Specialist Support Worker - Lambeth, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care

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Lambeth, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job profile:

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

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Job details:
Job details:

Job reference

REQ00495
Date posted
28/07/202 Application closing date
28/08/202 Location
Lambeth
Salary

- £25,937.60 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
Full Time, Permanent

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Specialist Support Worker:

Job description

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient
Specialist Support Worker to join our Mental Health service in Lambeth.

£25,937.60 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.

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

What you'll do:

We are looking for someone with an inspiring and creative personality to work as part of a team within the Independent Living Medication Support Service.

You will work with clients diagnosed with a mental health condition and who are living within the borough of Lambeth in their own homes.

The role of the Specialist Support Worker is to enable our customers to develop greater independence and fulfilling lives.

As part of your role, you will be required to oversee Medication compliance, provide practical support to those with general needs issues.

Create robust Support and Risk plans, updating as required, and working with a patch list of customers on an agreed basis.

Enable customers to improve their overall wellbeing, through maintaining good physical and mental health, motivating customers to part take in social activity, and supporting customers to identify goals to improve their quality of life.

Ensure customers have applied for the correct benefits; that customers are managing their rent and bills, whilst maintaining their home to a good standard.

Applicants require a good standard of English and Maths, and established IT skills in the workplace, to support the multiply IT systems we use within the organisation.

We are looking for staff members who are motivated and keen to positively engage with our customers.

About you:

Medication Observance:

Support people who are struggling with medication concordance between the hours of 8am to 8pm 7 days a week

Complete home visits to observe customers take medication in the borough of Lambeth

Brixton, Streatham, West Norwood, Kennington, Clapham, Oval, and Vauxhall

Able to lone work in the community

Using available forms of transport to complete home visits.

Support people who are stepping down to more independence. This could be from registered to lower support accommodation; people returning to their homes after prolonged hospital admission.

Support to identify barriers to medication concordance, to identify and achieve goals which may be towards medication self-management.

To increase the level of contact with people in their homes whose main requirement of support is connected to their medication to feedback to clinical team and other support providers progress with medication and other support needs and to quickly alert clinicians to any concerns.

To connect individuals, as appropriate, with other opportunities of social inclusion and support as part of the Living Well Network

To connect individuals, as appropriate, with other opportunities of social inclusion and support as part of the Living Well Network

To support the development of a more collaborative discussion with customers on how they are supported to receive medication.

Key Support Working:

You will work with clients diagnosed with a mental health condition and living within the borough of Lambeth in their own homes.

Your role as a support worker is to enable the customer to develop greater independence and fulfilling lives.

As part of your role, you will be required to oversee all Support planning and Risk management plans and maintain contact with the customers on an agreed basis.

Enabling customers to improve their overall wellbeing, through maintaining good physical and mental health, motivating customers to part take in social activity, and supporting customers to identify goals to improve their quality of life.

To offer specialist support to a caseload of people within the locality focused on enablin