East Kent Mencap
Complex Needs Support Worker (Day Resource Services)
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Join a Team Where Your Creativity and Compassion Directly Transform Lives
You'll work with individuals who have complex learning disabilities and autism, using innovative approaches to help them achieve personal goals and live fulfilling lives.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll support people with learning disabilities, autism, and complex health needs in our Margate and Ramsgate hubs, on a 2:1 basis. This includes individuals who may express their needs through challenging behavior.
Your role combines one-to-one support with group activities. You'll plan engaging sessions, facilitate activities, and work directly with people to achieve their personal goals.
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The role includes occasional evening work in our range of clubs. We welcome flexible candidates with good availability.
What You'll Need
- Care Certificate
- NVQ level 3 (or equivalent, or be willing to work towards)
- Experience in a care/support role would be advantageous
- Experience of implementing strategies for individuals who express their frustrations and needs through challenging behavior, or be willing to learn these skills
- Compassionate and empathetic approach
- The ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with vulnerable people and their families
- Competent IT skills
- An interest in people and a commitment to helping others
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About East Kent Mencap
We are committed to rewarding our employees for outstanding contributions and offer highly competitive rates of pay, a full induction and training programme, salary progression, employee assistance programme, a generous holiday allowance (increasing with length of service), a sickness allowance, as well as a pension scheme and mileage reimbursement scheme (40p per mile).
If you're ready to make a real difference in people's lives through person-centred, co-produced support, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to join our extraordinary team.
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