Complex Support Worker Waking Nights

Location: Eastfield, Scarborough, Happy Futures

Salary: £13.25 per hour

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours/working pattern: 30 hours per week

Are you passionate about making a difference?

Do you have a passion for promoting independence, are you a team player, energetic, have a can-do attitude, confident in your ability to encourage and engage with people, would you like to work for a stable loyal employer, with good staff retention rates?

HAPPY FUTURES COMPLEX SUPPORT WORKERS ARE SOME OF THE BEST PAID & TRAINED WITHIN SCARBOROUGH & RYEDALE.

We improve the lives young people and adults who live with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours of concern by using Positive Behaviour Support.

We are looking for enthusiastic, outgoing and supportive people to join our highly skilled teams.

Are you kind, friendly, outgoing, are you confident in your ability to encourage and engage with people?

Do you love to get the best out of someone…

Would you like to work with individuals who like to engage in different activities including:

• Enjoying car rides and exploring the local area.
• Walking and being outdoors.
• Karaoke, singing and dancing.
• Eating out at the local restaurants and pubs, are you a food lover.
• Enjoys a pamper session, having hair and nails done.
• Enjoys playing board games like monopoly.
• Have a love for arts and crafts.
• Going swimming and to nearby water parks.
• Likes animals and visiting the zoo or local wildlife parks.

Does this sound like your ideal job, to work with individuals who enjoy your company and like to have fun….!

Your key responsibilities regarding individuals will be to:

• Provide direct support to individuals who exhibit complex and challenging behaviour.
• Provide companionship, emotional support to help individuals use techniques for managing their anxieties and behaviour through coping strategies.
• Manage the behaviour and to enable them to participate in a wide range of therapeutic and social activities.
• Be involved in the assessment and management of risk and follow risk assessments consistently.
• Have active listening skills and the ability to use positive, calm and clear communication.
• Support individuals to develop life skills which enables them to participate in a wide range of therapeutic and social activities.
• Record all incidents and contribute to team discussions around incident analysis and strategies.
• Work positively with other agencies, parents, Support Workers, and other services to ensure a quality provision of care for individuals.
• Maintain appropriate records relating to good practice, health, safety and statutory requirements.
• Support individuals with their personal finance arrangements and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and company Policies and Procedures.
• Encourage health promotion, such as regular health checks, dentist and doctor’s appointments and health screening checks.
• Promote independence with daily activities, such as personal care, cooking, finance management where appropriate, and general housekeeping.
• Use positive behaviour to identify the cause of distress and respond in line with PBS plan.

About Happy Futures:

Happy Futures has been expanding for over 10 years and we achieved Outstanding from the Care Quality Commission. We are leading the way in the North of England in complex care for individuals with learning disabilities, mental health and complex needs. We are also specialists in autism and Positive Behaviour Management. Our focus is to ensure the individuals we support have happy futures. All our interviews are values based.

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Store discount

If you feel this is the role for you, please contact Lara on 07974 406783 or email Lara.Wilkin@northyorks.gov.uk for further information.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for more than one of our vacancies, you will only need submit ONE application. You can state in the ‘Supporting Evidence’ section of your application the other roles you would like to be considered for, but any suitable roles will be discussed with you.

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