Advert for Support Workers

Liberty Centre is currently recruiting for a number of:

• Support Workers
• Driver Support Workers

Liberty Centre is a specialist Centre for young adults and adults with learning disabilities, including Autism and other related conditions with associated challenging behaviors. Our services include a specialist day Centre, outreach, and supported living Units. We offer a safe and friendly environment for our service users and employees.

Job Summary

• Posting date: 16th September 2024
• Salary: £23,205
• Hours: 37.5 hours
• Closing date: 16th October 2024
• Location: Dagenham/Romford
• Company: Liberty Centre Ltd
• Qualifications: Minimum of RQF level 2/Equivalent
• Experience: Paid/Voluntary work experience in care
• Job reference: 2024/09

Are you looking for an empowering and rewarding career where you can help people to lead their most independent lives? Liberty Centre is currently looking to expand its fantastic team of Support Workers. As part of this role, you will be supporting individuals with learning disabilities and Autism.

Responsibilities

• As a Support Worker, you will be responsible for providing excellent person-centered care, putting people at the heart of everything you do.
• Have good oral and written communication skills.
• You will communicate with family members, and other professionals who all work together to help individuals live independently and fulfilling lives within a safe and stimulating environment.
• Administer medication in line with medication policy and the service users’ support plans, where trained and authorized to do so.
• Support service users with decision-making and lifestyle choices, enabling them to take control of their own lives, increasing independence.
• Support service users to take an active role in the community by accessing local facilities and wider community resources in the spirit of social inclusion, promoting their leisure interests and community participation.
• Support the development of person-centered planning; ensuring each service user’s support plan has meaningful and achievable goals.
• To support service users through the transition process when applicable.
• Work as a keyworker/co-keyworker to coordinate and develop the support to the service users’ including their Health Action Plans and Person-Centered Plans.
• Contribute to/attend reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings where applicable.
• Work with service users to promote healthy lifestyles.
• Work in partnership with fellow colleagues, Service Coordinators, Service Managers, and other professionals to maximize quality of life for service users.
• Develop positive relationships with service users’ family and carers.
• Work in line with Liberty’s Policy & Procedures in place, including the Safeguarding and whistleblowing policy, to ensure that service users are kept safe at all times.

We are looking for positive, compassionate, and caring support workers both within the UK and outside the UK. Don’t worry if you don’t have previous professional experience in care, as we are looking for people with the right values and attitudes. Liberty provides comprehensive training that will teach you all you need to work in our services.

Benefits

• 28 days holidays
• Paid training
• Opportunity to gain health and social care qualifications
• Free access to the employee assistance program which provides advice and support
• Opportunity to develop your social care career

All applications will be subject to DBS checks/Police clearance checks and references. Our support workers are essential to us and a critical part of our service. If you have previously worked in a similar environment or if you believe you have the skills to complement our service, we would love to hear from you.

Kindly download the application form below and once completed, send it together with your CV to hr@libertycentre.co.uk.