The Role
DHI is an award winning charity that works with socially excluded communities to help turn lives around. We are currently recruiting for a full time maternity cover Shared Care Worker to support people who use heroin and other opioids to overcome their dependencies and live life to the fullest potential. We are looking for inspiring and creative individuals who are able to create opportunities for people who are often marginalised from the resources and opportunities that society has to offer.
The Shared Care Team will manage a caseload of service users and will work in close collaboration with GPs, partner agencies and other health and social care professionals. They will also help broker a package of holistic support to help build resilience and improve peoples ability to live independently.
If you have experience of working with people who are socially excluded, supporting them to create positive change and lead fulfilling lives, get in touch! We are looking for resilient individuals whose behaviours model DHIs values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life.
How To Apply
If you are interested in applying for the role, please use the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification to complete an Application form and Skills form and send to HR before Midday Wednesday 19th August 2020
Please visit the DHI Website for more information
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This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a new challenge in the West Midlands.
Arden Place is a brand new supported living accommodation for adults with learning disabilities and autism in Tile Cross, Birmingham. Arden Place is a Bromford My Place Service. My Place, is a unique Supported Living model created to provide appropriate accommodation for people with long term conditions such as learning disabilities or autism. Bethphage are the care provider, providing on site care and support for people living at Arden Place and helping them to connect with their community through meaningful activity.
These brand new purpose built flats are designed to meet people's current and future needs, providing a safe and secure long-term home in the heart of the community. The scheme has 14 purpose built self-contained one bedroom apartments.
Arden Place has a community hub with a lounge, meeting room and kitchen which not only provides a social area for people living in the scheme, but it also provides facilities to deliver training, employment advice and activities to both the people we support and the wider community.
This great opportunity has opened up for an Assistant Service Manager in our Supported living services in Birmingham.
As well as supporting the service manager in Arden Place, we require you to also support with our established supported living services for four adults with learning disabilities in North and South Birmingham.
The people we support in all these areas have varying needs of support some of which require personal care. All services will be supporting people with Learning disabilities, Mental Health and Autism. The Assistant Service Manger will also be expected to support in all of these areas.
Evening and Weekend Work may be required as part of the role and participating in our on-call rota.
All services will focus on a person centred approach and promoting people’s independence
About our organisation
Bethphage is a registered charity which was established in 1994 and provides support to adults with learning and physical Disabilities in Shropshire and the West Midlands.
Everything we do is individually designed to enable people to achieve their potential and meet their objectives and need for support. The people that we support may live in their own home, a home that is shared with other people, their family home or a shared care home.
It is the aim of Bethphage to provide outstanding care and support throughout the organisation so it essential that you will be dedicated to providing the highest levels of care that you can.
You will be required to create a team that champions excellent support by actively coaching and modelling respectful positive approaches to achieve the greatest possible independence and quality of life for the people we support, based on an understanding of what is important to and for them.
If this opportunity sounds like you, and you can demonstrate the following attributes, please get in touch
- Open and Honest.
- Committed.
- Person Centred Approach.
- Proactive and innovative
Essential Requirements
- Level Three in Health and Social Care
- Previous Supervisory Experience
- Driver
- Car Owner
Desirable Requirements
- Experience of developing new services for adults with a learning disability, Autism and/or Mental Health
- A good understanding of partnership working.
Benefits of Working for us
- Competitive pay
- Simply Health Cash Plan
- Long service rewards
- Contributory Pension scheme
- Development opportunities
- Recruitment awards
- Paid enhanced DBS certificate
- Paid training
*Please note, interested applicants must complete an application form
Closing date - 14th July (this may be extended)
Interview Date - 22nd July - (this may change)
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You will be passionate and experienced in working with disadvantaged and vulnerable girls (11-19 year olds). Love4Life’s specialism is helping teenage girls to build healthy self-esteem and body image as well as having a strong focus on quality relationships and sex education.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.