Job Details

You must be willing to embrace all aspects of the role including providing support with personal care and domestic tasks, and supporting individuals to access work, education and social opportunities. We value the personal skills and interests you bring to the role of Support Worker and to the lives of the people we support such as, sports and outdoor pursuits, creative arts, music, and cooking to name but a few.

We are recruiting a highly motivated Support Worker for our Camden service who is willing to go the extra mile to support adults with profound learning disabilities to enjoy an active and fulfilling lifestyle. You will be patient, attentive and responsive to different individual needs and preferences.

You will be passionate about promoting active involvement and communication to ensure that ‘every day is a great day’. You will offer respect and unconditional positive regard for the people you support. Applicants must be reliable, flexible and professional with a good team and work ethic.

Previous experience within a Support Worker role is desirable but not an essential requirement; successful applicants will attend mandatory induction training courses to begin this role.

• Experience of providing care or support to people with a learning disability, visual impairment and complex health needs.
• Possession of relevant social care qualification (eg NVQ & Health and Social Care Diplomas).
• Ability to communicate well to service users and their families.
• Good observational and reporting skills and the ability to contribute to a record keeping system. Candidates must demonstrate sufficient competence in spoken English and literacy to meet our requirements.
• Understanding of the person centred aims and principles of Creative Support and the ability to put these into practice.
• A non judgmental, accepting approach to working with people who may be challenging and the ability to cope in a mature way with conflict, distress and challenging behaviour.