Part Time Activity Worker - Roborough House, Plymouth - £8.21ph

We are looking for a Part Time Activity Worker (24 hours) to join our friendly Roborough House team.

Our service has 40 service users and a staff team of over 60 to support users with physical disabilities.

We are providing individuals with practical and emotional care, enabling them to lead as ordinary life as they can achieve. To support our service users out in the community with various activities you must hold full UK driving licence and be able to drive 12 seat mini bus.

If your best traits are positivity, friendliness and innovation then this job is for you!

Job Description

To provide support through a wide range of activities to residents with differing conditions. The successful candidate will be creative, open to suggestions and wishing to provide the very best in fulfilling, person-centred activities.

1. To provide varied and challenging activities to residents on an individual and group basis from a prepared Weekly programme.

2. Hold a full clean driving licence ability to drive a 10 seater minibus on outings with residents

3. Support the Care Support Staff in delivering person-centred care when required by providing cover during absences.

4. To encourage residents to pursue their hobbies

5. To maintain good liaison links between the family and friends of residents in order to acertain how best to meet the residents’ personal needs

6. Maintain and care for the Roborough House chicken coup to a rota.

7. To ensure that accurate, legible Daily Records are maintained on residents that they work with

8. Ensure that an accurate, legible record of activities offered is maintained and also of residents accepting or declining the offered activity.

9. Ensure that all activities undertaken are done so in a safe and professional manner

10. To ensure that the Activities Office is kept clean and tidy.

11. To attend Supervision on a minimum of 6 times a year and appraisal once a year.

12. To attend Staff Training sessions as directed.

13. To adhere CQC standards, regulations and all CareTech policies and procedures and Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers Standards in England, Wales and Scotland.

14. To maintain the excellent reputation of the Caretech Group and Roborough House in particular

15. To complete other reasonable duties as directed and as required by the operational need of the business.

16. To assist services users with food and fluids.

Benefits

We offer Permanent contracts 37.5 hrs per week

Part Time contracts 16hrs, 22.5hrs or 30hrs or become a Bank Worker on a 0hr contract

Career progression path within the company

Competitive rates of pay

Employee Assistance Helpline

Flexible Additional Holiday Purchase Scheme

Various shift patterns available to suit your lifestyle

DBS check paid by Caretech prior to starting with us

About Caretech

Caretech Community Services established in 1993 has 250 services with continuous growth with new developments/services.

CareTech Community Services is a national provider of support for people with complex and challenging behaviours associated with autism, learning disabilities, mental health illness and neurological conditions. We support people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and also in residential care.

We are committed to providing the highest levels of care to our residents

To enable us to do this we need caring and dedicated professionals to deliver first class care.

All applicants will be subject to satisfactory references and all employees are checked against the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

* Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010

CareTech Community Services are proud to advise that they are a Disability Confident Leader

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