Senior Health Care Support Worker – Nights

Cradlefin Consultants are recruiting for a Senior Health Care Support Worker to provide care and/or support for individuals in a person centred way to ensure their well-being independence and choice in response to an assessment of their needs. The care and support you provide maybe undertaken in a range of settings (e.g. a residential home, a resource or day centre, in the service user’s own home and/or local community) in North Yorkshire.

Job responsibilities:

• Ensure people make best use of community facilities as appropriate working with the independent living facilitator as appropriate to ensure stimulating activities to promote interest, mobility and independence
• Support people in accessing paid and/or voluntary employment opportunities, where appropriate
• Enable people to access appropriate health care
• Assist people to manage their personal affairs and finances
• Support people to maximise their independence, and maintain their well-being in a person centred way
• Maintain a range of accurately written records as appropriate
• Working to address and also inform Registered Manager of any unsafe practice identified or observed
• Provide formal supervision to a group of resource workers or ancillary staff as delegated by management
• Use creative solutions that enable people to maximise their independence including assistive technologies. Take a lead role within the team for developing creative solutions in conjunction with Managers
• Contribute to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and alert an appropriate person where potential abuse is identified

Qualifications and Skills required:

• NVQ level 2 in Care
• Minimum of 1 year’s paid UK experience in a similar role
• Car user (essential for community-based services)
• Flexibility with availability to work evenings and weekends where required
• Evidence of advanced knowledge of particular or relevant area(s) of service or specialism (e.g., autism, EMI, challenging behaviour)
• Working knowledge of current best practice in the social care of older people and adults and related National Care Standards
• Knowledge and understanding of how Equality & Diversity, Dignity & Respect and Human Rights will apply to this role
• High level of interpersonal skills (e.g., active listening, good group working abilities, negotiation, empathy, handling conflict, mediation, able to relate well to different individuals adopting an adaptable approach)
• Proof of training and valid DBS (Update Service)

It is mandatory for applicants applying for this role to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus and provide proof excluding those who are medically exempt.

If you feel you have the right values and skills to become part of our dynamic team and can deliver high standards of care then we would love to hear to from you!

To apply you have to be a UK resident, due to the high volume of applicants our team will get in touch with you to arrange an interview if you are successful.