Waking Night Support Worker - Islington, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care

Verified Company

Islington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Job profile:

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

-
Job details:
Job details:

Job reference

REQ00465
Date posted
22/05/202 Application closing date
22/06/202 Location
Islington
Salary

- £24,856.00 per annum

Package
Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Contractual hours
40
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Fixed Term Contract, Full Time

-
Waking Night Support Worker:

Job description
-
We're looking for three kind, compassionate and resilient Waking Night Support Workers to join our Mental Health service in Islington.

£24,856.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here.**Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team.

After all, our people are doing something amazing:
helping to transform lives every day.

Hanley Gardens and Caledonian Road are a pair of services supporting 15 High Needs customers with an enduring mental health diagnosis to achieve greater independence and health outcomes.

The service is an interim service that will eventually move, along with its customers, to a new site in the next 6 months once the building has finished development.

The service works closely with health and community colleagues to support customers to achieve their goals and engage in their local community safely.

This is a 5 month Fixed Term Contract, starting in July and ending in November.

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._

What you'll do:

Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere
Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance to support customers to independent living e.g. budgeting, cooking, establishing a night time routine
Supporting customers to maintain a healthy environment and where appropriate assisting them to clean their accommodation and maintain good personal hygiene
Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents
Managing customer interactions, completing assessments and obtaining and maintaining all relevant paperwork
Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and avoid personal debt
Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc
Taking on shift leading responsibilities by coordinating and leading shifts in the absence of a manager
Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts
Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/Manager

About you:

Enjoys social interaction and the company of others
Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
Prefers working as part of a group or team
Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour with mínimal supervision
Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
Is confident with high levels of selfesteem
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
Ability to adhere to Look Ahead's professional boundaries policy