Senior Support Workers - Omagh Area

‘Positive Futures is the leading charity for people with a learning disability, acquired brain injury or autistic spectrum condition and their families’

Supported Living offers the people we support the opportunity to live where and how they choose – in a home of their own or with people they choose to live with. We work with housing providers to make this possible. 

Houses are based in local communities and our teams of Support Workers follow individuals’ support plans to provide people with the type of support they need during the day and, if necessary, at night. This means that the people we support can do things in their local community – like going to the leisure centre, using the bus, shopping and going to church – and do as much as they can for themselves, like cooking, shopping, budgeting and personal care.

You will need:

1. At least 1 years’ paid experience of supporting people with learning disabilities and / or autistic spectrum conditions and / or acquired brain injury within a Health and Social Care setting

2. Experience of: 

• assessment, development and implementation of Person Centered Care / Support Plans 
• using behaviour management strategies 
• assessing / managing risk 
• working as part of a team within a Health and Social Care setting
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3. Proficient in using standard office IT applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook 

4. Full and valid UK Driver’s Licence* and access to a vehicle insured for business purposes (or willing to amend your insurance) to be able to transport the people we support. There may also be a requirement to drive a Motability vehicle belonging to the person being supported or a designated Service vehicle.

If you can provide a commitment to put the people we support first, we can give you:

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday allowance, increasing with length of service
• Loyalty benefits
• 4% Employer pension contribution
• Enhanced sickness and maternity / paternity pay
• Perks discount card

(benefits and entitlements are based on Terms and Conditions of Employment and eligibility requirements)

If you are successful at interview you will be required to complete an AccessNI enhanced disclosure check, including a search of the Adult Barred List. NISCC registration is also a requirement of the role.

Please visit the Positive Futures website for more details on the role. The closing date is Sunday 31 January 2021 at midnight with interviews scheduled to take place virtually in early February. Please provide a contact number as well as an email address on your application.

*This criterion may be waived for those applicants unable to meet it due to having a disability