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About Camphill Village Trust

Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. Now in our 72nd year, our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social care and nature-based therapy and skills integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.

We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) and farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.

We continue to support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges to live their best, independent lives. By applying our core values to modern social care, we ensure that our provision remains relevant to supported people and social care commissioners today.

Purpose

Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support?

With good practice guidance from the team leader, work as part of a team to enable the people we support to live their best quality of life, to remain safe and happy, leading a fulfilled life of meaningful opportunities.

Location & Travel

Community-based

This role will be based at our Delrow Community in Watford. Delrow can be difficult to access by public transport, so please check the journey using postcode WD25 8DJ before applying.

Duties & Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Using person-centred approaches, work as part of a team to promote the rights and choices of the people we support whilst maintaining their health, safety, dignity and privacy, thus enabling them to lead a meaningful life, whilst also empowering them to be as independent as possible.
• Work under the direction of the team leader to plan and provide support and care to promote well-being and development in accordance with person-centred support and care plans.
• Work co-productively on the support plan, recording and reviewing progress as directed so that the people we support can fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control.
• Encourage the people we support to: maintain a clean, tidy, and welcoming living environment/ use appropriate laundry equipment so they have clean, suitable clothing to wear/ plan, shop for and prepare healthy and wholesome meals/ maintain health and well-being by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments/ look after and understand their finances and access benefits/ understand and maintain their tenancy and access services from their landlord/ maintain an active and supportive social life, considering individual choices and wishes.
• Where the appropriate registration is in place, assist with or arrange for personal care where required (for example bathing and hair washing). Please note that this may involve supporting people to the toilet, to manage incontinence, to bathe and shower etc and enable people to manage all of this, with regard for their dignity and privacy.
• Administer, record, order, check and count medication.
• Undertake related paperwork including support plans, daily updates, person profiles, risk assessments, incident reporting, behaviour reports and notes/updates on health appointments.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the department.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A basic understanding of English and Maths in relation to writing daily notes and supporting with finances.

Knowledge & Experience

• Be proactive and forward thinking.
• Be empathic, kind, caring and a good listener.
• Willing to learn new skills and ways of working to enable the people we support to live their best life.

Personal Attributes

• Be able to put the people we support at the centre of everything they do whilst at work.
• Be adaptable to the changing needs of the people we support as well as changing legislation, policies and procedures.
• Have a kind, empathic and approachable personality.
• A good sense of humour that can adapt to the humour of the people we support.
• Hard working, honest, trustworthy, reliable and transparent.

Key Competencies

• Promote every individual's quality of life and encourage the use of various communication methods used by the people we support.
• Work as a team to ensure that the people we support remain safe, happy and healthy at all times, following support plans, risk assessments, task analysis, SMART targets.
• Be a good problem solver and have a practical approach to being part of a shift.
• Work as part of a positive team but also as an individual who can lone work.
• Support newer staff in a professional way and offer advice and support on code of conduct and good practices.
• Be able to remain calm in stressful situations and respond appropriately to any challenges or situations that may occur.
• Understand the limitations of the role and when to seek support from more experienced staff and those in a more senior position.

The position will consist of day shifts, evening shifts, weekend shifts and sleep-ins, on a rota basis.

Key Employment Terms

• Salary: £26,052 per annum.
• Location: Delrow Community in Watford.
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
• Holiday entitlement: 25 days annual leave statutory plus bank holidays.
• 45p per mile for all work journeys is provided.
• Sick pay entitlement after 1 month.
• Standard auto-enrolment pension scheme, with the option to contribute 10% of gross salary for a 6% contribution by the employer.
• Employee assistance scheme that is also available to your immediate family.
• Death in Service benefits: payments made to your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen.
• Once you join us, you'll be eligible to benefit from "Charity Discounts" where you can enjoy reductions from lots of differing retailers and service providers.
• The appointment is subject to a 6-month probation period.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.

Pay: £26,052.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• Are you a driver?
• We are situated at WD25 8DJ. Taking into account early starts and late finishes, please check your commute and confirm how you will be travelling to work if you are not a car driver.
• Please provide your postcode.
• Please provide details of your UK right to work.

1. Do you hold a visa?
2. If so, what type of visa do you hold?
3. What is the expiry date?
(Failure to provide an answer will result in your application being rejected without further consideration.)

Work Location: In person