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SalaryMAIN JOB FUNCTION
To work as part of a team of staff to:
- To drive company vehicle: picking and dropping off our clients
- Provide support to enable service users with a learning disability, mental health, Autism and other complex needs to participate in vocational, recreational, educational and social programmes on and off site, both in a group and on a one to one basis.
- To support people to travel to and from community activities and the day service, picking them up from home where necessary and escorting / driving / or using public transport.
- To keep appropriate records according to laid down procedures.
- To work on a rota based system, including day and night shifts.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Service User Support
- Driving company vehicle: picking and dropping off our clients from their homes, driving clients to their desired activities as planned.
- Ensuring good practice in the care and development of adults with a learning disabilities, or Autism, including promoting positive attitudes in regards to race, gender, sexuality and disability, age, religion and cultural beliefs, supporting people to overcome difficulties they may have in using community facilities including physical access, prejudice and anxieties of others.
- Ensure that Autism specific needs, behavioural issues, communication needs and other specialist support needs are understood and supported to maximise independence and reduce the likelihood of distress for the individuals you work with.
- To ensure that users (and their belongings) are treated with respect.
- To assist support workers to support people with all aspects of their personal care including meal times, intimate personal care, use of hoists and any other duties that are necessary to ensure people are supported in maintaining their personal hygiene.
- To assist support workers to support people’s general and specialist health needs (Such as Autism specific health issues or health issues related to complex heath needs), including administering medication including by specialist techniques and where necessary supporting people to emergency and planned health appointments.
- To pursue agreed strategies to support and alleviate behaviours that present a challenge.
- Learning and using appropriate methods of communication with service users and colleagues.
- Including service users in the decision making process and encouraging them to express their wishes, exercise informed choice and offer support to service users in areas where they are currently unable to make an informed choice.
- To creatively use resources and facilities in the community including specialist and mainstream services, offering a variety of activities including new experiences, learning, employment and leisure opportunities.
- Ensure national and local safeguarding procedures (pan-London safeguarding, No
Secrets, whistle-blowing procedure and so on) are followed to safeguard service users from harm.
Team Work
- To participate in staff meetings, contributing ideas and sharing responsibilities, for example note taking and chairing meetings etc.
- To contribute to the development of the service pursuing specific areas of interest according to the needs of service users and the service.
- To support colleagues in difficult or potentially difficult situations in the workplace.
- To cover colleagues, working in all areas of the service, responding to situations flexibly.
