Senior Support – Ga Jobs In Liverpool

Overview

Position Title: Senior Support

Company:  Anglia Railways

Location:  Liverpool, UK

Job Description

At Linton’s Close we are proud of supporting adults with varying disabilities and associated conditions such as epilepsy, physical disabilities, sensory impairment, and mental health illnesses. We assist them with a platform to leading independent lives and for them to get the most out of life, with day-to-day activities such as planning meals and finances to accessing community activities and employment, as well as being there to listen. In return, we’ll give you all the training, support, and development opportunities you need to make the most of this rewarding role and achieve your individual goals in life.

 

Responsibilities:

• Promote good practice and provide formal supervision in line with the Performance Management and
• Development Scheme to nominated junior staff and give day to day guidance to junior staff – assuming the role of ‘shift leader’ or ‘shift coordinator’.
• Participate in improving the quality of service experienced by the people we support, through developing, implementing and reviewing individual support plans in conjunction with service users.
• To support service users, in line with their support plans, including people with complex emotional and physical needs to maximise and maintain their independence, within a safe environment.
• Undertake medication duties, including administration and recording, and where appropriate supervise junior staff in this task
• To be responsible for co-ordination of service users finances/handling money in line with support plans.

 

Requirements:

• The ability to reflect on your own experiences and practice to build professional relationships with service users, family carers, social work teams and other agencies to understand the needs and rights of disabled adults.
• Experience of supporting people with learning and physical disabilities and have either gained NVQ/QCF level
• 2/3 qualification or equivalent or be willing to work towards an RQF level 3.