Job Detail

Look Ahead supports thousands of people across London and the South East with a diverse range of needs, helping them to make individual choices, achieve goals and take control of their own lives by providing tailor-made support, care and accommodation services.Working with people to make choices, achieve goals and take control of their lives through high quality care, support and housing.

 Being Looked After

• HealthShield - health cash plan
• 4 levels of cover to choose from, Level 1 is paid by Look Ahead
• Additional contributions via payroll deduction
• Online Members' Area - check benefit allowances, amend personal details and download claim form education having treatment

• No medical required to join and no GP referral required before
• Dependent children covered up to the age of 18 in full-time
• At another member of the family for £1 per month
• Occupational sick pay (following successful probation)
• Employee Assistance Help Line - First Assist Services
• offers telephone counselling, lifestyle, health and legal assistance and can refer you on to services
• fully confidential to you,
• Eyecare Voucher
• if using IT regularly for the job can claim these with Vision Express

Being Valued

• Employee discount scheme
• Reward Gateway - through the Look Ahead Hub
• staff can access the UK’s largest employee discount scheme, offering discounts in over 1300 retailers and cash-back options.
• Quarterly Staff Recognition Scheme
• Flexible Annual Leave

Being Developed

• Professional Qualification and Development Sponsorship (criteria apply)
• Other learning and development opportunity's
• Secondments as advertised internally, across all areas of Look Ahead
• Potential in Hertfordshire services to work across service and develop to a more senior role

Other Benefits

• Ride to Work Scheme
• Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS)
• Is available to all employees via salary exchange. This means the amount of salary exchanged is exempt from National Insurance.
• The scheme includes a Death in Service lump sum of 3 x your annual salary.

• Supporting the person to lead a full and active life and do things they enjoy, sensitively and persistently trying to new things to open up new opportunities for the person;
• Developing the person’s independent living skills and involving them in aspects of maintaining and developing their home, including cooking, shopping, cleaning and decorating;
• Supporting the person in their sensory routine, trialling and testing new sensory experiences;
• Supporting the person to manage their anxieties, using Positive Behaviour Support and Autism-specific approaches;
• Collating a range of behavioural data and essential paperwork to be analysed within our local management structure;
• Driving the person’s (manual) vehicle to support them to go about their daily life;
• Communicating with a range of other key stakeholders including social work, psychology and commissioning teams; 
• Acting in accordance with the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care & Support plus those specific to the service including any statutory requirements;
• Consistently reviewing the person’s life goals and their progress towards achieving them, in partnership with them and those important to them;
• Supporting the person with personal care; 
• Reporting any observations relating to the person's welfare;
• Maintaining records as required at the project;
• Participating in team meetings/reviews, support planning, risk management  and the general development of the service;
• Undertaking any other duties as requested by management.

• Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in with the hobbies and interests of the person and is able to facilitate connections with new people and places;
• Has a reasonable level of physical fitness and is able / likes to participate in active pursuits such as running and swimming; 
• Is confident enough to try new things and take positive risks on a regular basis;
• Exudes a warm friendly and fun presence;
• Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement;
• Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in the style of communication;
• Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour.