Bank / Relief Support Worker

Do you want to be part of a unique Community where people live, work, learn and celebrate life together?

About the Role:

The support of service users with their general welfare, housing related tasks and pursuing their social and educational activities. Also to ensure that service users have a detailed Person Centred Plan to include agreed goals and action plans that assist them in achieving and maintaining independent life skills.

About Us:

Camphill Milton Keynes Communities is a charity providing unique person centred support, based on a modern view of the Camphill movement, for adults with learning disabilities and autistic spectrum condition, as well as a number of people living in the Milton Keynes area who have a learning disability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure, together with colleagues, that service users experience a safe, healthy and purposeful environment, in accordance with CMKC policies and procedures and statutory requirements.
• Prepare and maintain written needs and risk assessments and support plan for allocated service users, in cooperation with people and others (in a Person Centred way).
• To support people in making their own decisions and informed choices and to assist them in promoting and maintaining their independence.
• To ensure information communicated to people is accessible to them.
• To support people to manage their own finances, budgeting and dealing with statutory bodies and services.
• To support people to access a range of leisure activities and other services.
• To support people to manage their personal care and health needs.
• To support people to maintain their tenancy and look after their home which they share with other people.
• To work with people to ensure planning of healthy diet choice.
• To support people with attending meetings and appointments if required.
• Provide emotional support and appropriate intervention for distressed or challenging people.
• Monitor the health of people and ensure the safe handling of any medicines.
• To maintain accurate records as required.
• Support people to maintain regular contacts with their own families and/or other significant individuals according to the person’s wishes.
• To liaise with other agencies as required, i.e. regarding service users’ annual reviews.
• Ensure service users are aware of CMKC’s safeguarding adults procedures, comments and complaints procedures and document any incidents, accidents or complaints accordingly.
• Support any community based activities.