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Support Worker
As a Support Worker, you will help to improve the lives of the adults we support by promoting, understanding, and acceptance of people with autism and helping them to be included and feel valued. You will be committed to maximising personal liberties and enabling people to make choices and decisions about their own lives.
What you'll do at work
To ensure the highest standards of support are provided to the people who are supported by Leeds Autism Services, you will work within local and national guidelines and always strive to provide the best experience for our service users.
- Ensure the welfare and development of all service users by providing the highest standards of care and making sure that appropriate attention is paid to their spiritual, physical, cultural, social, educational, and recreational needs, in accordance with service user plans
- Promote and implement inclusive, person-centred care planning practices
- Support service users to plan their support; identify and achieve personal goals and/or outcomes in accordance with agreed plans
- Support service users in a non-judgemental manner in-keeping with the principles of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- Support service users to access activities which have been identified to help people achieve their goals and outcomes
- Facilitate communication in-keeping with individuals’ preferred methods of communicating
- Help service users to develop records of their achievements and goals in a format which is right for them
- Promote personal liberty, choice, inclusion, and decision making within the legal framework of the Mental Capacity
- Complete all appropriate recording formats including health and safety records, service user records, medication, etc.
- Ensure the safe administration and storage of medication in line with LAS policies and procedures
- Recognise changes with regards to physical, social and emotional well-being and bring these to the attention of your line manager
- Maintain professional boundaries at all times
As an employee at Leeds Autism Services, you must:
- Maintain friendly, empathetic, and professional relationships with colleagues, service users, families, friends, advocates, and other external agencies
- To work as part of a team dedicated to supporting the needs of people with autism
- Be willing to undertake all training and development opportunities required to fulfil the role, and work reflectively to continually improve your own practice
- Be proactive in supporting organisational policies and procedures, and report any concerns to a supervisor or line manager
- Adhere to legislation and company policies and procedures in relation to confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Comply with internal policies and procedures on the use of company and service user monies/finance
- Ensure a clean, tidy, and hygienic environment is maintained by all staff and service users
- Promote a positive image of people with autism, and the organisation at all times
- Ensure that your conduct, inside and outside of your working environment, does not conflict with the professional expectations of the organisation
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Where you'll work
NEW MABGATE CENTRE
16 CHURCH ROAD
ARMLEY
LEEDS
LS12 1TZ
Training schedule
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct, and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies, and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity, and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk-taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice, and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individual's capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health, and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record, and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders, and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal, and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record-keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback, and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
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Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non-judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Must have the ability to empathise and advocate for the needs of people with autism and/or learning disabilities and adapt to new situations easily
- A positive and flexible attitude to work and working hours as you may at times be called at short notice for shifts
- You must have tact, diplomacy, empathy, and be able to care for and support the needs of people with autism and/or learning disabilities
- Be patient with people who have autism and/or learning disabilities with a commitment to equality and diversity
We are a charity which supports autistic adults with highly complex needs. Our focus is on ensuring our service users have opportunities to integrate with their community and achieve any goals they have. More info here: www.leedsautism.org.uk/aims www.leedsautism.org.uk (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions. You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions. You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Progression to a permanent position at the end of a successful apprenticeship is highly likely.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046268.
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