Job Introduction
Are you passionate and enthusiastic about making a difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities, come and join our team of casual Support facilitators.
Our service covers the south of the county and support adults with learning disabilities who reside at Horninglow Bungalows Supported Living and Hawthorn House Residential care home. We pride ourselves on providing person-centred support and on enabling the individuals we support to thrive.
Candidates need to have a can do attitude and be flexible and available to work shifts at short notice as and when needed including morning/evening and weekends to cover leave and sickness
Main Responsibility
In this role, as a Casual Support Facilitator you will provide excellent person-centred support in an innovative, flexible, and responsive strengths-based manner to maintain overall health and wellbeing, being ambitious and empowering in promoting and maximising independence, including positive risk taking.
The Ideal Candidate
Experience for the role is not necessary, more importantly we are looking for the candidate who we believe is the right fit for the role.
We are looking for candidates with;
- A caring, empathic nature.
- Experience of working in a team.
- Effective communication skills
- A willingness to take on new challenges and learning opportunities
- A desire to help others to achieve
Does this sound like you, if so please apply.
Interviews will be held week commencing 13 July.
If you require any other information about this post please contact Anne-Marie Earp on 07815 82706
The role is regulated by CQC and it is a requirement of the role that we obtain full employment history from leaving secondary school. Please note should you be invite for interview this information will be required.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
