Team
About the role
Post Title: Support Worker Team: Falcon and Griffin Extra Care Scheme
Falcon & Griffin is an Extra Care Scheme for individuals aged 55 and over, offering independent living with on-site care and support. Staff work on site from 8am10pm 365 days a year, and we offer emergency off-site support overnight. Tasks include but are not limited to: - Medication administration - Meal preparation - Laundry - Signposting to external services Falcon and Griffin work in close partnership with social workers, housing providers, and other multi-disciplinary agencies. Customers are assessed via the social work team, and care packages are provided on site. Working as part of a small team, you will provide a high-quality, reliable support service to enable our customers to develop individualised person-centred support plans in order that they will achieve positive outcomes whilst promoting choice and independence.
You will encourage and motivate customers and assist them to build their confidence and achieve their personal goals following their support plan. Key strengths and experience Lets’ do it approach aligned to Bury's Lets Do It Strategy and our IMT behaviours Our Vision Statement is. To provide strengths-based services that supports and empowers the people of Bury to achieve their best level of independence within their “home”. Maximising health and well-being, enabling them to remain at home to live a fulfilled life.
Teamwork is about everyone working together towards a common goal. Respect - is valuing yourself and others. Accountability - is taking responsibility and ownership for our decisions actions, performance, and behaviours. Trust - is to be honest with one another by being willing to admit our mistakes, share our struggles, or ask for help/support from others. Caring - is where we genuinely care for ourselves and each other. Empowering- is giving people the knowledge and resources to promote autonomy. Together - we will support you to develop your career providing a wealth of training, resources, and opportunities. You will be Proactive, flexible and resilient in approach and delivery with a good understanding of care needs of Adults aged 18 and over, strengths based support, maximisation of rota's and electronic call monitoring within Home care environment. You will be able to manage competing priorities and take management instruction to ensure service and people who use them are safeguarded at all times. You will be able to work as part of a wider team where good communication skills written and verbal is vital. Use of excel and Electronic Call Systems to a proficient level.
Staff work on a rota basis between 8am and 10pm 7 days a week 365 days a year.
There is a matrix payment for weekend and anti social working hours.
C.Vs must include full workplace history and reasons for gaps in employment.
