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Birmingham Specialist Services Branch
Support Workers
Job Purpose:
The supported living service aims to provide the highest standards and quality of life for people with learning disabilities, ensuring tenants/residents/service users live as normal a life as possible in their own home with the support and care they need to provide maximum independence. All tenants/residents/service users will be treated as individuals and their individual cultural, religious and sexual diversity will be accepted and respected. It is expected that tenants/residents/service users will be consulted about all aspects of their daily life, including personal care, communal and household tasks, financial and social arrangements.
The support worker will be required to contribute to and work with the tenants/residents/service users as part of a multi-disciplinary service. At times, you may be required to act on your own showing self-motivation, initiative and flexibility.
Duties:
- To undertake required training as directed
- To provide support and meet the basic care needs of service users ensuring that personal dignity and rights are respected at all times
- To maintain high standards of support according to the needs of the individual, ensuring a high quality of life
- To ensure that support is provided to individuals in accordance with Sevacare policies and procedures
- To assist in the identification of individual needs and ensure that appropriate support is provided to meet these needs
- To provide support in all daily living activities engaged in by the individual
- With other members of the team provide a friendly supportive atmosphere in which individuals are encouraged to and enabled to develop a valued lifestyle
- To apply you must have experience of working with people with learning disabilities, delivering personal care and knowledge of the needs of vulnerable people.
If you are interested in this position please use our online application form or call 0800 042 9999 or email recruitment@sevacare.org.uk