COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER-DEREHAM

MUST have minimum 6 mths experience in the UK and FULL right to work.

MUST have excellent written and spoken English

Key Objectives

1. To provide a service to people with learning disabilities and others within the community.

2. To support and develop the independence of service users.

Main Responsibilities

1. To work within the team and in partnership with others to ensure that this service is of a

high standard.

2. To undertake tasks with the users of the service which ensure their physical and emotional

wellbeing.

3. To help assess the needs of particular individuals and develop plans to meet those needs.

4. To treat service users with dignity and respect at all times.

5. To support service users to achieve their individual goals and aspirations.

6. To take personal responsibility to uphold the clients Values - accountability,

commitment, compassion and integrity.

7. To take personal responsibility for demonstrating the aims of the clients Equality and

Diversity objectives.

8. To take personal responsibility for own Health, Safety and Welfare and that of colleagues

in the workplace and service users.

9. To take personal responsibility for achieving value for money where appropriate.

Key Tasks

1. To create, maintain, monitor and develop high standards of practice through team

working.

2. To regularly attend and take an active part in team meetings, ensuring they are used for

open and honest discussion that enhances good practice.

3. To help create and maintain, within staff team, practices which support the provision of a

high quality service to users and carers.

4. To act in a way that supports an open and honest team process and thus ensures that the

team works efficiently and effectively.

5. To receive support and supervision from line management, identify training needs and

develop plans to meet those needs.

6. To undertake any training that is agreed to be necessary for the job including the Care

Certificate and where necessary, registration on the Learning Disabilities Award

Framework.

7. To work within a rota to provide appropriate support for service users.

8. To undertake sleep-in duties to ensure appropriate cover for the service, as required.

9. To maintain a level of proficiency in First Aid.

10. To maintain a knowledge and understanding of procedures in case of emergency.

11. To keep a proper account of the expenditure of any monies belonging to the organisation

and/or individual service users.

12. To undertake domestic tasks, usually in association with service users, to ensure proper

standards of health, hygiene and catering.

13. To take responsibility, with service users, for menu planning and food preparation.

14. To support service users to complete benefit forms and to find work/volunteering roles.

15. To identify any actual or potential risks under the Health and Safety at Work Act and bring

them to the attention of the Services Manager.

16. To act as key worker to nominated individual service users, developing knowledge of their

particular and individual requirements and working with them on plans to meet their

needs.

17. To monitor the health and welfare of service users, always aiming to achieve in practice the

principles of normal living.

18. To undertake risk assessments and monitor the risk of particular activities to ensure that,

within the limits set by the individuals needs for growth and change, the individual is not

exposed to unnecessary risk.

19. To support service users in their medication regime, in line with defined policy and

practice.

20. To provide a link for information, communication and support between the service and the

carers and supporters of service users.

If you are interested in this job role please do forward us your CV to or call us on