Adults Support Worker and Outreach

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Support Worker and Outreach to work either full time or part time based in Dewsbury.

The salary for this permanent job is up to £22,369 p.a. pro rata

Main Duties:

• Providing personal care, such as bathing and dressing, to service users
• Assisting service users with their daily activities, such as meal preparation, medication management, grocery shopping, and attending appointments
• Supporting service users to develop and maintain their independence and social skills, both at home and in the community
• Creating and following care plans to meet the individual needs of service users
• Providing emotional and practical support to service users and their families
• Advocating for service users and ensuring their rights are upheld
• Supporting service users with any physical or emotional needs they may have
• Maintaining accurate records and reporting any concerns or issues to their supervisor
• Following health and safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe and secure environment for service users
• Working as part of a team to ensure high-quality care and support is provided

Requirements of this job:

• Level 3 in Health and Social Care qualification or equivalent, or willingness to undertake this
• Have a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with people who have a learning disability
• Experience of working in the community or care home on a one-to-one basis with service users
• Knowledge of the issues affecting vulnerable people
• Understanding of health and safety manual handling issues
• Understanding of the need to keep within professional boundaries
• The ability to be flexible to fit in with the shift patterns including days, nights, weekends and bank/public holidays.

Contact:

This job is advertised by Sam Kittle if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.