Would you like to join the Headway Worcestershire team?
We have a job for you – please contact:
| Headway Worcestershire Gregory’s Mill Street Barbourne Worcester WR3 8BA Tel: 01905 729729 |
Job Description
Job Title: Wellbeing Service Care and Support Worker
Location: Wellbeing Services across the Worcestershire area
Hours per week: 16.5 hours per week
Responsible to: Wellbeing Manager
Job Purpose Summary:
The role of the post holder is to provide care and enablement to clients accessing the Wellbeing Service through rehabilitative, educational and social activities.
The role of the post holder is to achieve a level of independence through rehabilitative activities available to them at the Wellbeing Service.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Plan and deliver sessions/ activities to clients
- Ability to work in a group situation
- To promote self-esteem, happiness and health & wellbeing of clients
- To respect clients rights to privacy and to ensure that their dignity is maintained at all times
- To encourage and support clients in expressing their needs, views and concerns
- To empower clients to make choices suitable to them
- To assist with financial transactions for meals, sessions etc
- To assist with administering, dispensing and prompting of medication
- To assist clients with lunchtime such as eating and drinking, serving as and when required
- To promote integration into the service and community opportunities using person centred approach/planning
- To use initiative and work autonomously in a flexible and changing day service
- To be an effective communicator and team player
- To be flexible in supporting staff across countywide day services to cover sickness and annual leave
- Be caring and sensitive to the individual needs ensure equality, diversity and respect at all times
- Be able to assess, monitor and review sessions for individual clients/group needs and support the clients to make SMART goals
- To participate in regular staff & client involvement meetings to ensure effective communication between team members and our clients
- Work alongside other health professionals to meet clients’ needs and promote Headway as a respected business and charitable organisation.
- Build rapport with other organisations to ensure multi-agency (disciplinary) working
- To attend and participate in regular supervisions, appraisal and training including Care Certificate
- To promote self-development and continuing personal growth
- Ensure activities meet and integrate with service/organisational requirements for quality provision, health and safety, legal stipulations, environmental policies and duty of care.
- To assist with personal care activities as and when required
- To take an active role in fundraising opportunities within the centre and Headway Worcestershire
- Carryout other duties requested from the service manager
Personal Specification
| Essential | Desirable | |
| Education / Qualification and training | QCF/NVQ Level 2 Health and Social Care | Health and Safety Level 1 or equivalent Safeguarding vulnerable adults Experience of working with physical disability clients |
| Knowledge | Vulnerable adults | Understanding of people with additional specific needs. |
| Particular skills and abilities | Self-driven, clear focus on high quality service delivery A natural forward planner who can critically assess own performance Reliable, energised and determined Tact, diplomacy and ability to listen Empathic communicator Non-judgemental and patient Sufficiently mobile and flexible Able to get on with others and be a team player | Able to start and finish projects Any hobbies/ interests that may be used for sessions e.g. cookery, swimming, music, quizzes, dance, health and wellbeing, photography, drama, sign language, etc. |
| Experience | To be flexible in approach | Current first aid qualification. Moving and handling. Basic knowledge of welfare and health and safety legislation |
| Additional Factors | Commitment to the implementation of good health and safety practice. A good sense of humour. | Ability to resolve problems in a reasoned and controlled manner, which empowers people. Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults, Life experience |