Disability Support Worker - Sutton, United Kingdom - Springboard

Springboard

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Sutton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Contract:

Zero Hour contract with opportunities to work from 4-14 hours per week term time and up to 35 hours per week throughout school holidays.

Days and Hours:
Sessional, Part-Time, Full-Time (to include weekend working)

Locations:
Worthing, Crawley, Horsham and Sutton

Reports to:
SEND Service Coordinator / Stepping Stones Project Lead

About Us
Springboard has been working with disabled children, young people and families for over 25 years.

We deliver a wide range of services, support and activities in the South East, reaching over 500 families a year.

Our vision is:

A world of equality where all disabled children, young people and their families are able to reach their full potential.

Our mission is to:

Facilitate and offer advice and support to disabled children, young people and their families.
Create environments and deliver services that develop identity and build selfesteem.
Advocate and raise awareness on disability and the barriers associated.
Enhance children, young people and their families physical and emotional wellbeing.

Springboard has five core values which underpin and guide the way we work in all that we do, we are:

Caring
Fun
Inclusive
Passionate
Adaptable

Support Worker

Main purpose of the job:

Support Workers are key to the delivery a variety of services for disabled children, young people, young adults and their families.

The role will provide support and care within Springboards sessions, activities and programmes for disabled children, young people and young adults.

You will support individuals to achieve their full potential, by encouraging and engaging with individuals so they can maximise opportunities available and empower them to make decisions and choices, participate in recreational and leisure activities and help individuals to make and sustain friendships.

The role will work closely with Springboard's Service Delivery Officers, other Support Workers as well as the Head of Operations and volunteers within our Children and Young Peoples Team.

Working creatively and with a flexible approach, the role will support disabled children, young people and families under Springboards principles of; Value and Respect, Wellbeing and Relationships, Aspirations and Potential and Independence and Inclusion.

Support Workers are key in the operational delivery of the Springboards new strategy and help the charity achieve its vision of a world of equality where all disabled children, young people and their families are able to reach their full potential.

Person Centre Care and Support

To support children, young people and young adults with disabilities, with their physical care, personal hygiene needs and daily life tasks & skills as required by their person centred plan (PCP), ensuring that their independence is preserved and developed as far as possible and affording appropriate levels of privacy and dignity.
To support & facilitate communication with individual's relatives, friends, professionals and other members of staff/volunteers, in order to ensure the continuity of quality and safety in the provision of support.
To work within a personcentred approach so as to encourage customers to maintain maximum independence, taking into account their physical and emotional condition, as well as their current skills, personal choices & aspirations.
To encourage & support individuals to participate in the running of the service provision.
To help individuals with mobility and other physical or sensory disabilities and to assist in the use of support aids and personal equipment.
To actively encourage individuals to participate in programmes and activities as identified in their PCP.
Where required, to administer medication in line with training received and policies/procedures of

Springboard.

To become familiar with any changes in the individuals' condition or situation at the beginning of each session/activity, as well as any associated changes in the working environment, premises or location.
To ensure that recordkeeping is maintained and updated in an accurate, timely and confidential manner.
To report & record any incidents or events that may have an impact on the individual's PCP, liaising with the immediate supervisor (and/or any other relevant staff/volunteers) as appropriate.
To be responsible for maintaining and improving own knowledge and skills through experience and training.
To maintain an awareness of individual's care plans and risk assessments relating to specific support needs, for example, dysphagia, mobility & safety.
Where required, to escort and assist individuals in and around the service environment, as well as in the wider community.

Safety and Safeguarding

To carry out all duties in line with Springboard's safeguarding policies and procedures.
Maintaining high standards of environment safety, safeguarding and quality as well as ensuring an adaptable, inclus