Waking Night Support Worker - Supported Living for People with a Learning Disability

Job Description

Are you a people person with the commitment and person-centred values to be able to make a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability Would you enjoy working for a progressive national, charitable organisation with a strong localpresenceWe are seeking highly motivated and reliable Waking Night Support Workers for a new purpose built Supported Living Service for 10 people with a learning disability and/or autism in Manchester, located in Harpurhey. Some people will have other needssuch as mental health needs and substance misuse. The service will support people who live at the service for up to 2 years to build on their existing skills and to move on to a more independent life. The role will involve providing care, support and housingrelated support to people in a personalised and responsive manner.You will work proactively to enable people to develop their quality of life and independence and to maximize their health and wellbeing. This will include providing support to build confidenceand skills in all activities of daily living. You will enable people to establish a positive and fulfilling lifestyle, build community connections and relationships with others. You will empower individuals to make choices, enjoy opportunities for personaldevelopment and achieve their aspirations and personal goals.As a Waking Night Support Worker you must be reliable, vigilant and conscientious and able to prevent and manage incidents and respond to emergencies in a calm and timely manner. You will be responsiblefor ensuring the safety of tenants and the building overnight and managing any risks with the support of the on-call manager/Duty Manager. We can offer you 2, 3 or 4 waking nights per week, with the opportunity to undertake additional overtime if desired.Priorpaid or voluntary work experience of supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism or mental needs is useful but not essential if you have the following personal qualities and attitudes: Kindness and compassion Enthusiasm and creativity A respectfuland inclusive approach An accountable and conscientious attitude Ability to work positively in a team The courage to question and to challenge when needed Commitment to enable service users to achieve their goals Willingness to keep learning and developingyour own practiceIn your role as a Night Support Worker you will need to be able to communicate effectively with service users and colleagues and you must have a good standard of written English in order to contribute to written records. You must be able toliaise professionally with service users families and with external Council and NHS workers. The service is located close to Harpurhey District Centre, just off Rochdale Road. There are very frequent bus services to and from Manchester, Middleton, Rochdaleand Oldham (Bus no 17 and others, see GMPT website).We pride ourselves on our effective infection prevention and control (IPC) measures to prevent the transmission of Covid-19. To ensure your safety and the safety of the vulnerable people we support we willprovide you with all necessary PPE, information and training in IPC. In order to keep our staff and service users safe we expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us andto be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.We can offer you: A competitive salary Good conditions of service Generous sleep-in allowances Choice of weekly or monthly pay Opportunities for overtime Company sick pay Paid carersleave Free life assurance Employee Assistance Programme which offers free and confidential advice and counselling to you and close family members.We will support you with excellent training so that you can practice confidently and competently and develop yourcareer as a Support Worker, this will include Diplomas in Health and Social Care. Our staff and services are well supported by our friendly and highly motivated senior staff.About Creative SupportCreative Support is a progressive charitable organisation whichprovides high quality, person-centred support to people with a learning disability and/or autism, people with mental health needs and older people. We are committed to social justice and to promoting independence, dignity, equality, rights and inclusion whendesigning and delivering services.We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We embrace diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident Employer. We area Mindful Employer and an Investor in People Silver employer of over 5,000 highly valued staff across England.We are an Investor in People accredited employer of over 5,000 highly valued staff across England. We are committed to equality and to ensuringthat all our staff can flourish and develop their careers with us. We are committed to your welfare and professional development. We ensure that all our staff can flourish and develop their careers with us through practice-based and accredited training. Wewould really welcome the opportunity to tell you more about this exciting role. For an informal discussion please contact Ellie Sime by email to stating a contact telephone number.Please note that due to the number of roles and the urgency of recruiting tothese we will be shortlisting applications on the date they are received so there is no need to wait until the closing date to submit your application.