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Empower Support Officers – UNITY
Location: Dalmuir, Clydebank
Permanent: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £12p/h - £21,841 per annum
21 HSC are looking to recruit a Support and Development Worker on an exclusively retained basis for Unity.
The Support and Development Worker plays a crucial role in enhancing the lives of adults with learning disabilities by providing proactive care and support. Their support helps to promote independence, well-being and social inclusion, both in a 1:1 and group setting.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
* Responsible for providing support to service users in a way that is respectful, promotes dignity, choice and control.
* Motivate and encourage service users to achieve their stated goals.
* Act as a key worker for a number of service users.
* Provide some support for personal needs of service users
* Engage Service users in conversations and meetings about plans for activities.
* Demonstrate skills to groups i.e. Cookery, Craft, Gardening etc.
* Engage with Service Users parents/ guardians and stakeholders, providing service updates.
* Communicate effectively with Service Users, the staff team and visitors.
* Promote a person-centred support in everything Unity do.
* Contribute to team meetings and Development days.
* Understand legislation and local policies covering working with Vulnerable Adults, and the reporting procedures associated with these.
* Understand the SSSC Codes of Practice.
Essential/Desirable Skills and Attributes
* Minimum of 1 years experience of care or support, working with learning disabilities and/or autism is essential.
* A full Driving licence and access to a car is essential.
* SVQ in Social Care is desirable.
To Apply
To apply for this role, please click apply and send an up-to-date CV in support of your application in the first instance. For more information about the position available including a detailed job description and person specification - contact me Eoin Hurley for a confidential discussion at 21 HSC's head office (phone number removed) . Suitable applicants will be contacted asap with a view to securing a formal interview with the Senior Management Team. Short-listed applicants will be invited for an initial face to face/Teams interview with one of our recruitment team.
21 HSC Limited is an equal opportunities employer, run by Qualified Social Workers and Social Care staff