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Support Worker (Nights) - Crosby HouseVSA • Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Support Worker (Nights) - Crosby House

Support Worker (Nights) - Crosby House

VSA • Aberdeen, United Kingdom
30+ days ago
Salary
£13.45 hourly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Permanent
Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Support Worker (Nights) post (36 hrs) at our Crosby House on a permanent full-time basis, joining our dynamic team, you will provide a professional, caring and effective service to our service users to ensure they receive the best of care.

Hours: 36 hours per week (Prior Experience in Lone Working and Night Shift Working in the UK is essential.)

Rota: Working to a 7 day rota - 7.30pm- 7.30am

Salary/Rate: £13.45 per hour


About the role:

As a Support/Care Worker of this busy service you will be required to contribute to the effective provision of an integrated, inclusive and quality service designed to meet the care, social and educational needs of the service users at Crosby House and achieving the best possible outcomes for them whilst supporting the full implementation of the 24 hour curriculum, according to agreed statutory & VSA standards, policies and regulatory requirements, monitoring the effective use of staffing resources.


Responsibilities of our Support/Care Worker will include:

  • Identifying ways of communicating effectively on difficult, complex and sensitive issues. Supporting individuals appropriately in the communication process, especially where specific communication needs have been identified
  • Updating and maintaining records and reports according to statutory and organisational procedures and requirements.
  • Promoting, monitoring and maintaining health, safety and security in the working environment, including medication administration. Minimise risks arising from emergencies and ensure service users, colleagues, and self are safe and secure in the workplace and to follow, at all times, the policy and guidance on child protection and supporting service users to maximise self care skills following relevant policies and procedures.
  • Promoting the well being and protection of the service users, working with them in ways which promote their rights and responsibilities, supporting them to express their views and preferences about their health and well being.
  • Contributing to the protection of service users from abuse, including the identification of possible abuse. Handling disclosures from service users and reporting information about abuse according to policies and procedures. Providing support to students who may have been abused.
  • Ensuring that the service users' physical environment is clean and comfortable, supporting them with their physical care needs, including toileting,
  • Contributing to the protection of service users from abuse, including the identification of possible abuse. Handling disclosures from service users and reporting information about abuse according to policies and procedures. Providing support to students who may have been abused.
  • Ensuring that the service users' physical environment is clean and comfortable, supporting them with their physical care needs, including toileting,
  • Waking Night staff should contribute to the care and safety of the service users by ensuring that they remain awake and alert for the duration of their shift.
  • Waking night staff are responsible for the care and support of service users with particular health needs during the night time hours. This can include the continual observation of visual and audio monitors during the night, awareness of specific medical conditions such as epilepsy and diabetes, and be able to act (as a result of training) in a manner which will provide the best support for the service users.
  • Any other duties which may arise from time to time provided they are both reasonable and within the post holder's capabilities.

    What we are looking for in our Support/Care Worker:
  • Ability and willingness to attain an SCQF Level 6
  • Practical experience of working with older people.
  • An awareness of issues regarding older people's needs.
  • Waking night staff should have experience of lone working.

    If our Support/Care Worker role sounds like you, then click “Apply” below and start your career journey with VSA today!

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