Support Worker

Skills, Knowledge and Aptitudes

Are you passionate, caring and looking for a job where you can have fun? Join ID Support now and become one of their support workers in the North Tyneside area and create a positive difference that improves the lives of the people they support.

Essential:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the main principles of support
• Understand the rights of the people who we support
• Effective listening skills
• Must be committed to Equal Opportunities
• Able to maximise the independence of those who we support
• Understand the need to risk assess
• Ability to motivate

Desirable:

• Good Knowledge of disability issues
• Knowledge of services for people with a learning disability
• Understanding of care standards

Qualifications and Training

Essential:

• Good general education
• Prepared to attend training and complete required qualifications

Desirable:

• L2 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Care Certificate
• First Aid
• Moving and positioning
• Medication awareness

Experience

Desirable:

• Experience of supporting people with a learning disability
• Supporting people with their own personal care needs

Disposition

Essential:

• Able to manage a varying workload in a structured and organised approach
• Effectively manage difficult and potentially challenging situations
• Socially confident
• Good inter-personal skills

Special Requirements

Essential:

• Ability to use own initiative
• Being able to work alone and part of a team
• Able and willing to work flexible hours and varying shift patterns including sleep- ins or waking nights where necessary
• Good attendance and time keeping record

Desirable:

• Full UK accepted driving licence and use of car