Complex Support Worker Days

Location: Eastfield, Scarborough, Happy Futures

Salary: £12.35 per hour

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours/working pattern: 10 - 40 hours per week

• Love music in particular the 80's
• Watching movies
• Enjoy swimming
• Encourage new hobbies and activities

• Provide direct support to individuals who exhibit complex and challenging behaviour.
• Provide companionship, emotional support to help individuals use techniques for managing their anxieties and behaviour through coping strategies.
• Manage the behaviour and to enable them to participate in a wide range of therapeutic and social activities.
• Be involved in the assessment and management of risk and follow risk assessments consistently.
• Have active listening skills and the ability to use positive, calm and clear communication.
• Support individuals to develop life skills which enables them to participate in a wide range of therapeutic and social activities.
• Record all incidents and contribute to team discussions around incident analysis and strategies.
• Work positively with other agencies, parents, Support Workers, and other services to ensure a quality provision of care for individuals.
• Maintain appropriate records relating to good practice, health, safety and statutory requirements.
• Support individuals with their personal finance arrangements and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and company Policies and Procedures.
• Encourage health promotion, such as regular health checks, dentist and doctor’s appointments and health screening checks.
• Promote independence with daily activities, such as personal care, cooking, finance management where appropriate, and general housekeeping.
• Use positive behaviour to identify the cause of distress and respond in line with PBS plan.

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Store discount

If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Lara on 07974 406783 or email [email protected] for further information.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application. You can state in the ‘Supporting Evidence’ section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you.

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