# Support Worker

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Leyland, Lancashire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Fernleigh House is looking to recruit a Support Worker to join the team. This is a full-time, 37.5 hour role where you will be working from an 18-week rolling rota, consisting of early and late shifts (including sleep-ins), weekends, and the occasional night shifts.

Fernleigh House is located in Leyland, a suburb of Preston, in Lancashire. It offers residential support to six autistic males and females and people with a learning disability.

The team provides a safe and caring environment for the people they care for, where learning and living is an enjoyable experience enabling them to develop as individuals. They believe that a person-centred approach to care and support provides the tools for individuals to live in a more independent setting in the future.

The role involves supporting individuals with:

- Difficulties with communication

- Moderate to severe behaviour that may challenge

- Epilepsy

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide personal care and support with daily living tasks.

- Encourage and assist participation in activities and community life.

- Support service users in achieving their personal outcomes in the way they choose.

- Maintain accurate records, care plans, charts, and daily notes.

- Build positive relationships with service users, families, colleagues, and stakeholders.

- Uphold safety, security, and confidentiality in line with policies and regulations.

- Act as a key worker for individuals, helping them to set goals and track progress.

- Promote choice, independence, and involvement at all times.

- Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing ideas and suggestions.

- Work with the team to support residents to 'Live Their Life' as independently as possible.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise:

- A caring and respectful approach to supporting others.

- Ability to work flexibly and think innovatively.

- Strong communication and relationship-building skills are necessary to support residents.

- Commitment to upholding professional standards, policies, and procedures.

- Experience in Learning Difficulties, Autism, Epilepsy, and behaviours that challenge is an advantage but not essential as all training will be provided.

Benefits:

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones), and Healthcare Cash Plan (Simply Health Scheme)

- Access to development opportunities

- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through the Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

- Leadership & management development

- Long service award

- Refer a friend bonuses

## Skills

### Required
- English
- communication skills
- relationship-building skills

### Nice to have
- Learning Difficulties
- Autism
- Epilepsy

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