About Camphill Village Trust
Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. Now in our 72nd year, our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social care and nature-based therapy and skills integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.
We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) and farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.
We continue to support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges to live their best, independent lives. By applying our core values to modern social care, we ensure that our provision remains relevant to supported people and social care commissioners today.
Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support?
Purpose
With good practice guidance from the team leader, work as part of a team to enable the people we support to live their best quality of life, to remain safe and happy, leading a fulfilled life of meaningful opportunities.
Location & Travel
Community-based
This role will be based at Oaklands Park in Newnham-on-Severn.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Using person-centred approaches, work as part of a team to promote the rights and choices of the people we support, whilst maintaining their health, safety, dignity and privacy, thus enabling them to lead a meaningful life, whilst also empowering them to be as independent as possible.
- Work under the direction of the team leader to plan and provide care and support to promote wellbeing and development in accordance with person-centred care and support plans.
- Work co-productively on the support plan, recording and reviewing progress as directed, so that the people we support can fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control.
- Encourage the people we support to:
- maintain a clean, tidy, and welcoming living environment.
- use appropriate laundry equipment so they have clean, suitable clothing to wear.
- plan, shop for and prepare healthy and wholesome meals considering their choices and wishes.
- maintain health and well-being by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments.
- look after and understand their finances and access benefits.
- understand and maintain their tenancy and access services from their landlord.
- maintain an active and supportive social life, considering individual choices and wishes.
- Where the appropriate registration is in place, assist with or arrange for personal care where required (for example bathing and hair washing). Please note that this may involve supporting people to the toilet, to manage incontinence, to bathe and shower etc and enable people to manage all of this with regard for their dignity and privacy.
- Administer, record, order, check and count medication.
- Undertake related paperwork including support plans, daily updates, person profiles, risk assessments, incident reporting, behaviour reports and notes/ updates on health appointments.
- Undertake any other duties which are consistent with this post, as directed by line management.
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- A basic understanding of English and Maths in relation to writing daily notes and supporting with finances.
Knowledge & Experience
- Pro-active and forward thinking.
- Willing to learn new skills and ways of working to enable the people we support to live their best life.
Personal Attributes
- Be able to put the people we support at the centre of everything they do whilst at work.
- Be adaptable to the changing needs of the people we support as well as changing legislation, policies and procedures.
- Have a kind, empathic and approachable personality.
- A good sense of humour that can adapt to the humour of the people we support.
- Hard working, honest, trustworthy, reliable and transparent.
Key Employment Terms
Salary: £24,784.50 (pro rata for part-time hours).
Location: Oaklands Park, Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
Hours: 37.5 per week (part-time hours available).
Holiday entitlement: 25 days annual leave statutory plus bank holidays.
45p per mile for all work journeys is provided.
Sick pay entitlement after 1 month.
Standard auto-enrolment pension scheme, with the option to contribute 10% of gross salary for a 6% contribution by the employer.
Employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family.
Death in Service benefits: payments made to your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen.
Once you join us, you'll be eligible to benefit from "Charity Discounts" where you can enjoy reductions from lots of differing retailers and service providers.
The appointment is subject to a 3-month probation period.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.
Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £24,784.50 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Do you hold a UK driving licence?
- If you do not drive, please confirm you are aware that public transport may not always be running when late shifts end.
- Please give details of your UK right to work - if you hold a visa please give details of visa type and expiry date. If you do not provide this information we will not be able to progress with your application.
- Please provide your postcode and your email address (unless they feature in your CV).
Work Location: In person
