Extra Care Support Worker

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Job description

Do you have the commitment and values to make a real difference to the lives of people with care needs? Are you passionate about empowering them to improve their quality of life, while supporting them to realise their hopes, dreams and aspirations?

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support. The support we offer is tailored to the individual client's needs and wants, whilst encouraging independence and community engagement.

Prince of Wales Drive is an Extra Care scheme for older people located next to Battersea Park, Wandsworth. The scheme consists of 59 self-contained flats and focuses on providing integrated, holistic care and support to older people with care and support needs. These may include dementia, mental health needs, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and complex health needs.

We are looking for calm, resourceful and energetic Support Workers who are highly motivated, hardworking and keen to support older people in a proactive and holistic manner. You will have well-honed skills in positive communication and engagement, and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for all our service users. You will support people at our Wandsworth service to maintain a healthy state of wellbeing, mentally, physically and emotionally. You will (alongside members of the person's circle of support) empower individuals to be happy, healthy and successful in achieving their life goals.

You must be willing to embrace all aspects of the Support Worker role including, but not limited to, providing support with personal care and domestic tasks, and supporting individuals to access work, education and social opportunities. We value the personal skills and interests you bring to the role and to the lives of the people we support at our Wandsworth service, such as, sports and outdoor pursuits, creative arts, music and cooking, to name but a few.

Full time and part time positions available - you will be required to work in a flexible manner, on a roster basis, which will include evenings and weekends.

You will have a choice of being paid on a weekly or monthly basis.

If you wish to discuss this Support Worker role further please contact Alda Gibson, Senior Operations Manager on .

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.