Support Worker, Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones is a loving and caring environment that offers supported living accommodation and outreach support for individuals with physical disabilities, sensory impairment, complex care, learning disability, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, forensic, mental health, and transition services. Our services are based in the Bury, Radcliffe and Rochdale areas.

Here at Stepping Stones, we recognise and celebrate the uniqueness of every individual we care for by ensuring that a person-centred approach is adopted. We are committed to enabling personal growth now and for the future, giving each person a strong voice regarding decision making and lifestyle choices. Our range of supportive services and environments encourage everyone to fulfil their personal dreams and aspirations.

Everyone will be valued and treated with dignity and respect, and will be at the centre of, and included in all decisions made about their life. Achieving and maintaining a maximum level of independence with a minimal level of support.

We are currently looking to hire Support Workers to join our existing team. If you have a passion for caring, then this rewarding and exciting role could be perfect for you!

Requirements

To provide support to each tenant in line with the individual’s person-centred plan. To assist people to live as tenants and citizens in the local community. In achieving this, support must be consistent with people’s rights, choices and responsibilities. For example:

• To see people we support as valued customers of our service.
• To support people by planning ‘with them’, if requested, and not ‘for them’ (Person Centred Planning).
• To support people to make informed choices with Advocacy, or people of their choice.
• To support people to exercise their cultural beliefs and practices.
• To assist tenants to form and maintaining relationships of their choice.
• To support people to maintain their own individual tenancy and to respect their right to privacy by respecting their legal status as tenants.

This will involve supporting people in various areas of their life, depending on the agreed level of support and informed choice.

To provide support to each tenant in line with the individual’s person-centred plan. To assist people to live as tenants and citizens in the local community. In achieving this, support must be consistent with people’s rights, choices and responsibilities. For example:

• To see people we support as valued customers of our service.
• To support people by planning ‘with them’, if requested, and not ‘for them’ (Person Centred Planning).
• To support people to make informed choices with Advocacy, or people of their choice.
• To support people to exercise their cultural beliefs and practices.
• To assist tenants to form and maintain relationships of their choice.
• To support people to maintain their own individual tenancy and to respect their right to privacy by respecting their legal status as tenants.

Benefits

This role is for services across the Bury, Radcliffe and Rochdale areas.

£9.50 - £9.70 per hour

Sleep shifts £74.00

Shifts

Days 10.00am – 10.00pm

Nights (sleeps and waking) 10.00pm – 10.00am

We do offer some flexibility with shifts for example a new service is currently starting, and we have days (9am-5pm 1:1) and days (10 am -3 pm 2:1)

It very much depends on the service users' requirements but as a rule shifts are 12 hours in length, we also offer 24-hour shifts (which include a sleep) for some service users.