Support Worker

Organisation
Maya Supported Living
Reference
CLI-162
Location
Hounslow
Salary / Benefits
£11.44
Contract Type
Expiry Date
13/11/2024
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Job description

  • Participate in developing and maintaining a safe and positive living environment.
  • Supervising meals and supporting various aspects of day-to-day life.
  • Encourage service users to participate fully in the opportunities offered by Maya Supported Living.
  • To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
  • Support people with regards to decision making and lifestyle choices enabling them to take control of their own lives, increasing independence.
  • Support the development of person-centred planning, ensuring each individual’s plan has meaningful and achievable goals.
  • Support service users to access community and leisure activity centre to enable them to live their life as independent as possible.
  • Support service users for their health appoinments.
  • Support service users for their personal needs to maintain their good health and hygiene.
  • Supporting and monitoring health needs, including administrating/assisting medication such as taking tablets, capsules, oral mixtures; buccal midazolam; applying a cream/ointment; and administering inhaled medicines.
  • Understand and update service users’ care plan to identity their needs and support so that high standard of care to each service users.
  • To respect and maintain their dignity at all times and develop positive relationships with members of team, service users and their family.
  • Work in partnership with the Day Center staff, college teachers and other professionals to maximise quality of life for individuals.
  • Work in line with the company’s Adult Protection and Prevention of Abuse Policy and Whistle Blowing Policy to ensure that people are kept safe at all times.
  • Ensure risk assessments are actioned as necessary, in line with policies and procedures.
  • To be flexible and responsive at all times to meet the changing needs of the service and the service users.
  • Participating fully in the working rota, including sleeping-in duties on a regular basis.
  • To ensure all records are promptly & accurately completed as required.
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