Day Care Support Worker

Job title:
Day Care Support Worker
Company name:
Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Location:
Gilford

Type:
Temporary - 30 hrs per week

Rate:
£12.31 per hour

Accurate Sector Selection in Broadbean:
Day Care Support Worker

Structure:
As a Day Care Support Worker, you will work as a member of a team within day services meeting the assessed needs of individual adult service users with learning/physical/sensory/cognitive/frailty disabilities accessing day care services which may be centre based or within the wider community.
You will also work as a member of the adult day care services to those 18+ and above, providing a safe escort for services users on designated transport between their home and day care facility according to each individual's assessed needs. The emphasis will be on promoting and maintaining independence, upholding the dignity and human rights of each individual in meeting their assessed complex care needs, risk assessment, care plans whilst promoting and maintaining choice and independence, facilitating social inclusion and improving the quality of life of people with a learning/physical/sensory disability

Key Details
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* £12.31 per hour
* Gilford
* 30 Hours per week




Responsibilities
* Contribute to on-going multi-disciplinary team approach to Person Centred assessment of service user's needs and implement agreed individual person-centred care plan.

* Contribute to individual care plans based on a person-centred approach and be involved in monitoring and reviewing the care plan when required.

* Work with individuals to meet the multi-disciplinary assessed need of service users with complex health care needs and/or complex behavioural needs and / or manual handling needs which can range in intensity and frequency.

* Implement without direct supervision individual group programmes in and outside the centre.

* Implement appropriate daily activities to meet the multi-disciplinary assessed need of service users, including those with complex care needs and /or behavioural needs.

* Assist the Day Care Worker and multi-disciplinary with the delivery of programmes in accordance with Trust Policies.

* Participate and support the physical and personal care needs of service users when required.

* Assist with the provision of meals and follow individual risk assessed eating and drinking up to date guidance. Including alternative feeding requirements or arrangements


Candidate Requirements
* NVQ/QCF/VRQ/RQF Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification. ACS only
* Hold NVQ/QCF/VRQ/RQF Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care
* (ACS require level 2 plus one years' experience)
OR
* 4 GCSE's (grades A-C) or equivalent/higher qualification including English Language and 1 years paid experience delivering direct care in a care environment
OR
* 2 years paid experience delivering direct care in a care environment

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