Support Worker Learning Disabilities and Autism

Job Description

This roleAs a Care & Support Worker you will join our Southend Learning Disabilities Cluster providing care and support in a dignified manner to adults with learning disabilities in their homes as well as within the services. You will be required to work flexiblyto ensure individual needs are met while maximising independence, choice, dignity, privacy and well-being.You will be responsible for support plans and liaising with others that support customers on a day to day basis to remain independent. This includes encouraging customers to be responsible for their own welfare as much as possible and be involved in socialactivities so they are a valuable part of the community.This is a permanent role and you will be required to cover a range of shifts to cover a seven day rota, which will include bank holidays. This can include sleep in shifts (for which there is an additional payment). You will also be required to cover outof staffing hours emergency on call shifts (for which there is an additional payment).What you`ll need to succeedYou will need to have a positive approach to life and want a role where others gain from what you are doing. You will be driven by seeing customers facing, and overcoming, new challenges on a daily basis.To be successful in the role previous experience is not essential, but we are seeking individuals that can provide a caring and supportive service to our customers with dignity. You will demonstrate you understand what good support looks like and have adesire to learn to be a first class support worker.This role is a scheme based role but you could be required to cover our floating support role, so a car driver would be preferred but not essential.To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers we will complete an enhanced background check with the Disclosure and Barring service, which will include a check of the Adult Barred list, once an offer of employment is made.A new check will be completed every three years.What you need to do nowIf you`re interested in this role, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if it`s the ideal job for you, click `apply now` to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.About UsOur organisation was built on a simple missionto give people a safe, secure, and affordable home. That is as true today as it was in the 1950s, when our founder Molly Huggins established an organisation to provide homes for Windrush migrants in London.Our core purpose is that everyone should have a home and the chance to live well To fulfil this vision, we work with partners to make our neighbourhoodsnew and old - sustainable and vibrant places, where our customers want to live. We put people at theheart of everything we do and to guide us in every decision we make. Through managing more than 57,000 households we work at a scale that means our actions to achieve this have real impact.We firmly believe that by serving people better every day, we will support a healthier, better cared for, and more prosperous society in the future. Like our founders before us, we will leave a lasting legacy for future generations. Our colleagues are crucialto our success in achieving this. Therefore, we are committed to investing in colleagues and creating the opportunity for them to develop. Our working environment has been designed to be one that brings out the very best in people.What youll get in returnWe also offer a wide range of benefits. Please take a look at our benefits document attached.Our promiseAll employment decisions at MTVH are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race or religion, sex or sexual orientation.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.