The Chapel is a person-centered supported living service based in a modern building at the heart of Bishops Stortford. An ongoing success of the project is ensured by constant push to support young residents to develop their skills for life and participate in as many community-based activities as possible. Our positive risk taking team supported our residents to join exciting activities like; ice skating, funfair parks, sea side trips, football matches, climbing and more. Our ultimate target for the project is to reflect vibrant and busy life of any young person living in England.
Our services are aimed at individuals and families living with a range of challenges.
Are you a vibrant, able and a positive person looking to make a difference in life of young people? Are you creative and passionate about improving standard of life of those with disability? Would it feel good to work as part of innovative and imaginative team of outcome focused support workers?
If answer to those questions is yes, we have a job for you!
We are recruiting for support workers to support three young ladies with learning disabilities, autism and minor mental health needs. Our enthusiastic and positive team of over thirty people will make you feel welcomed in the team. Experienced and friendly managers and senior support workers provide regular supervisions and coaching to ensure you flourish in this challenging but rewarding environment.
Find out about our support pathways, quality assurance and referral process. We empower the people we support by celebrating achievements and encouraging independence as well as through peer support and employment programmes.
- To support the Project Manager in managing a flexible, person-centred, and high-quality service for adults with learning disabilities and other needs.
- Support the development of the Magic Life Supported Living services in accordance with organisational improvement plans.
- To support the Project Manager in managing and developing a team of staff, including taking part in meet and greets and shadow shifts with new staff, helping to organise supervisions, attending team meetings, and contributing to them. To support the Project Manager in the recruitment of new staff.
- To support the staff to work in a positive, person-centred manner at all times. To ensure that a respectful and empowering approach is taken to supporting service users’ human rights and wellbeing.
- To support the Project Manager in ensuring that the service is compliant with contract and regulatory specifications alongside organisational monitoring and evaluation requirements.
- To support the Project Manager in ensuring the service is able to demonstrate accurate and planned performance aims.
- Effectively managing the service users and petty cash budgets for the service. Ensuring that staff are following budget plans and recording money records appropriately.
- To take the lead, and/or oversee tasks that have been set by the Project Manager.
- To provide direct care and support to service users as determined by service structuring and needs of the users.
- To lead staff, and act as a role model, to ensure that the high standards of performance and work are achieved. To ensure that staff are received guidance and direction from you.
- To co-ordinate and delegate tasks to the support workers to ensure the needs of the service user are being met.
- To ensure that activity planners and meal planners are completed either weekly or daily with the service users, depending on their needs. To ensure that visual cues are completed and social stories created where necessary
- To maintain up to date knowledge, training and skills in relation to the service users needs and the policies and procedures in place.
- To carry out formal and informal checks, including spot checks.
- To ensure that all support workers carry out their roles as per their job description.