Job Title: Night Support Worker (Adult Service)

Location: Barnsley

Hours: Full and Part-time roles available (37.5 or 25hrs)

Shift times: 7:45pm - 8:15am

Salary: £12.91/hr

Oak House and Acorns, part of Hollybank Trust, is a small community home for 6 Adults with a range of complex physical and learning disabilities, in Worsborough just outside the centre of Barnsley.

Our team support the Adults with all aspects of their lives, including their physical, social and emotional needs, following their individualised care plans and delivering person centred care. We support the Adults to live enriched lives through a range of in house and external activities, including structured activities at Hollybank's main site in Mirfield.

The team also work alongside Hollybank's in-house therapies team, who assess the various aspects of the Adults' needs in order to write their individual care plans and develop bespoke training them to meet these needs. Our staff receive in-depth induction training to safely and effectively support the Adults, as well as regular refreshers to maintain the high standards the Adults have a right to expect.

What we look for from our staff:

• Confidence - being self-assured, asking for help when you need it and challenging behaviour or practices that you feel are inappropriate or unsafe.
• Curiosity - being inquisitive and welcoming change, asking questions about the way that we do things and why, and putting yourself forward to try new things.
• Happiness - being cheerful and positive, bringing your best self to work and sharing your enthusiasm for life with the people we are here to support.
• Kindness - being caring and compassionate, reaching out to your colleagues if they look like they're struggling, being an active member of the team and working together to achieve shared goals.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary and great pension scheme.
• An employee rewards scheme with retail discounts and more.
• A comprehensive employee assistance program, including support for mental health, a company sick pay scheme, and a life insurance benefit.
• A fantastic, open, and supportive working environment.
• Training & Development opportunities to support your development.
• A wealth of opportunities to gain experience in a variety of skills.

Key Role Responsibilities:

Resource Management

To identify, assess and report resource requirements to Senior Night Team to ensure that adequate levels of stock and equipment are available as required. To report any concerns at handover.

Personal Development

To continually seek development opportunities in order to improve personal performance.

To fully participate in regular team meetings, personal supervisions and reviews with supervisor in line with Trust and industry regulations.

Development of autonomy

To establish and maintain relationships with residents which will complement and contribute to their care programmes and create a safe living environment.

Communication

To effectively communicate across different mediums: verbal, written and electronic.

To ensure handover is completed with the next shift to ensure effective communication channels and working practices are maintained.

To communicate and offer choice and independence to the resident throughout all aspects of care whilst fully adhering to the Mental Capacity Act. Use appropriate interactions for both verbal and non-verbal communicating residents, enabling residents to utilise their maximum abilities to make personal choices.

Ensure effective communication with all relevant personnel

Nutritional Needs

To support residents to meet dietary requirements by utilising the appropriate feeding method, monitoring and encouraging food and fluid intake, giving the individual choice, independence and monitoring and communicating any concerns.

To oversee preparation of food for the residents where required, following basic hygiene guidelines, ensuring residents are involved and given as much independence and choice as possible.

Personal Care

To assist residents where required with all areas of personal hygiene, including continence management, bathing and dressing whilst following the Care Plan at all times. Ensure that the highest levels of comfort, privacy and dignity are maintained for the individual.

To maintain a code of cleanliness and sanitation as outlined by the Trust infection control procedures

Behaviour Management

To manage behaviour whilst adhering to the care plans set out for individuals in line with current behaviour plans.

To ensure behaviour management plans meet requirements and feedback as appropriate..

Medication

To coordinate and administer medication and gastro feeds in line with Trust Policies and Procedures.

Moving and Handling

To implement correct lifting and handling techniques in order to ensure the safety and comfort of residents, whilst ensuring that Trust guidelines are adhered to and correct equipment is used where appropriate.

Postural Management

To follow physiotherapy postural guidelines in order to prevent deterioration and to maintain each individual's physical condition.

Environment and Property

To ensure that the physical environment is safe and tidy, so that residents are comfortable and their property is secure in their own homes. Includes ensuring that all bedrooms and communal areas are clean and tidy and any maintenance issues are reported accordingly.

Documentation

To accurately document all necessary tasks on the required documentation (Kardex, Care Plans, MAR Sheets) in a timely manner, including further communications with other members of the team where necessary on essential aspects.

To record all incidents electronically in an accurate and timely manner.

Safeguarding

To adhere to and follow the Trust's Safeguarding procedures in order to protect the safety and privacy of all service users.

Confidentiality

In line with the Data Protection Act you will see the use and safe sharing of information as part of their responsibility. You will ensure you work in line with our data protection and information governance policies and procedures protecting and respecting the privacy of our children, young people and adults.

Flexibility & Timekeeping

To carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time to meet the evolving needs of the service and to be flexible at the start and end of shifts to alleviate any pressure situations.

Competency Behaviours & Attitude

Personal Effectiveness

To deliver high-quality services that make a real difference to the service users you work with, and take personal responsibility for the health, safety and wellbeing of others.

Working Together

To work in a collaborative way, developing and maintaining positive relationships and treating people with empathy and respect.

Positive Attitude

To support and encourage positive changes and new ideas by working with our service users to meet their needs and by embracing new ways of working to enhance what we do.

Developing Self and Others

To be effective at developing yourself and others and communicate well.

General Attitude

To act as a professional and positive ambassador for Hollybank Trust in order to support the Trust's mission and profile.

To find out more, please call Jessica Clayton (Registered Manager) on 01226 287621 or email [email protected]

Hollybank Trust is committed to Safeguarding vulnerable people, and our Safer Recruitment process requires all employees to have an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks in line with our Recruitment policy. Hollybank will pay for the DBS check. If the candidate leaves voluntarily in their first 12 months, £58.50 will be deducted from their final salary payment.

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Hollybank Trust is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job.

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