Health Care Support Worker

Please note, due to recent changes in the law, we are no longer eligible to sponsor overseas applicants or those within the UK requiring sponsorship.

Mower’s Ark CIC is a specialist Christian Day Service in Northamptonshire for young people with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Sensory Impairments.

We are looking for a compassionate Health Care Support Worker who will work in the Ark area of our service, working with young people with profound learning disabilities and complex health needs.

You will: -

• Provide care in accordance with best practice and legislative requirements, reflecting policies and procedures and agreed standards under the direction of the Management Team
• Always Follow Individual Care & Support plans.
• Support individuals with their personal care and hygiene, which includes using the bathroom, washing, dressing, shaving, and oral hygiene.
• Monitor health and wellbeing, such as taking vital signs and reporting changes.
• Support individuals with their nutritional needs, including feeding and administering fluids including via Gastrostomy Tube.
• · Follow individual SALT guidelines and monitoring for signs of dysphagia
• Support customers to complete their prescribed physiotherapy and/or occupational therapy programmes which includes; use of standing frames, lying wedges, postural positioning aids, walkers and exercise balls when needed.
• Assist customers to access hydrotherapy sessions and providing them with water-based physiotherapy.
• Support customers to take part in health and wellbeing activities including swimming (going in the water), horseriding, sailing, trampolining etc.
• Provide emotional support to customers.
• Support customers to build and maintain meaningful relationships with their peers and others.
• Supporting customers with complex behaviour needs, following Behaviour support guidelines at all times.
• Support individual customers at different times, showing a flexible approach and being able to support people with a wide range of differing needs.
• Support customers to develop their communication by use of PECs/Symbols, eye gaze and switch operated technology.
• Support customers to be involved as possible in every part of their lives so that they can become as full and active members of their community as possible.
• Support and enable customers to develop and maintain skills and personal interests whilst delivering personalised care unique to each individual.
• Maintain and develop skills, undertaking additional training and development as required.
• Maintain records in line with organisational policies and procedures
• Promote the safeguarding and welfare of the customers at all times
• Reflect on your own practice, seeking feedback and looking at improvement, being open to constructive criticism

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £12.21 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• On-site parking

Experience:

• Care Workers: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 2 (preferred)

Work Location: In person