Job Purpose:
To provide a personal care service to individuals with Intellectual Disability and Mental Health Difficulties within a high support residential service setting.
Key Responsibilities:
* Promote and actively participate in teamwork, creating a nurturing and supportive environment for the service user.
* Facilitate and implement a person-centered service appropriate to the needs, wishes and requirements of service users.
* Provide personal assistance in all aspects of personal care and manual handling, ensuring comfort and hygiene of service users and adhering to safe practice at all times.
* Actively participate in appropriate, educational, recreational and occupational programmes, enabling service users to integrate with their local community and access local resources.
Requirements:
* QQI Level 5 in Health & Social Care or equivalent
* Experience of working in a residential care setting
* Experience of providing appropriate supports to service users with relevant disability and whose behavior may challenge
* Full Clean Driving Licence
* A positive can-do attitude
* Flexibility
* Interest in continuous improvement
Benefits:
* Company Pension Scheme
* Paid maternity/paternity/adoption leave
* Educational leave
* 27 days annual leave
* Bike to work scheme
* Tax saver travel scheme
* Income protection
* Unpaid leave
* Health and Wellbeing programme
* Company credit union scheme
* Employee discount scheme
* Digital Doctor
* Financial support for studying and study leave
* Long Service Reward Scheme
* Sick leave
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)