Have you ever considered the difference a smile can make? Taking the time to listen, understand, and empower someone to make their own choices can have a huge impact. As a Support Worker, it’s about helping people live their best lives - in the ways they choose to.

You will support people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives, ensuring that they have maximum opportunities and choice for developing new skills and leading fulfilling, varied, are valued and live socially inclusive lifestyles where their rights, dignity and safety is protected.

You will be supporting two lovely gentlemen who live together in their home in Peterborough. They share a great friendship and enjoy spending time at the local trampoline centre and going for walks in their community, so we’re looking for someone who can match their energy and enjoys being active.

They also love relaxing at home; listening to music and watching 'The A-Team' are a couple of their favourite ways to unwind. If you enjoy good tunes and a bit of classic TV action, you’ll fit right in!

Both gentlemen love getting out and about, so having a full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

• To identify and develop with each person an outcome based support plan, risk assessment and person centered plan which are reviewed and updated regularly 
•  To assist the people we support with routine personal and domestic tasks, including personal care, household tasks and cleaning and promote a healthy lifestyle when shopping, meal planning, cooking and choosing activities 
• To monitor and promote each person's health and well being, ensuring that each person has a Health Action Plan, that medical help is sought when needed, dental, eye, hearing and other check-ups or treatment are undertaken and that changes in health and wellbeing are reported 
• To assist the people we support to participate in their chosen social, educational, leisure and sporting activities in the local community, taking into account their culture, faith, gender and sexuality and where desired, to support individuals to access volunteering or employment opportunities 
• To assist the person to improve his or her knowledge, skills and abilities through planned learning activities and experiences 
• To enable the people we support to keep and make new friends and keep in contact with family, friends and people in the neighbourhood and develop a circle of support 
• To enable the people we support to participate in the running of the service, offering meaningful choices and supporting them to make decisions which affect them and other 
•  To administer medication when required, in accordance with policies and procedures and after completion of medication assessment 
• To liaise with other people involved with the person we support, including GP, Care Manager, family, day opportunities and other agencies 
• To assist the people we support with their benefits, budgeting and management of personal monies within the framework of the individual’s financial assessment, where required 
• To foster good communication with each person we support, learning how best to communicate and to use their preferred method of communication 
• To enable people to access holidays of their choice and support where appropriate
• A full UK driving licence