Adult Support Worker
Salary: £22,620.00 - £24,203.40 per annum (£10 - £10.70 per hour) plus £52.50 per sleep in
Hours: Full time, as per rota
Location Grange-Over-Sands
Contract: Permanent
We’re looking for Adult Support Workers to join our team. No matter your experience, whether this be in catering, hospitality, retail or care, we have the role for you! Someone who is motivated by helping others, patient and resilient would be ideal.
About the school
Underley Garden School is an Ofsted Outstanding School and outstanding children’s and adults home. Our adults have a range of complex needs associated with autism and learning disabilities, including complex communication, sensory and behavioural needs associated with their disabilities.
We want people who focus on ensuring positive outcomes for our children and adults and take responsibility for helping improve their lives. We share the value of creating a safe and nurturing home and we want people who can be fair and respectful, in order to do the right thing to support everyone in our care.
There are three Adult homes, which are part of Underley- one in Kirkby Lonsdale, one in Lindale, one in Grange-over-Sands. At times, you may be required to work across all three sites. However, you will be predominantly based in Grange-Over-Sands for this role
Grange View is a home for young adults who are more independent and benefit from having access in to the local community, good transport links and the opportunity to access vocational education, paid employment or volunteering. Young Adults here benefit from opportunities to increase independence skills, self-help skills, basic life skills and personal care.
About the Group
We are part of Acorn Care and Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.
We provide Education and Care across a number of schools and residential homes nationally. Our specialist SEN provision, coupled with our expertise within residential care means we offer thousands of vulnerable children and young people across the UK a holistic, wraparound care, residential and education service, empowering them with everything they need to flourish. It is by no accident that 94% of our homes are rated as Outstanding or Good.
We welcome staff who share our commitment to help young adults experience better days and better lives. Through ongoing development and training, we ensure our staff are well prepared for their jobs and given every opportunity to extend their skills.
About the Role:
Do you want a rewarding Career? To make a positive difference to Adults and their lives? Are you patient, empathetic, resilient and supportive? Yes? - We want you!
From day one, we will train and support you, ultimately developing you into a care professional.
As an Adult Support Worker, you will work shifts and will be required to attend 2 additional monthly training sessions.
During your day, you will be working with the adults within their day-to-day lives; Cook with them, play games and do activities, help them within their day and night routines and assist with the personal care and emotional support needs the Adults may have. A key responsibility is to Safeguard all who are in our care and ensure they are safe and healthy.
Other duties include liaising with other staff, working to and regularity reviewing agreed care plans and paperwork in place and keeping the home clean and tidy.
This is a challenging and physically demanding job but highly rewarding. All of our Adults have complex needs associated with autism, communication and learning disabilities. They can present with complex communication needs and challenging behaviour associated with their disability. You will receive extensive training in how to support our young people positively and how to intervene and deescalate situations as required.
Who we need?
This role doesn’t require any experience, just an individual who is friendly, compassionate, resilient, and calm under pressure and who has the desire to learn and work with adults with complex needs.
In return, we will provide you with full training. This includes a week induction at the start of employment covering various training courses including Team Teach, Autism awareness, Safeguarding and Medication awareness.
We also pay for and support you in obtaining a Level 3 Health and Social care qualification, if you are successful; you will be enrolled after your probation and will need to complete it within a year and a half.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide a safe, caring and healthy environment where adults can thrive and develop independence
- promote and celebrate diversity
- Safeguard all young adults and support them with their individual and personal needs
- Integrate into the supportive team
- To record a log, details of incidents etc., as required by policy and procedure
- Support with a high level of personal care when required
- Complete daily paperwork duties to a good standard
Please see the Job description for further responsibilities.
Why work for us?
- Opportunity to enrich the lives of adults and make a positive difference
- Be part of a supportive and dedicated team
- Continuous professional development and training
- Funded Level 3 qualification.
- Internal Promotion
- Staff meals
- Use of a Windermere campsite
- Team building
- Employee of the month
- Potential overtime
- Free Gym membership
- “Your Wellbeing Matters”
- Employee Rewards Hub
There is further earning potential with every additional hour at £10.75ph.
Acorn Care and Education are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to fully Enhanced DBS.
We expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment and strive to achieve the best possible outcomes for everybody in our care. A full application form must be completed with all employment dates accurate and gaps in employment accounted for.