Twilight Support Worker

The Meath Epilepsy Charity Recognising Ability

TWIGHLIGHT SUPPORT WORKER Salary: £13.80 per hour

Working Hours: 4 hours per night between the hours of 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Excellent benefits: Enhanced holiday & sick pay, free on-site parking, healthcare cash back scheme, free on-site gym, free meals on duty, excellent progression.

Job description: Looking for a fulfilling career with the opportunity for progression and development? Keep reading!

Please note that we can only consider female applicants for this role due to the needs of the service and it's residents.

Do you enjoy helping others? Are you naturally caring and have the desire to help others? If you answered yes, then we want to hear from you! The Meath Epilepsy Charity is looking for enthusiastic Twilight Support Workers to help care for our residents during the transition between the day staff and night staff.

We require a team player with excellent communication skills who want to deliver a high level of care and support, whilst maintaining safety standards at all times in line with company policies. Previous experience of care work desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided.

The Role: This role is based in Godalming, Surrey. As a Twilight Support Worker, you will deliver personcentred care and support to our residents, in line with their personal care plans during the transition between the day staff and night staff.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Twilight Support Worker, your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to;

• To positively contribute to the health & wellbeing of the people we support, including medication administration (training will be provided).
• To provide a safe environment, in line with safeguarding policies.
• To support the residents with community integration, including social events and hobbies.
• To assist with personal care and hygiene where required.
• To encourage and enhance the people we support’s independence to enable them to fulfil their life goals
• To support & encourage the residents to achieve maximum life skills to the best of their abilities.
• To attend 1:1 supervision meeting for personal development and continuous training with your line manager every six weeks.
• To follow as instructed any reasonable instruction given by your line manager, manager or senior manager as required.
• To record brief and accurate notes of resident daily routine / activities via in-house care system device (PCS).
• To become conversant with and implement Meath policies and procedures
• Any other reasonable tasks that may be required.

Inclusivity & Diversity: We recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality creativity, and identity to work. We encourage people from all backgrounds to be part of our charity in supporting our inspirational residents.

Our values are embedded into our culture here at The Meath, designed by our team, and how we live our every day:

We are COLLABORATIVE - We are trusting, We achieve more together, We communicate We CARE - We are person-centred, We are respectful, We are skilled & knowledgeable We are PROUD - We work as a team, We take pride in the people that we support, We take pride in our community

We are INCLUSIVE - Everyone is important, Everyone has a voice, Everyone is welcome We EMPOWER - We are creative, We are positive, We support individual development & achievement

What our staff say: One of our Support Workers commented “It’s an extremely rewarding job and you get to work with some amazing individuals. It is a job where you are always learning and developing, and this really keeps you motivated and focused”.

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