Directorate: Adult Care, Housing & Public Health
Permanent, part time, 22 hours per week.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, flexible and enthusiastic support staff to join our team to provide care and support to individuals with a learning disability, in a short break setting.
You will be required to work with the team to provide sensitive care and guidance to service users in areas of personal care, daily living, health, social integration, and emotional support.
Contribute towards the monitoring and assessment of service users plans, reviews and assessment of risks, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and procedures in line with Care Quality Commission Essential Standards of Quality and Safety.
Good communication skills are essential, and you will need to have the ability to use your own initiative and work unsupervised while out with service users in a community setting.
You will be required to work on a rota system, days, afternoons & nights over a 7-day week which includes, weekends and bank holidays.
For further information please contact the Team Leader on Duty on 01709 289602.
This post involves working with adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme and can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
Confirmation of this appointment is also subject to a medical assessment.
