professional boundaries are maintained.

Proactively contribute towards harmonious and holistic support for the persons we support.

Assist the persons we support in the management of their physical health and mental health and wellbeing, through the development and implementation tailored support plans.

Involve the people we support in all aspects of decision making, adopting a compassionate approach to any individual difficulties that may be encountered.

With supervision and guidance, deliver care and person centred support enabling the people we support to develop and improve their social, domestic, personal and community living skills, as defined within their personal support plan and identified outcomes.

Provide person centred care and support by motivating, mentoring and empowering the people we support in respect of maintaining their homes, adhering to tenancy agreements, meal preparation, shopping and personal budgeting.

Assist the people we support in the planning, organisation and participation in the either individual or group activities both within the scheme and in the community.

Assist and encourage the people we support to maintain standards of good personal and home hygiene whilst respecting their right to make choices.

Assist the people we support in the management of their medication, budgeting, finances and meal preparation as applicable to their support plans.

Empower the persons we support by involving them in all decision making and respecting their choices.

Provide care using a person centred approach, focusing on re‑establishing positive identity, hope, independent and meaningful lives.

Enabling the persons we support to make informed decisions, whilst sensitively advocating for their needs.

Liaise with external agencies as appropriate, supporting the persons we support with housing, signposting and referral progression, where appropriate.

Encourage direct participation and contribution to their local community as active citizens including direct participation in social, leisure and community based activities, engagement in volunteering, advancing training and employment opportunities, as appropriate.

Encourage and support people to be healthy in all aspects of their personal lives, continually encouraging physical and emotional wellbeing.

Active contribution to the promotion of a culture of wellbeing for all, through personal commitment and participation, encouraging engagement in wellbeing activities.

Promotion of a positive working environment whereby wellbeing is central to the continued provision of a professional and innovative service.

Provision of an autonomous working environment where all achievements are recognised and celebrated.

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