Learning Disabilities Support Worker - Waking Nights - Forest of Dean

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Job Description

For more information on the role, please contact: Rene Hunt
Email: recruitment.glos@hft.org.uk
Telephone:01453 820940

Location - Coleford

Hourly Rates

• Starting rate £9.08 per hour rising to £9.28 on completion of probation rising further to £9.48 on gaining a Health & Social Care Diploma/NVQ Level 2
  

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• Starting rate with Health & Social Care Diploma/NVQ Level 2 £9.28 rising to £9.48 on completion of probation
• Plus enhancement of additional £1.20 per hour
  
  

Find your place with us and help change lives.

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.

About The Role

We are seeking Waking Night Support Workers to join us and support adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. We recognise that the current pandemic means we have had to adapt to change and in many ways we are now doing things differently but what hasn’t changed is our passion for standards and doing all we can to look after the people we support both in these current challenging times and in the future.

In this caring and creative role, everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

Waking night support workers are required to remain awake throughout the night to support individuals as required. You could be supporting someone with personal care, helping someone with their medication or just chatting and keeping them company if they are unable to sleep.

At this service in Coleford, we support four young males, aged 22 - 25. They are all very active and in normal times they enjoy a full range of community based and local activities. During the pandemic we have seen an increase in some challenging behaviours and our Positive Behaviour Team is working closely with the Registered Manager and the staff team to ensure the safety of both the people we support and the staff.

You’ll Be Helping To Ensure The People We Support

The purpose of your role is to give the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities, in all aspects of their daily lives.

• Build confidence to develop interests
• Feel secure and safe
• Are provided with any personal care needed with dignity
• Increase their independence
• Are enabled to make as many choices as possible
• Achieve personal goals, which may include travel or holidays
  

We provide 24/7 support to some people, so you will need to have flexibility to work shifts on a rota basis, weekends and Bank Holidays.

About You

You don’t need experience of support work or any special qualifications for this job - you’ll get plenty of training along the way. Having the right values, a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible is what matters most. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. You also need to have basic level IT skills to be able to use a computer as you will regularly need to record information about people you will be supporting.

We are currently restricting face-to-face training; therefore most of your training courses, including some aspects of your induction, will be online. But you will still be able learn from your colleagues in a supportive hands-on environment.

What We Offer

We offer a range of benefits and career development opportunities. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way. With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.

Benefits

• Apprenticeships - earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
• Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options, as well as support for financial wellbeing
• Access to award-winning training and development - Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status
• Annual staff award scheme - The Hft Heroes Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme
• 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) increasing to 25 days after a year of employment (pro rata for part time staff)
• A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
• Free DBS Check
• As a “key worker” you will benefit from government incentive schemes
  

Join us and help change lives.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Hft’s usual terms and conditions apply.
Hft is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, Hft is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do.
Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employment.