Support Worker

Job Introduction Please note, we cannot offer sponsorship for this role. As a Support Worker, you will make a real difference to residents'' lives as you improve their daily living skills. Passionate about people, you will enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress with us.

Where will I be working? You will be working in one of our Extra Care block of flats in Carlisle. We provide 24-hour support for adults with learning disabilities and physical disabilities, providing some 1-2-1 support and responding to needs when required.

The role of the support worker is varied and the team is committed to enabling people to live a full life. The nature of people's needs can extend to fully supporting people with all aspects of daily living; personal care, cooking, medication, cleaning and budgeting, to enabling people to go shopping, access employment and education, attending regular social events, with the people we support encouraged to try new experiences.

We tailor our services to enable people to be as independent as possible. Staff will empower people to have a wide range of experiences and to get the best out of all that they do to enjoy life. We use a digital social care record system, to support daily recording, which will make your day-to-day tasks easier and allows you to spend more time with the People We Support Shift Patterns This is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential.

You will be working a range of shifts including nights and some weekends. Role Responsibility What will I be doing? This is a hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will include: promoting the independence of people we support supporting a full range of daily activities including cleaning and cooking, days out or going away on holiday arranging activities in the home and in the local community developing residents'' life skills and personal interests helping residents stay safe and healthy assisting with personal care needs manual handling supporting people with medication ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standard at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements. ...

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