Support Worker

Role Responsibility

We have an exciting opportunity within Community Services, for a Support Worker, this is a 37 hour per week post. 

This position will be primarily based at Dartford and Swanley Community Services, however, you will be expected to travel across the locality to support other services within Kent as required.  You will assist in the day-to-day supervision of staff, including the allocation of tasks, ensuring that the service meets the needs and aspirations of people accessing the services. Ensuring individuals are encouraged and supported; promoting social inclusion, including their rights and choices, to enable people with learning disabilities and/or autism to live more independent and fulfilled lives.

Relevant experience of care and support of individuals (this can include voluntary experience and individual experiences as well as paid work), including within the public, private or voluntary sectors in the care of adults, working with people with learning disabilities is essential. You will need to have an awareness of the needs of people with learning disabilities, challenging behaviour, autism, epilepsy, and other disabilities. 

- Hold or willingness to undertake your Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent

- Excellent communication and listening skills

- Ability to establish a rapport with people with learning disabilities and their family/carers

- Ability to encourage and support others to be independent 

- Excellent organisational and time management skills

- Able to work alone and use initiative

- Creativity and problem-solving skills.

- Awareness of and commitment to the ‘promoting independence’ and ‘person-centred’ ethos of the Service 

- Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)

- Awareness and understanding of Adult Safeguarding policies and procedures.

KCC offer some benefits and rewards from Cycle 2 Work Scheme to support groups within the company to help with a range of knowledge and expertise.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for candidates living outside of the UK for this role, therefore you must be a UK resident and have the appropriate right to work documentation. 

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Samantha New  Samantha.New@kent.gov.uk 

Telephone number: 03000414134

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.