Specialist Support Worker - Catterall, United Kingdom - Imagine Independence

Imagine Independence

Verified Company

Catterall, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Hours: 30 hours per week
Job Reference: 23/06

Salary:
£16,095.62 per annum, plus payment for sleep-in shifts

Based in:
Catterall, Preston, Lancashire

Shift pattern:
Monday-Friday 11:00-17:00 with flexibility for weekends and maybe the odd early evening on an ad-hoc basis.

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, employer's contributory pension scheme, EAP scheme and other generous benefits

Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community.

Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.

Every day, Imagine's staff and volunteers generously share their experience, knowledge, and talents with the people they support. Through their focused dedication to Imagine's mission, and the courage to challenge the status quo, people feel valued. They know they are making both the 'everyday' and the 'extraordinary' become possible for everyone.

They walk alongside the people they have the privilege to serve, helping to transform lives, one day at a time.

And they never give up.

Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation?

Imagine now needs Specialist Support Workers who will provide support to individuals with a variety of different needs and conditions.

This may include learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, complex behaviour, mental health conditions, acquired brain injuries, physical disabilities, neurological impairments, psychiatric and clinical needs.

This is a great time to join, as we continue to expand our services across the north-west of England and beyond.

The role of support worker includes an expectation to support individuals with all their daily living requirements including support with personal care.

If you have patience, compassion and willingness to make a difference in someone's life then we would like to hear from you.

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For an initial chat, please call Michael Neale-Bailey on _

Our main aim is:

You will be supporting a gentleman in his family home who likes to be out and about and walking outside, bowling and using his laptop.

He appreciates staff who create a calm and quiet environment and who are patient and confident and able to follow his routines.

The gentlemen is a keen walker so someone who likes to be outside and walking is preferred.

At times he needs his staff to offer him extra care and support if he is feeling anxious or worried as he can display behaviours that may become challenging.

You will help him to do every-day things that most of us take for granted.

That might involve shopping, meal planning, cooking, budgeting, getting out and about on trips, going on holiday, attending a range of social groups and, above all, encouraging him to live safely with meaning and purpose.

Experience is preferred due to the complex needs of the person, however full training will be provided which is a combination of face to face, online and shadowing an existing staff member.

We will support you to complete Care Certificate and also provide opportunities to gain qualifications In Health and Social Care.

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Meaningful Living:Using empathy to bring together diverse people and resources, to put the everyday within reach of everyone.
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Nurturing Individuality:Creating conditions that support people to be true to themselves and express their truth.
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Focused Dedication:Showing up each day hungry to do our best to learn and develop. We never give up on people.
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Challenging Ideas:Keeping our efforts real and centred on what matters most, we do not settle for the ordinary when better is possible.
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Generous Sharing:Giving of ourselves, our experiences and knowledge, to promote and provide a great service.

An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.

Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time

Part-time hours: 30 per week

Salary:
£16,095.62 per year

Ability to commute/relocate: