Forensic Support Worker

Forensic Support Worker

Forensic Experience Essential

£11.44 per hour

Leeds Outreach – LS11 Area

Contracted hours: 8am - 10pm Part Time Hours 16 to 20 hours per week which include days, evenings and weekends.

Are you a highly motivated caring individual, who is looking for a vocation where every day is different, where you can make a difference to people’s lives.

We offer care packages for a diverse range of individuals with different care and support needs, which range from full support, forensic, challenging behaviours whilst being able to risk assess situations. There is also support helping with budgeting and shopping.

For the people we support you would need to be very active to support with social activities as they like to go Swimming, to the gym and go to the Rugby games or concerts on occasions so this may include late evenings.

In our Leeds Outreach you will be working within the community and within peoples own homes and day centre support, supporting with daily finances, meal preparation and personal care and every day is different, as each individual is different, this is why a person centred approach is essential.

The role

Across all services, the individuals we support have autism, learning disabilities and at times can display behaviours of concern, therefore you must have the ability to follow detailed support plans in order to ensure a consistent approach.

Essential Experience in –

• Criminal background
• Grooming behaviours
• Mental Health Disorders
• Personality disorder
• Associated challenging behaviour

Desirable training –

• Mappa Training
• Anthony Bainbridge Training

Previous experience in Forensic Support Work is Essential for this role.

A adult DBS is required for this role.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. This role will include shift working, including evenings, sleepovers, nights and weekends. Sleepovers will include an allowance.

Benefits and Rewards

• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
• An employer contributory pension scheme

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive