Person Specification

Evidences aptitude and willingness to:

• Interpret philosophy into practise
• Teach and develop skills for living
• Advocate for people within the home and in the community
• Encourage people to speak for themselves
• Follow line management direction
• Promote self and others health and wellbeing
• Support others to budget and manage finances
• Be a positive role model/mentor to people always
• Have a flexible approach to the role
• Being proactive to the needs of the service
• Follow a person-led approach to support
• Show passion, commitment, enthusiasm, and drive



Vacancy Details

Open to both experienced, as well as those not yet experienced, health and social care assistants who demonstrate their potential to develop into specialised community based enabling support workers in the field of vulnerable adults with severe complex needs.

Always respecting the people, we serve, their families, friends and colleagues, the purpose of this role is for all Support Workers to continuously demonstrate sound:

• Safe, flexible, caring, guiding/ teaching and interpersonal skills
• Basic computer, good verbal, written, numerical and communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex issues working as one team with all those involved

Support staff will be appointed through a process to become a support team member to:

• Deliver ‘person-led’ care and support service to a wide range of vulnerable people and with complex needs using our ways of working consistently implementing the agreed enablement care and support plans to everyone even when no one is looking
• Create positive relationships and opportunities, guaranteeing each person receives personalised enabling support, working in partnership with others
• Ensure the assessed needs of the person supported are met by developing, their relationships, daily living skills and greater independence

A Support Worker is an ambassador of ubu. Providing bespoke ‘Person-Led’ daily living support. Being responsible for delivering, punctually and respectfully, what we have always promised. Always being required to:

• Work from planned rotas, including sleeping-in support shifts as required
• Provide, as a member of a team, 24-hour personal care and holistic enabling support
• Develop the daily living skills of the people we serve to gain greater personal independence
• Follow all support, policies, processes, and regulatory guidelines always
• Communicate effectively using the tools and reported process appropriately
• Keep individuals free from any form of harm or abuse protecting everyone’s safety
• Be self-disciplined in providing the agreed level of support always
• Attend and participate in; team meetings, required e-knowledge, local and central training
• Put learning into daily practise
• Be adaptable to meet the changing needs of the role
• Build relationships by working together, networking and integrating with the local community resources to engage the individual and their families
• Always demonstrate proactive and positive engagement, implementing our care and support enabling approach
• Consistently delivering each persons’ support and risk management plans, achieving agreed forecasted outcomes with all individuals.