Support Assistant

Support Worker

Location:
Belfast

Care type:
Disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Complex Needs.

Salary/Hourly Rate:
£13.89 per hour- £15.85
(Enhanced rate for additional hours)

Hours of Work:
Full Time Position-Permanent.
Shifts are on a rotational basis and are typically 8am-8pm, 3 days per week, with one full weekend off in three.

Benefits:

• Annual Leave: 5.6 weeks in each leave year (inclusive of public and bank holidays), increasing with length of service, up to 33 days per year.
• Paid breaks.
• Recognition & Reward scheme available to all staff in the course of their work.
• Paid annual NISCC registration fees.
• Investor in People Champion with commitment to the development of employees through paid training and learning opportunities, including RQF Level 3 diploma.
• Enhanced rate of pay for working on bank holidays.
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme, 5% employee contribution and 4% employer contribution.
• Occupational Sick Pay (2 weeks full pay, 2 weeks half pay after 6 months service).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to 24/7 Doctors support.
• Health Cashback Scheme.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure all work is service user-focused, upholding respect, privacy, dignity, fulfilment, independence, and choice.
• Orientate new service users to the residential scheme and the local community.
• Deliver individual support programs, including social and domestic guidance, personal hygiene, and community living skills.
• Assist senior staff with the assessment of service users' needs.
• Report any changes or concerns about service users to the line manager.
• Participate in monitoring and reviewing service users' skills and needs.
• Establish goals with service users to ensure effective use of their resources.
• Support the physical and personal needs of service users.
• Ensure medication is managed via Medication Policy.
• Ensure service users' opinions and suggestions are heard and their personal problems addressed sensitively.

Essential Criteria

• Effective verbal and written communication to include numeracy skills
• 1 year caring experience
• Working knowledge of the needs of people with learning disabilities
• A good understanding and knowledge on behaviours that challenge

Please note This role does not offer Sponsorship

For more information please contact: Staffline @ Hannah Hollywood Harry

Email: [email protected]

T; 028 9024 2824 (315)M; 07825789243