Job Description

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: Community based Supported Living Services

Working Pattern: Hours are organised according to a rota system covering 06:00 to 05:59 from Monday to Sunday.

Hourly rate: 13.85

Benefits: Staff referral bonus scheme

6 weeks holiday entitlement inclusive of 8 bank holidays

Additional Birthday leave

Long Service Annual Leave benefit

Funded NVQ opportunities, with financial recognition for completion

Paid travel time and mileage

About us:

The Apuldram Centre is a local and independent Charity, dedicated to empowering adults with learning disabilities to lead fulfilling and independent lives. Located in the heart of West Sussex, The Apuldram Centre provides a variety of services and activities including Supported Living, meaningful day opportunities, and community engagement. Our team works passionately to create a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can develop their skills, build confidence, and achieve their personal goals.

Job Purpose

To undertake House Co-ordinator responsibilities, which may involve working across one or more supported living properties, ensuring effective communication between staff, tenants, and families within each household, and maintaining consistency and continuity of support across different settings.

To act as a Support Worker, providing assistance with personal care / support and other daily tasks to customers with a learning disability within their homes.

To work in partnership with customers maximising independence, encouraging choice, participation and motivation adhering at all times to the values of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

House Co-ordinator

To liaise regularly with the Cluster Team Leader in regard to the day to day running of the household, informing Team Leader of any amendments needed on rota or extra support needs.

To ensure weekly checklists are completed, reviewed, and acted upon

To provide regular liaison between keyworkers, tenants and families for the coordination of holidays or activities, maintaining diaries and communication sharing.

To oversee the payments of household bills, in consultation with tenants, financial appointees, FAS team, keyworkers and Finance Manager.

To coordinate household repairs and maintenance with housing landlords, staff and tenants.

To undertake periodic peer reviews of tenant and shared financial record books, documenting observations and following up any discrepancies.

To ensure there is effective administration and communication of individual tenant or household social activities.

To maintain communication boards, chore rotas and other planning within the household, and in an accessible communication format.

To collect and return monthly support diary notes and MAR charts

Regularly review the rota to identify staffing needs and support the Team Leader to determine appropriate cover, enabling continuity of service.

Act as a nominated on-call individual on a rota basis, responding to colleagues raising an urgent matter outside of normal working hours in line with the On-Call Policy and Procedures.

Supporting People

To undertake personal support and daily living tasks as agreed with the customer, their family and professionals involved with the individual support plan.

To provide customers with opportunities to express their preferences as to the way that support tasks are carried out.

To contribute to effective communication with customers, their relatives, friends and other members of staff, ensuring the continuity of quality and safety in the provision of support services.

To communicate regularly with the Team Leader and Care & Support Manager, in particular regarding changes to the customer's condition or circumstances.

To encourage customers to maintain maximum independence, taking into account their physical and emotional condition and to stimulate their participation in the running of the service.

To complete all documentation, including daily check lists, support diaries, MAR chart (where applicable) and timesheets.

To support customers to maximise their independence and access local facilities and opportunities including recreational, educational, social and leisure.

To encourage customers to develop domestic skills and to support them in food preparation, encouraging healthy choices. Pay particular attention to routine tasks such as attention to care of clothing, personal hygiene and the co-ordination of dates and practical arrangements around customer's visits to relatives and access to leisure activities.

To help customers with mobility problems and other physical disabilities and to assist in the use of support aids and personal equipment.

Other

To champion technology within the service to enable tenants to participate in digital technology, and to use the organisations digital systems.

To comply with all health and safety policies and procedures.

To participate in supervision, staff meetings and training activities as required.

To be responsible for maintaining and improving own knowledge and skills through experience and training.

To undertake additional responsibilities as requested by management following the successful completion of specific training and personal skills development.

To attend meetings as requested by Team Leader or Manager

To undertake any other reasonable duties requested.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 13.85 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: In person