Support Worker (Enablement Practitioner)
Salary: £13.00 per hour
Location: Southampton, Hampshire
Type of Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: Part time
Driver Full UK -manual driver’s licence
About the role
The person you will support is a 30-year-old lady, who lives at home with her mum in Chandlers Ford. We are looking for a support worker to join her team who currently provide 2:1 support when going out in the community.
Gemma has a diagnosis of learning disabilities, autism, Tourette’s, and Epilepsy, therefore experience in these areas would be useful in supporting her.
Gemma requires verbal prompts, support, and encouragement with all aspects of her daily life, finances, medication, personal care, shopping, cooking, and attending activities.
It’s very important that her team support her to access a variety of different activities and support her to increase her independence.
Gemma loves to dance and sing to her favourite music, and is looking for fun, confident individuals that can enjoy this with her.
She loves the activities she takes part in, such as shopping, going to the cinema, bowling, crazy golf, nature walks, feeding the ducks and music therapy.
Gemma can become anxious at times and ideally is looking for team members who are decisive, caring and have real passion to enable Gemma to live her very best life.
Why work for us?
• Be listened to and have your direct experience and expertise valued
• Have support from an experienced management and clinical team
• Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support
• Have training opportunities that enhance your career development
Benefits include: 29 days annual leave (pro rata), rising to 30 days annual leave (pro rata) as of the 1st April, following your 1-year anniversary with PBS4., in-house paid induction training, followed by 12 weeks blended e-learning, coaching, and mentoring. Additional training opportunities following probation, DBS check payment, Legal & General company pension, employee recognition scheme, earned wage access, and access to various other benefits through our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme. Refer a friend and receive £300.00 for every successful person you refer.
About PBS4
PBS4 is a values led social care organisation, providing Neurodisability Services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism and/or behaviours that may challenge. We support people living in their own homes, with their own tenancies, and we utilise Positive Behaviour Support as the framework for the support we provide.
We are a medium-sized organisation supporting people across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, and Oxfordshire and with a workforce of around 450 employees.
The people we support overcome huge challenges every day to achieve exciting things. Some may be big, some may be smaller, but we are committed to celebrating all of these! We are committed to leading by example in how 21st Century clinical support for people with learning disabilities should look. We aim to raise the bar of Positive Behaviour Support in social care!
Be the change!
People with learning disabilities should have the same right to an ordinary life as anyone else. They need support from people like you to help them achieve this. If you are passionate about helping people to achieve the life they deserve and thrive of seeing others succeed, then a career with PBS4 is the career for you. We value experience in supporting others and individuals who share our values.
We want to create new ways of working, led by passion and drive for doing what is right, and promote innovation from our teams. Join us on our mission to disrupt social care!
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