Job Title: Female Specialist Support Worker
Agency: Alternative Futures Group
Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Salary/Rate: £13.72 per hour

Summary

• To provide all health-related and social support to people with diagnoses such as Learning Disability, Autism, and Mental Health.
• To support people who present with behaviours that challenge by using appropriate techniques and strategies.
• To provide safe medication and pain management to the people we support in line with their medication care plan.
• To manage medical equipment and supplies and monitor depletion of the same, re-ordering as necessary promptly to ensure nothing runs low.
• To attend all clinical mandatory and specialist training sessions, face-to-face and online, to remain competent to deliver care to the people we support.
• To ensure all incidents that cause or have the potential to cause harm are reported and recorded promptly, in line with AFG policies and procedures.
• To support people to design, develop, and own the support they receive, making an effective contribution to Personalised Planning.
• To support people to make informed choices and increase their independence, and to follow the principles of the Mental Capacity Act when someone has difficulty making a specific decision.
• To support people in exercising their cultural beliefs and practices.
• To enable people to form and maintain relationships of their choice.
• To support people in maintaining their home/living environment.
• To promote & increase independence for the people we support.
• To support people in accessing their community.
• To enable the people we support to take positive risks in their lives
• To ensure the people we support are not abused, neglected, or ill-treated.
• To stop any such poor treatment, make the situation safe, and report any concerns to line management, On Call Manager, or if need be, through Whistleblowing procedures.

General Duties

• Enabling Support
• To provide personalised support to people with complex care needs, including assistance with activities of daily living, medication administration, and managing medical equipment and supplies.
• To actively participate in helping the people we support to achieve their outcomes as per their agreed Personalised Plan, providing safe and effective care and support to ensure the needs of the person are met.
• To support people to develop and maintain relationships, as identified in the individual’s Personalised Plan, and facilitate the development of new relationships.
• To support people in making informed choices around a healthy lifestyle.
• To support people to meet their leisure, work, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• To support people to connect with their community in accordance with their wishes as identified in their Personalised Plan.

Training & Development

• Participate fully in training and development in accordance with the Alternative Futures Group development programme and any external training as required.
• Attend and actively participate in supervision sessions and performance reviews.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings.
• Develop and share skills to aid in the provision and improvement of support.

Person Specification – Essential Criteria

• Ability to support people in ways consistent with their rights, choices, and responsibilities.
• A positive attitude towards people with complex physical, learning disabilities, and/or mental health problems
• Ability to provide sympathetic, emotional, and practical support to others
• Ability to support others to make informed choices within their daily lives
• Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen sensitively to others
• Written English skills, with an ability to contribute accurately to record-keeping
• Good interpersonal skills

Experience

Personal Attributes

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