Support Worker - Larne
Are you passionate about making a difference in someone's life? Join our growing Care company where you can transform someone else’s life while transforming your own too!
As a Support Worker no two days will be the same. The duties and responsibilities of a support worker are unique and varied because the people you support each day have unique needs.
When you’re a Support Worker you change lives every day.
The shift patterns could vary from a mix of: Days / Nights / Evenings / Weekends
We have positions across Northern Ireland
What do we offer you?
- £200 Sign on Bonus*
- £11.30 - £12.60 per hour! Depending on experience
- Full time (40 hours per week) & Part time roles available
- Paid induction training
- Free ongoing training
- Paid holidays
- Opportunity for career development
- MAPA training
- A lucrative refer a friend scheme - £100 per referral*
Live Connected is an exciting branch of the Connected Health group. We provide quality care to adults with mental ill health/learning disabilities/dementia/complex needs, through supported living.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To undertake daily living tasks as agreed with the service user, their family and the professionals involved with the individual service plan.
- To always work within the policies and procedures of Connected Living
- To always work alongside the care and risk assessments within the service which is specific to each of the service user needs.
- To complete Health and Safety checks within the service in line with the policy and procedures in place.
- To be confident to lone work in line with lone worker risk assessment.
- To ensure safe medication is delivered and ordered to the services users' homes
- To provide service users with opportunities to express their preference as to the way tasks are carried out.
- To maintain and promote choice and independence to the service users we work with
- To manage service users' behaviours in the least restrictive way possible
- To ensure all daily note, handovers and any relevant documentation is completed y the end of shift, and high-quality efficient handovers are provided to the oncoming to the shift.
- To work as part of a team and wider MDT to support the clients emotional and physical wellbeing
- To develop and maintain professional working relationships with service users and the relevant multi-disciplinary team to ensure positive outcomes for the service user.