Support Worker

Positive Futures; Coleraine; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care organization in Northern Ireland is seeking a Support Worker to assist individuals with learning disabilities, acquired brain injury, and autism. The role involves providing person-centred support, helping individuals maintain independence, and ensuring their safety. Candidates should be kind, patient, and possess a valid driving license. Along with competitive hourly pay, the organization offers various benefits including vacation time and employee development programs.

Benefits

Vacation

Paid time off

Paid sick days

Retirement plan

Employee development programs

Sabbatical leave

Referral bonus

Qualifications

• Personal or work experience of providing care or support for someone.
• Full, valid driving licence and access to a car insured for business purposes.
• Basic digital skills for maintaining records and using care systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality support to people with learning disabilities.
• Form positive relationships with individuals and their families.
• Support people to be safe and healthy in all aspects of their lives.

Skills

Kindness

Patience

Sense of fun

Basic digital skills

Job description

Positive Futures is positive about people. We transform peoples lives every day. We support people who have a learning disability, acquired brain injury and autism.

Wonderful things can and do happen when people get the right support, at the right time, from the right people.

Purpose of Role

To provide high quality support to people to enable them to live independently and to have choice and control over all aspects of their life in order to deliver our Mission.

Positive Futures for people with a learning disability, acquired brain injury or autism working together to achieve dreams and transform lives.

About The Role

What does a Support Worker do?

Put simply, your job is to support people to live the life they want.

To Help You To Do This, You Will

• receive a full and paid induction
• spend time getting to know the person you are supporting
• learn how best to support that person
• work as part of a dedicated team to provide support.

You don't need formal qualifications or experience, but you do need to be kind, patient, and have a sense of fun.

Main Responsibilities

Providing Person Centred Support

• Form a positive relationship with the person being supported, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries with them and their families.
• Promote and support relationships, which enable people with a learning disability, to be included, and engage in their local community. Ensuring the high quality, person-centred support (outlined in the persons Person-Centred Portfolio) needed to live the life they want and achieve their dreams/goals.

Supporting People to Develop and Maintain Key Skills in relation to Housing Support

• Support people to understand and fulfil their responsibilities to look after their home in line with any tenancy agreements.
• Support people with domestic chores such as shopping, preparation of healthy meals, cleaning, gardening, washing clothes and ironing. Supporting Independence, Social and Communication Skills
• Support people to have choice and control over all aspects of their lives.
• Support people to make decisions based upon informed choices and speak up for themselves and/or seek support from advocacy services where needed.

Supporting people to be safe and healthy

• Support people to be safe and healthy in all aspects of their lives: by maintaining their physical and emotional well-being.
• Support people to understand and protect themselves from different types of abuse.

Supporting Independence, Social And Communication Skills

• Support people to have choice and control over all aspects of their lives, enabling them to participate and contribute to their local community (e.g. involvement in social, leisure, training, volunteering and employment opportunities as relevant).
• Support people to make decisions based upon informed choices, understand their responsibilities in relation to these choices and speak up for themselves and/or seek support from advocacy services where needed.

Administration

• Accurately and effectively maintain and store records and short reports within the Service, utilising appropriate systems, templates and record keeping processes (e.g. behaviours, incidents, communication, risk assessment etc.).
• Use ICT systems to carry out the responsibilities of the post (e.g. Microsoft Office, HR and Finance information system, support planner system).

See job profile for more information. All duties must be carried out within the policies and procedures of the Organisation.

Required Criteria

• Personal or work experience of providing care or support for someone
• Basic digital skills e.g. to record notes and use rota, HR or care systems.
• Full, valid driving licence and access to a car insured for business purposes in order to transport people we support. Class 2 business insurance is required. Or Full, valid driving licence or ability to travel independently to meet the requirements of the post.

Skills Needed

About The Company

Founded in 1995 (initially under the name United Response NI), we now operate across Northern Ireland offering a wide range of services tailored to individuals with learning disabilities, acquired brain injury or autism and the families who support them. Our services include supported living, peripatetic housing support, shared-lives schemes, residential short breaks and family support. We focus on enabling people to live as equal citizens, develop independence and realise their hopes and dreams. With offices and services located in Bangor, Belfast, Enniskillen, Lisburn, Omagh and beyond, are committed to making a meaningful difference in local communities.

Company Culture

At Positive Futures, we foster a culture of respect, innovation and empowerment. We believe in putting people first both those we support and our staff. We create environments where colleagues feel valued, where ideas for improvement are welcomed, and where continuous learning is encouraged. We support staff to grow professionally and personally, and we emphasise collaboration, listening and trust. Working with us means being part of a team that genuinely cares, is proactive in shaping futures and embraces the possibility in every situation.

Company Benefits

Our Staff and people we support are our strength and our people are at the heart of everything we do, those are not just our values it's who we are.

Working at Positive Futures means doing work that matters - and being supported by people who genuinely care about your growth and wellbeing. We want you to feel valued, encouraged and set up to thrive, both in and outside of your role. That's why our benefits are built around one simple idea: when you're supported, you can make an even bigger difference to the people we support.

• Vacation, Paid time off, Paid sick days, Retirement plan and/or pension, Employee development programs, Sabbatical leave, Referral bonus, Competitive salary, Employee Assistance Scheme, Wellbeing Scheme, Blue Light Card, Social Opportunities, Annual performance review, On the job learning, Progression opportunities, Access to Health & Wellbeing app, Bereavement leave

Salary

£12.21 - £12.80 per hour

Benefits

• Vacation, Paid time off, Paid sick days, Retirement plan and/or pension, Employee development programs, Sabbatical leave, Referral bonus