Day Opportunities Facilitator

As a Day Opportunities Support Worker, you'll support young adults with learning disabilities who have varying needs, abilities and interests, helping them engage in personalised, fun activities and hobbies, that build social networks and promote inclusion. Your compassion, empathy and patience, combined with your commitment to promoting independence, will help service users learn, grow in confidence, and enjoy a variety of interesting activities.

What you'll do:

• Engage in fulfilling personalised activities: Support service users to take part in fun activities, tailored to their individual physical, mental, social and emotional needs, such as swimming, bowling, archery, trips to the cinema, and sharing their hobbies.
• Assist with daily living activities: Support service users with eating, drinking, mobility, personal care, and medication, ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
• Provide dedicated support: Support wheelchair users with moving and positioning activities, as well as supporting service users who present challenging behaviours through positive behaviour support, following robust induction and training.
• Promote community involvement: Support service users in their involvement in local community projects, helping them to develop important social networks.
• Build relationships: Establish positive connections with service users, celebrating their achievements and milestones.

What we're looking for:

You may already have experience of providing care, but it's not essential - we provide all the training you need to be a great Day Opportunities Support Worker. What's more important to us is that you have the right values, skills and motivations to enable people to lead full and active lives as independently as possible.

• Passion and dedication: A genuine desire to help others and make a positive and lasting difference to their lives.
• Empathy and compassion: Understand and share the feelings of others to build trust and provide emotional support.
• Respect and patience: Treat service users with dignity and adapt to their individual needs calmly, even in challenging situations.
• Adaptability: Responsive, flexible and able to work without direct supervision. Resilient under pressure and can adapt positively to changing situations and demands.
• Communication skills: Clear and effective communication and the ability to interact with service users with a diverse range of complex communication and sensory support needs.
• Team player: Enjoy working closely with others to provide the best support possible.

Why join us?

• Rewarding work: Make a real difference in the lives of our service users, knowing that you can create a lasting impact while building a great career.
• Career growth and development: We invest in your future. With ongoing development opportunities, you'll have the chance to enhance your skills and your career.
• Supportive environment: Work in a friendly and collaborative team who feel proud of the work they do to support people in our community.
• Employee support: Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
• Competitive benefits package: Including generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.

Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date.

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