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Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership – Learning Disability Services
Senior Care and Support Worker
Location –City Wide (Various locations)
Location –City Wide (Various locations)
Salary: £28,854 – £34,057 (pro rata for part time)Enhanced payments are applicable for UnsocialHours (evening and weekends) Disruption and standby.
Hours: 36 per week (shift-based contracts which may include evening and weekendsworking. Sleepovers may be available service dependent)
Hours: 36 per week (shift-based contracts which may include evening and weekendsworking. Sleepovers may be available service dependent)
The successful candidates will also be required to participate in the Oncall out of hours Rota as part of a planned rota system.
Leave entitlement- 27 days annual leave plus 6 public holidays increasing to 35 days plus 6 public holidays after 10 years’ service.
We are looking for experienced staff to join our Supervisory team of Senior Care and Support Workers. Our Senior Care and Support workers engage in direct care delivery whilst also supporting frontline colleagues to develop their knowledge and skills.
Senior Care & Support Workers must have an HNC Care & SVQ3 or working towards it or a professional qualification to meet the requirements of SSSC registration.
The City of Edinburgh Council has 3 city-wide service which supports individuals with Learning Disabilities These are our Housing Support & Care at Home, Day service and Breakthrough Support Services. These are provided from building based hubs and have working buildings based across the city with buildings at Craighall (Ferry Road), Castlecrags (Niddrie Mains) & Firrhill (Colinton Road). These buildings provide the space for the administrative role undertaken as a Senior Care and Support Workers when undertaking admin tasks, team meetings, 1-1 supervision and training/learning & development.
We provide support services for adults with a diagnosis of Learning disability from the age of 16 with no reaching upper age limit who may have varying support needs. This includes people with complex care needs, autism spectrum disorder, mental health needs, behaviour that may challenge, forensic/ offending behaviour, or a combination of these.
We as services are committed to using a Positive Behavioural Support model, which we are currently developing /implementing using the PBS framework with our partners in Health.
The role of the Senior Care and Support Worker is varied. You will lead and manage a team of Care and Support Workers to promote individualised and person-centred support to Service Users within their own homes or within day support or breakthrough services enabling and supporting individuals to meet their physical, social, emotional and well-being needs.
Requirements
You will be expected to develop and maintain a strong focus on partnership working with professionals and key stakeholders in developing robust support plans including Positive Behavioural Support, community engagement and future planning. Support-Works, Castlecrags and Firrhill services work in partnership with NHS Lothian working closely with the (FAST) Team – Forensic Assessment, Support & Treatment Team, (SPBS) Team – Specialist Positive Behaviour Support Team and (CLDN) Team – Community Learning Disability Nursing Team You will work closely with our heath partners and attend multi-disciplinary team meetings, producing comprehensive individual support plans and risk management plans which identify appropriate support strategies and management of risk for those we support.
We are committed to and invest in continuous professional development for our colleagues and all appropriate training for the post will be provided. We will support staff to attain the required qualifications to meet registration with SSSC for the role they are employed for.
If you are not registered with the SSSC when taking up this post, you have six months from the date of your employment to do so.
1. What is complex care?
The City of Edinburgh Council considers adults with a learning disability to be ‘complex’ if: they present chronic or episodic challenging behaviours, are workforce intensive, require intervention from two or more agencies, could pose a risk to themselves and/or others, and have specific needs for which there is no sustainable “ordinary” community support system available.
The City of Edinburgh Council considers adults with a learning disability to be ‘complex’ if: they present chronic or episodic challenging behaviours, are workforce intensive, require intervention from two or more agencies, could pose a risk to themselves and/or others, and have specific needs for which there is no sustainable “ordinary” community support system available.
2. What is Autism? Autism is a lifelong developmental condition which can affect people with or without Learning Disabilities. It can affect individuals in four key areas;
• Social Interaction
• Social Communication
• Social Imagination
• Sensory processing/integration
• Social Interaction
• Social Communication
• Social Imagination
• Sensory processing/integration
Responsibilities
3. What is Challenging Behaviour?
This may also be described as “Behaviours of concern” or “Behaviour which challenges” or “distressed behaviours”.
These types of behaviours are exhibited by individuals as a means of communicating an unmet need.
The term “challenging behaviour” has been used to refer to the “difficult” or “problem” behaviours which may be shown by children or adults with a learning disability. Such behaviours include;
• aggression (e.g., hitting, kicking, biting),
• destruction (e.g., ripping clothes, breaking windows, throwing objects),
• self-injury (e.g., head banging, self-biting, skin picking),
• other “undesired” behaviours (e.g. running away, eating inedible objects, swearing etc). Characteristically, challenging behaviour puts the safety of the person or others at increased risk or has a significant impact on the person’s or other people’s quality of life.
This may also be described as “Behaviours of concern” or “Behaviour which challenges” or “distressed behaviours”.
These types of behaviours are exhibited by individuals as a means of communicating an unmet need.
The term “challenging behaviour” has been used to refer to the “difficult” or “problem” behaviours which may be shown by children or adults with a learning disability. Such behaviours include;
• aggression (e.g., hitting, kicking, biting),
• destruction (e.g., ripping clothes, breaking windows, throwing objects),
• self-injury (e.g., head banging, self-biting, skin picking),
• other “undesired” behaviours (e.g. running away, eating inedible objects, swearing etc). Characteristically, challenging behaviour puts the safety of the person or others at increased risk or has a significant impact on the person’s or other people’s quality of life.
4. What is Positive Behaviour Support?
The overall aim of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is to improve the quality of a person’s life and that of the people around them. Key principles of PBS
Behaviour that challenges always happens for a reason and may be the person’s only way of communicating an unmet need. PBS helps us understand the reason for the behaviour so we can better meet people’s needs, enhance their quality of life and reduce the likelihood that the behaviour will happen.
The overall aim of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is to improve the quality of a person’s life and that of the people around them. Key principles of PBS
Behaviour that challenges always happens for a reason and may be the person’s only way of communicating an unmet need. PBS helps us understand the reason for the behaviour so we can better meet people’s needs, enhance their quality of life and reduce the likelihood that the behaviour will happen.
5. What training and development is provided?
All staff are provided with a blended learning mode of learning with a mix of face to face and e-learning covering the essential induction program with a full e-learning portfolio to promote your own personal development and skills.
In addition to this we provide inhouse/ further education training to staff on Positive
Behaviour Support/ Forensics support, with both in house training and external accredited training.
All staff are provided with a blended learning mode of learning with a mix of face to face and e-learning covering the essential induction program with a full e-learning portfolio to promote your own personal development and skills.
In addition to this we provide inhouse/ further education training to staff on Positive
Behaviour Support/ Forensics support, with both in house training and external accredited training.
6. What staff support is provided?
All of the services have regular team meetings, and regular supervision. During induction staff should receive an increased level of supervision.
We have clear stress management, incident management, and debriefing processes, to
support staff through difficult and challenging experiences. We also have in-house workplace wellbeing activities run by and for our own staff. This is in addition to City of Edinburgh Councils Workforce wellbeing initiatives and Employee Assistance Programme.
All of the services have regular team meetings, and regular supervision. During induction staff should receive an increased level of supervision.
We have clear stress management, incident management, and debriefing processes, to
support staff through difficult and challenging experiences. We also have in-house workplace wellbeing activities run by and for our own staff. This is in addition to City of Edinburgh Councils Workforce wellbeing initiatives and Employee Assistance Programme.
The Individual
Whilst work within these services can sometimes be demanding, there is no better feeling than when things go well, and you know that your contribution has made a significant improvement the life and wellbeing of a service user and those around them!
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
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