Support Worker

Job Title: Support Worker

Job Location: 23 Trittiford Road, Birmingham B13 0ES

Salary: £13.01 per hour

Contract type: Perm

Working hours: 28 hours & 35 hours

About the role

Work as part of a team and support the manager and senior to deliver care and support service outcomes, to act as a mental health support worker, developing and managing care and support plans, actively engaging with customers to promote independence and choice, supporting customers in making decisions about their life.

To provide specialist interventions within a customer`s care and support plan in line with areas of expertise

Promote customer empowerment; support customers to help them express their views and make informed choices and decisions in respect of specialist care and support plans, complaints, concerns and compliments, how services are delivered and managed, the maintenance and repair of the buildings and equipment, activities at home and community engagement.

There will be aspects of cooking and cleaning which are required with this role, so experience with this necessary. 

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.

About you

You must be caring and empathetic with our customers, understand their needs and be respectful of their wishes.

• Build relationships with residents, which are open and two way
• Support residents to undertake their daily routines
• Establish methods of communication with residents, reducing barriers when necessary
• Accurately report and/or record work activities
• Support with activities of daily living & personal care
• Assist residents with mealtimes where necessary.

As Support Worker, you will ideally have:

• Experience working within a Care environment
• A warm hearted, friendly manner, patience, kindness and good communication, a willingness to help others, requiring patience
• An open and honest character, respectful and celebrate diversity, connect with colleagues and residents to celebrate uniqueness
• The ability to be a natural care giver and someone who can communicate in an open and honest manner with your colleagues, residents and their visitors.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes:

• Trust based flexible working and supportive and friendly teams
• 20 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing to 22 days
• Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A defined contribution pension scheme GSA matches up to 6% contributions
• We offer a service which provides 24/7 online GP appointments, second medical opinions, health checks, mental health support, 24/7 medical health helpline, wellbeing app, nutrition advice and fitness plans and legal and financial support.
• Access to Blue Light discount card membership
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Eligible for occupational sick pay

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All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy. GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview. If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.