Female Only Support Worker, 20 Hours Per Week, Perm - St Helens, United Kingdom - Alternative Futures Group

Alternative Futures Group

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St Helens, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Being a Support Worker at AFG is a hugely rewarding role and could be your first step on a long and happy career in Health & Social Care.

So, what does a Support Worker do?
We have a vision to create _a world where people control their lives.

_Here at AFG, we pride ourselves on helping the people we support to design, develop and 'own' the support they receive by planning this with them; we support people to make informed choices and increase their own independence; and we support people to maintain their own health, wellbeing and living environment.

These principles are really important to us.

Our Support Workers work in a variety of settings including community-based services (often supporting people in their own homes) to our Treatment & Recovery Centres.

One thing that is common across all of our services is a focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations of the people we support with a diverse range of care needs (including Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, Complex Care, Substance Misuse issues to name a few).

We value the people that work with us
At AFG we recognise the contribution and value that our staff make.

We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development (including opportunities to undertake vocational qualifications) and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

About you
There are a few things that we look for in all of our support workers; we would need you to
- be a good communicator (verbally and in writing)
- be patient, confident and enthusiastic about caring for others
- be able to use your own initiative
- be able to work as part of a team
- have flexibility to work a varied shift pattern to provide 24-hour support
- share our AFG values

We don't ask for any other relevant training or a previous career in care as full training will be provided - you just need a willingness to learn and develop.

As a 'values based' employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our AFG family.

If you are passionate about caring for others and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.

More about this vacancy...

We asked the Team Leader to tell us more about this role and the amazing person that we need to work here.

Where is this vacancy based?_

This vacancy is based in St Helens.

Who do you support?_

At present we support only 1 person in this particular service, the person concerned has capacity to do many things for themselves, communication is very important and this must be consistent to ensure the same information is being communicated to the individual to cause as least confusion as possible.

Where do they live?_

The property is detached on the corner of a main road.

it has 3 bedrooms 2 lounges a dining area and small kitchen, there are gardens to the front and rear with a garage at the rear which contains the drying machine, the garage at present is used for little else.

There is a local co op which is 50 yards from the property and there are bus routes either towards St Helens town Centre or towards Liverpool.

There is a local park across the main road.

What would a typical shift be like?_

This is a lone Worker service at present so a typical day when you arrive on shift will be to complete all the necessary checks required, diaries, monies, and any required health and safety checks.

The person supported will often be in bed for most of the morning as they choose very often to stay up late watching TV.

Staff around 10am will knock on the persons bedroom door and offer morning medication which is normally taken without any problems, the person will often then choose to stay in bed, until they are ready to get up.

Staff will encourage the person to complete their personal care as this is not done by staff, staff will then prepare a breakfast or lunch the person chooses dependant upon what time they choose to get up.

Activities can be pre arranged or arranged on the day, this will be decided by the person supported, the weather will often have an impact as to whether the person will go out.

The person supported has 2 birds as pets and staff will support in cleaning these out and providing food and water, an activity will be the person supported going to a pet shop to buy supplies.

The person supported has a number of physical and mental issues that staff will support with and this will include working along side G.P.'s Consultants, district nurses as example and communications with family members is also supported by staff on occasion.

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