Relief Community Enablement Worker

Are you caring, positive and looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference every day? Become a Community Enablement Worker! We're seeking to recruit some great new Community Enablement Workers to join our Specialist Support for Younger Adults Team. We're looking for people with the right values, a positive attitude, and a passion for supporting others. Could this be you? Our customers are aged 18-65 and have a range of physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health needs.

. You'll help them live as independently as possible by providing support with: Personal care Manual handling Medication Food and drink support Finances Shopping and community access We support a mix of customers with both longer-term and short-term needs. Some people require ongoing support, whilst others access our enablement service for a shorter period, which could be anything from a few weeks to several months.

During this time, you'll work alongside them to build confidence, develop skills, regain independence and achieve personal goals that enable them to live as independently as possible. Working Patterns Available As a Relief Community Enablement Worker, you'll have the flexibility to work across a variety of shifts that meet the needs of the service. Our service is open Monday to Sunday, 365 Days a year.

Typical shift patterns are: Day Shifts: approximately 7:00am to 3:00pm Evening Shifts: approximately 3:00pm to 11:00pm, The purpose of this job is to provide high quality support and care to customers in their own homes within a wider community. To enable them to remain independent whilst supporting their wellbeing, rights and choices. To also support with any reablement needs and providing personal support where required.Principal responsibilities 1.

To support people within their own home to live an independent life. 2. With reference to the individual's care plan provide practical and emotional support to customers to help them maintain independent living. In appropriate cases: Assist customers with physical disabilities to carry out activities, hygiene routines and manage medication as directed within their care plans to help maintain health and wellbeing; Assist customers to undertake practical tasks to help maintain their physical wellbeing and/or improve their living conditions.

1. With reference to the individual's care plan promote independence through the provision of information to customers and through liaison with carers, internal and external agencies. Part of your role will be to support people within their local community enabling them with volunteer placements, budgeting, social activities, and future planning of goals. 2. You will be responsible for updating daily record sheets, any communication with outside agencies and ensuring that any changes to the individual's needs, are documented and reported to ensure that the care plan is a live document, whilst utilising departmental electronic record systems.

3. Undertake risk assessments, manual handling, and medication assessments in order to safeguard customers and staff, as well as to meet service standards. 4. You will be regularly reviewing the customers progress, monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of the support plan whilst documenting adjustments where necessary. You will ensure that all changes within the persons care package are communicated back to managers., Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services.

They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are: Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive Trustworthy Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most. Satisfactory clearance of an enhanced Disclosure and Barring service check. Educated to GCSE or Equivalent Care Certificate