BANK Support Worker - Learning Disabilities (Hull)
Department
Learning Disabilities
Employment Type
Bank Worker
Minimum Experience
Experienced
Support Worker - Learning Disabilities
Location: Hull
Contract type: BANK
About Us: Target Housing is a charity and registered social landlord with over 30 years’ experience supporting vulnerable people. We take a psychologically and trauma-informed approach to help individuals achieve independence, sustain tenancies, and build better futures.
The Role: This role is ideal for you if you have the ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise your workload, good listening and communication skills, display the ability to understand and follow policies and procedures as well as good writing skills to fill in care plans.
Support Workers at Target support people in their own homes and in their community.
You may work with lots of different people including adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, substance misuse issues and mental health conditions.
Responsibilities
- Supporting people with social and physical activities as well as basics such as meal preparation and prompting to maintain self-esteem and dignity.
- Helping people to get ready on a morning, go to work or University, do household tasks such as cleaning and cooking, budgeting, do social activities and attend appointments.
- Monitoring individuals’ conditions by taking their temperature, pulse, respiration and weight, and possibly helping with medication
Skills and Experience:
- Your induction will include necessary training such as health and safety, first aid, medications and moving and handling. We also offer additional specific training around autism awareness, communication skills and working with people who have experienced trauma.
- Good English and number skills such as GCSE in English and maths along with a social care qualification are beneficial but are not a barrier and we can support you to achieve these during your employment.
- It is useful to have experience working in a similar role or with vulnerable adults either through a work placement, from your personal life, through volunteering or as part of a traineeship or apprenticeship.
Qualifications / Requirements:
- A valid UK Driving License and access to own vehicle. Business insurance will be required.
- Enhanced DBS Check.
- 2 Employment Reference
Our Ethos
As an Equal Opportunities employer, we have an Equality and Diversity Action plan in place showing our commitment in ensuring continuous improvement in creating an inclusive culture. We also have a committed group of Inclusion & Diversity champions who meet monthly to ensure progress is being made. We invite applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures, especially minority groups that are underrepresented in the workplace. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience. We embrace flexibility and are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview), please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you.
If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch with Francesca Robinson (francesca.robinson@targethousing.org.uk)
Location
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Department
Learning Disabilities
Employment Type
Bank Worker
Minimum Experience
Experienced