Support Worker 28hrs (Greenfield House)

This is a diverse social care role where every day is different. For adults with learning difficulties, you’ll open the door to lives of independence, fulfilment, and joy. And your impact won’t stop there. This positive change will be felt across families and throughout the Staffordshire communities we’re proud to serve.

Staffordshire County Council are looking for motivated people who are passionate about providing outstanding care quality for adults with learning disabilities. We specialise in supporting adults with complex needs, profound and multiple learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge. Our mission is to promote opportunities, independence and choice so individuals can thrive, and our vision is to be leaders in providing innovative and inspirational care and support.

Greenfield House is a residential care home for up to ten adults. The service is dynamic and caters for people with varying levels of need. The team support people to live an ordinary life which includes accessing their community, maintaining connections with family and friends, and supporting people with their health and wellbeing.

Our aspirations are to receive an ‘outstanding’ rating with the Care Quality Commission, and we are looking for someone who shares our values, ambitions, and vision.

This role provides excellent person-centred support in an innovative, flexible and responsive way. You will support people to maintain their health and wellbeing, being ambitious and empowering in promoting and maximising independence, including positive risk taking.

Some of the tasks you will do are:

• acting as a Link Worker for the people we support by contributing to the on-going development, delivery, and review of person-centred support plans.

• deliver excellent support, including administering medication.

• plan and deliver community outings and activities, including sensory sessions.

• Suggest improvements and be proactive in the development of solutions and activities undertaken by the service.

You will be expected to work flexibly undertaking a range of shifts that may include weekend, and bank holiday working, early morning, evenings, split shifts, and sleep-in duties. Rotas are subject to change depending on business need.

Although this role is based primarily at Greenfield House in Leek, there may be times when you are expected to work flexibly across Provider Services, including different care settings, delivery approaches, and locations, as required.

You will:

• Be enthusiastic about working with people with learning disabilities and autism and able to demonstrate a caring, sensitive and patient approach, while supporting people to be as independent as possible.  

• Have good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate positively to the people we support, and have a positive outlook on life. 

• Be able to demonstrate you can manage potential and actual aggression in a sensitive way which reflects the changing needs of the users and can remain calm in challenging situations. 

• Be able to adapt and respond positively to change.

The role may require you to carry out manual handling tasks to support clients in their day to day lives.

What you will have:

• NVQ level 2 qualification, Care Certificate, or willingness to complete 

• Experience of working in a team 

• Understanding of privacy and confidentiality legislation 

• Practical knowledge of health and safety at work 

• Good verbal and written communication skills 

• Literacy and numeracy skills 

• Information and communication technology skills 

Interviews will be held: Tuesday 10 December 2024 at Greenfield House.

The start date for this position is the 5th February 2025.

If you would like to have an informal chat about this role please contact Sam Dickinson (sam.dickinson@staffordshire.gov.uk). You can also learn more about our services via our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/staffordshirelearningdisability

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.