Description
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Care Support Worker to join their team through Flexi-Bank, a collaborative temporary staffing service delivered in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
As a Care Support Worker, you will be working closely with relatives, carers, friends, advocates, colleagues, and other professionals to support people with learning disabilities, autism, complex health needs in the service they access and their wider community.
The role involves:
- Supporting people using services in line with their individual care plan to promote as much independence as possible
- Assisting with all aspects of personal care
- Participating in the ongoing monitoring of the health and behaviour of people using the service
- Reporting and recording all relevant information and reporting to senior staff any changes in the person
- Acting as a key-worker for named individuals within the service
- Promoting, supporting, and delivering a range of activities within the service and in the wider community
- Providing person-centred support as identified within the care plan ensuring respect, privacy, and dignity at all times
- Helping to maintain and develop relationships between individuals and their families, friends, and significant others
- Participating in and contributing to meetings
- Involving people in the development of their own care and support packages
- Ensuring confidentiality in all matters relating to each person is maintained
- Maintaining the safety of people at all times, alerting senior staff to any identified risks
The post holder will be required to familiarise themselves with the Social Care Charter for the Division and implement the behaviours within it in their daily work duties.
The salary for this role is £13.57 per hour.
Benefits of working with Flexi-Bank include:
- Working flexibly - choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability
- Accessing more opportunities - pick up shifts across mental health and community
- Getting paid fairly and on time - competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream
- Staying supported - benefit from training, development, and guidance from the dedicated Temporary Staffing Team