Support Worker - Young People

Support Worker, Young People
Fixby, Huddersfield
£18,835.54 - £20,599.13 (Depending on experience)
Full and part time opportunities available

Our client provides residential services for young people aged 16-25 years old. The young people they care for often require a high level of support to assist with difficulties they may have from self-harming, behaviour, and emotional difficulties. Their aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to help them achieve their individual goals, in preparation for transition to adult life.

Our clients homes are always a hub of activity and energy where the young people can feel safe, and their staff can enjoy coming to work. Your role will involve working with their young people to promote independence through support with education, household tasks, shopping, building positive relationships and general life skills. They always encourage their young people and staff to bring their hobbies and knowledge into the home whether this be knitting, fitness, cooking or even singing so there is never a dull moment.

Part of the role will be managing various levels of self-harm using a least restrictive approach, so you will require a high level of resilience and have a caring, compassionate nature. You will also be required to update online care records and complete medication administration. In addition, you will be responsible for the general upkeep and tidiness of the home ensuring the young people live in homely environment.

Previous care experience is not essential and full training will be provided. All their staff will be supported to achieve their Level 3 in Adult Care. You will also receive ongoing support and mentoring from their friendly residential and clinical team.

The job is highly rewarding and a great start to developing your career working with young people and mental health. This role would also suit psychology graduates looking to develop their experience working in a multi-disciplinary team or people with life experiences wanting to give something back. There are opportunities for excellent career progression, with many of their staff developing into senior residential roles.

Company Benefits

- A £100 bonus after completing 6-month probation
- Refer a Friend Scheme (Up to £1000 per referral)
- 30 days holiday (Rising to 35 days with service including bank holidays)
- Excellent Learning and Development opportunities (NVQ Level 3 in Adult Health & Social Care)
- Healthcare CashPlan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits including discounted gym memberships, online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
- Paid Training & Induction
- Enhanced company pension
- Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)
- Free parking available and good direct transport links
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- Paid Enhanced DBS check
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme/24-hour Counselling Service
- Regular social events and recognition schemes (Employee of the year awards, Summer & Christmas parties)

Essential requirements of a Support Worker

- Flexibility - Your role will involve working shifts including sleep ins/weekends/Bank Holidays
- Must be able to attend training throughout employment which will be held on weekdays
- Good written skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
- Basic IT skills (Your role will involve some computer work, completing forms, using an online care system, and writing emails)
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
- An understanding of the issues around confidentiality
- An understanding of safeguarding
- A professional working boundary between staff and service users
- Ability to remain calm in emergencies, supporting others during difficult situations

Fancy the challenge? Apply today!

Additional Information

- You will work in a COVID secure environment as all their staff are required to be fully vaccinated by 11th November 2021.This will be a requirement for this role also.
- Please note that they do not accept CV’s and the application must be completed in full.
- Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
- They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
- They reserve the right to close the advert early, should they appoint a suitable candidate.

Ref: 104 791

Self Directed Support Service Worker (Bank)
Location: Leeds
Salary: NJC Scale Points 7-11 starting at £20,092 per annum
Hours: Bank staff hours will be agreed with your line manager

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated staff to join our expanding team. Delivering 1-1 tailored mental health support, to service users who are receiving a personal budget or direct payment. Using a strength-based approach to facilitate engagement both at home or within the community to maximise recovery and independence.

You will need to have experience of working with people who have a mental health need on a one-to-one basis and/or within the community. You will have experience of successfully liaising with other agencies, working with support / risk plans. Encouraging the individuals’ strengths, skills, and aspirations to achieve their outlined goals.

Touchstone is committed to developing people and support workers will receive a thorough induction, regular supervision and access to learning and development opportunities.

Closing Date: Sunday 9th January 2022
Interviews will be held on: Monday 24th January 2022

Touchstone is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. Further information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.

No agencies please.

Team Leader

Team Leader/Senior Support Worker

Our Service

Wharfedale House | Leonard Cheshire In the picturesque town of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, Wharfedale House is home for 18 adults with physical disabilities. We have lovely views of the River Wharfe and the surrounding countryside. A short walk from Wetherby town square, we are close to shops, pubs, cafes, a library, colleges, and a sports centre. York and Leeds are also nearby. With public transport access only a short walk away getting to and from the service won’t be a problem.

Your new role

You will supervise a dedicated team ensuring a high level of care is delivered to people who use our service. This includes personal care, assistance with daily living tasks and activities, supporting our customers to attain their full potential, encouraging choice, participation and motivation. You will organise and manage the rota so that sufficient staff are provided at all times covering the needs of the service. You will receive ongoing training and development to build your skills, experience and career.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• A level of professional development and registration (this may include NVQ/SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or, Learning Disability or L4 NVQ/SVQ in team leading or management or similar qualification), dependant on location.
• Prior experience of working in a relevant care setting.
• Prior experience of supervising a team of staff.
• To be able to work flexibly within rostered hours and be prepared to participate in an on-call rota as required.
• Knowledge of people who use our services self-advocacy and empowerment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

We offer a wide range of employee rewards and benefits including:

• Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
• Substantial and flexible annual leave, with the option to buy or sell (salary sacrifice).
• Free Blue Light card.
• Discounted tariffs with Vodaphone
• Access to great savings and discounts with major UK retailers.
• Access to cash health plan at very favourable rates.
• Access to cycle-to-work benefits (salary sacrifice).
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Leonard Cheshire is the leader in enriching the lives of disabled people. We are the largest disability non-profit organisation in the UK, with around 6,000 employees, supporting over 30,000 disabled people across our global operations.

We offer an environment where you can be part of a team who are passionate making a positive impact on the lives of disabled people. You will have opportunities to learn and grow in your role, building your skills and knowledge in partnership with others.
Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Assistant, Care Provider, Personal Support Worker, Community Support Worker, Disability, Disabilities, Care Staff, charity, not for profit

This role is subject to the requirements of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021. Appointment is conditional on successful applicants providing evidence to our satisfaction that they are vaccinated, or are exempt from vaccination due to clinical reasons.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.
Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please *

Location: Wharfedale House - Wetherby
Employment type: Permanent
Job type: Full time
Salary: £10.92ph

Closing Date: 30 November 2021

School-Home Support (SHS) is a dynamic charity working to ensure every child is in school ready to learn. For over 35 years it has been working with children and young people struggling to stay in school due to a wide range of complex issues. We get children and young people back in school ready to learn, whatever it takes.

School-Home Support Practitioner – Newhall Park Primary School
Location: Bradford
Salary: £18,074 - £20,401 per annum depending on experience
Contract: Permanent, 5 days a week during Term Time only

This is an opportunity to work alongside Newhall Park Primary School to support children and families to improve issues which are causing poor attendance and behaviour, and helping parents to become more engaged with their child’s learning attainment and aspirations. The practitioner will work with pupils and their families to provide practical and emotional support to vulnerable families across the school.

The successful candidates will have experience working in a school environment, be a motivated creative thinker and have strong abilities in engaging challenging children and their parents.

Duties of the role:

• Provide targeted casework for vulnerable pupils and families
• Organise group work for both children and families
• Provide 1:1 emotional and practical support for families
• Encourage parental engagement in learning
• Undertake work supporting improved attendance
• Support wider parental engagement in school
• Work as part of a team
• Collate and utilise data and statistics and produce reports for the funder, sometimes at short notice.
• Support families and children transitioning to secondary school.

Closing Date: 9am Monday 6th December - the advert may end early if we get suitable applications.
First Stage interviews will be held: Tuesday 7th and Weds 8th December.
Second Stage interviews: TBC
Start Date: TBC

School-Home Support​ ​takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances. All roles above are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website

No agencies please.

Working in partnership with GamCare (the leading national provider of information, advice and support for the treatment for anyone affected by problem gambling) and the NHS Northern Gambling Clinic, NECA are delighted to be involved in the delivery of integrated support services to anyone experiencing gambling harms across Leeds and the surrounding area.

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and proactive individual to work within the integrated Hub service in Leeds. Providing Tier 3 interventions to individual, families or couples following a CBT based model, undertaking comprehensive assessment, structured interventions, and group programmes to individuals experiencing difficulties with gambling.

The successful candidate will have considerable knowledge and experience of the issues affecting this client group and will hold a Professional Diploma (level 4) in a relevant field e.g. Health and Social Care, Social Work, Counselling (or equivalent).

An Enhanced DBS check will be required.

NECA aims to be an equality and diversity employer. We welcome applications from relevant qualified people from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

FUSION HOUSING works across Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield and provides housing advice, housing support, learning, employability and food bank services along with accommodation via our HOMEs managed tenancy service

FOOD BANK AND CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER – DEWSBURY

FIXED TERM MATERNITY COVER - February 2022 for 12 months

Location: Dewsbury (Empire House)

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)

Salary: Band 6 (NJC Point 31), £34,728 per annum

Benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement: 30 days’ annual leave, 2 floating days, plus bank holidays
• Employer’s pension contribution: 5% of salary

We are looking for an experienced Service/Contract manager with excellent communication and leadership skills to manage and develop existing provision during a period of maternity leave.

Fusion Housing Food Bank provides emergency food parcels for people in crisis across North Kirklees; in the last year we have provided over 3000 food packs. The Initial Contact Service provides first initial stage assessment, advice and assistance on housing and related issues; staff are based at Huddersfield and Dewsbury

Applicants must have knowledge/experience of:

• Developing services and systems
• Sourcing funding
• Local Welfare Provision (LWP)
• Developing/maintaining relationships with external partners and funders
• Managing staff/volunteers
• Leading, supporting, inspiring and managing people to be creative, productive and outcomes focused.
• Health & Safety and legislative requirements relating to Food Bank Services.
• Working at a senior level in an organisation and at a level using strategic thinking skills and business planning.

Applicants must submit a CV and a covering letter explaining why they are applying for the post and their suitability, addressing all criteria on the employee specification or they can complete our online application form via the Fusion website

Job description, employee specification and guidance notes for applicants are available to download from the Fusion Housing website

The closing date is 4pm on Friday 10th December 2021

Interviews will be held on Friday 17th December 2021 (face to face – subject to changes in Covid19 guidance)

Fusion Housing has a commitment to safeguarding children and adults at risk and will ensure that all its policies reflect this. This recruitment is taking place under our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Procedures.

An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Responsible to: Housekeeping Manager

Hours of Work: An average of 20 hours per week, part time, on a two weekly rolling rota

Place of Work: Martin House Hospice

Overall Purpose of the Role:

To clean the general meeting rooms, chapel, the communal areas, corridors, entrances and parents’ accommodation, children’s areas, toilets, bathrooms, bedrooms and offices.

This role also includes helping out with kitchen duties, and working in the laundry.

Tasks and Duties:

• Vacuuming
• Hard floor cleaning
• Washing windows
• Washing and ironing
• Polishing
• Kitchen duties such as loading and unloading dishwashers, cleaning ovens, washing pans and setting tables
• Making up of parents/children’s bedrooms and cleaning en suite bathrooms.
• Shampooing carpets
• Any other reasonable duties as required by the Housekeeping Manager, IT and Facilities Manager or other Senior Manager
• Martin House has a multi-professional; multi-skilled team seeking to reach out to each family in a way that most helps them. You may therefore be asked to help in other areas as required

Personal development

• To adopt a positive and reflective approach to personal and professional development
• To participate constructively in a yearly annual appraisal
• To undertake specific training (where necessary) for the role

This job description reflects the present requirements of the post and will form the basis of performance appraisal.  As duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and necessary changes made with consultation.

Employees may be required to drive a Martin House pool car. These cars are insured by Martin House and it is a requirement of the insurers that we have checked that any staff who drive the cars have a current driving licence.

Equality statement

Martin House is committed to providing care and improving services irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, marital status, or sexual orientation

Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults

Martin House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with safer recruitment standards and successful applicants may be required to undertake a DBS check.

All Martin House employees are expected to

• Uphold the values of Martin House and behave in a professional manner at all times.
• Value equality and diversity and comply with relevant equality legislation.
• Attend 1:1s with line manager, team meetings and annual appraisals.
• Take part in all relevant mandatory training and any other education and training considered necessary to carry out the role.
• Take responsibility for one’s own personal development.
• Cooperate with colleagues, encourage and support positive working relationships (both internally and externally) and foster a culture of respect and consideration at work.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with relevant individuals and groups, both internally and externally.
• Take responsibility for one’s own health and safety and the health and safety of others whilst at work, and comply with Health and Safety legislation.
• Comply with information governance requirements and maintain confidentiality at all times, as required.
• Work within all Martin House policies and procedures.
• Communicate a positive image of Martin House and protect its reputation.