We Are Recruiting Support Workers

Full and part time support workers urgently required to support adults with learning and physical disabilities in their own homes. Contracted hours 37 per week x2 positions and 1x 30 hour per week

Working mainly 7-3, 8-2, 9-3, 3-10 (including alternate weekends and sleep in duties) shift patterns on a one to one basis to promote and enable independence. Duties include providing support with personal care, administering medication, supporting to find work placements and supporting to go to work and leisure activities.

Experience is not essential but the right attitude is.

The people we support told us they would like to be supported by people who have:

The ability to develop relationships built on respect and trust and who are effective communicators

Employ person centred approaches to work and who are able to work on a needs led basis

Have a positive, can do attitude and are aware of people’s different needs and the needs of all around them

Employ sensitivity and who treat people as individuals – valuing their input and things that are important to them

Possess a genuine interest in the welfare of the people they support and who believe in each person’s potentials and strengths

Empower each person they support to become more independent and involved in their local community, who are flexible and open minded and who are willing to adapt and change according to the situations that arise

Never make assumptions and are able to work as a team

Are good problem solvers, with the ability to work through difficult situations – who are honest with others and themselves

Are aware of their own cultural values, attitudes and knowledge and how this affects their work

If you feel you have the above skills and qualities we would love to hear from you

Full training and on going support provided.

To apply or for more information please click on the recruitment page and ‘apply’. We look forward to hearing from you!

Health and Social Care Apprenticeships

We are pleased to announce that 26 of our team have been enrolled with West Suffolk College to the Health and Social Care Intermediate Apprenticeship. This is a vocational qualification and staff will also have the option to take the Learning Disability or Dementia pathway. The framework of the qualification incorporates five elements; competence, knowledge, transferable skills, personal learning and thinking skills and employee rights and responsibilities. The apprenticeship programme has been designed to be delivered within the workplace and by the end of the apprenticeship staff will have gained Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care, Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care, Level 1 Functional Skills Literacy and Numeracy, Personal Learning and Thinking Skills and Employee Rights and Responsibilities.

Focus on Specialist Training

Well done to all of our team who have been working very hard to achieve their level 2 qualifications in their chosen specialist subject. Subjects have included Dementia Care, End of Life Care, Supporting People with a Learning Disability and Prevention of Diabetes. The feedback from the tutor has been fantastic commenting that it has been refreshing to see such a dedicated team.