About The Role

SENIOR LIFE PRACTITIONER

Due to continued organisational growth and development opportunities for our current staff, we are recruiting for a Senior Life Practitioner to join our well-established team.

What will you be doing:

• Lead by example, behave and communicate appropriately at all times.
• Positively contribute to the personal development of our young people with both practical and emotional support.
• Participate in a wide range of exciting activities within the home and wider community
• Use knowledge and experience to contribute positively to care planning and participate supportively in reviews as requested
• Maintain accurate, clear and concise record keeping.
• Take ownership for developing and strengthening links with families, friends and relevant significant others.
• Work in partnership with the Night Team Leader to ensure streamlined service delivery and consistent communication throughout the site.
• Proactively participate in supporting the staff team carrying out regular supervisions as requested.
• Attend and contribute positively to regular staff meetings and hand-over meetings, ensuring all relevant information is disseminated appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Contribute positively to the training and development of the staff team to include own personal development / highlighting any training needs.

About You

What experience and qualifications do you need:

• Diploma Level 3 in Young People’s Workforce (or equivalent)
• Demonstrable experience supporting individuals with a learning disability, autism and associated complex needs
• Excellent written and oral communication skills to include computer literacy

What will you get in return:

• Genuine career development opportunities with transparent pay grades (find out more here – Kisimul | Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)
• Fully funded qualifications – Diploma Level 2 or 3 in Health & Social Care
• Blue Light card – which give you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
• Refer a friend – Earn upto £500 through our refer a friend scheme
• WageStream – a financial wellbeing app, allowing you early access to some of your wages for those unforeseen expenses
• Help@hand – a well being app which gives you access to unlimited GP appointments, confidentiality 24/7 mental health support and physiotherapy sessions
• Life Assurance
• Flexible working patterns

About Kisimul Group

What is it like to work at Kisimul? Click here to hear our teams talking about life at Kisimul: https://youtu.be/pP-sFmzkR88

Find out more about Meaningful Life Model: https://youtu.be/XWo2VXzeGIg

Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.

Kisimul is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Kisimul is committed to valuing diversity and promoting equality for all

All applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS Check. Kisimul Group Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.

About The Role

About the position:
Reporting into the Registered Manager, the Senior Residential Support Worker is responsible for advocating and providing person centred care and supporting our staff team to perform their wide range of duties appropriately and effectively, ensuring they can deliver the best possible care and support to our residents.

About You

What do we need from you:

• Creativity / curiosity/ enthusiasm
• NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care
• Passion for delivering quality care and supporting a therapeutically led approach
• Compassionate approach
• Ambition to support meaningful outcomes for people
• Show resilience and work creatively if something does not work the first time, being open to developing your understanding
• Being reflective in your practice, giving consideration to ‘why’ and ‘how’ to improve outcomes for people
• Commitment to building longer term, positive and trusting relationships

  What you can expect from us:

• A bespoke training package in the delivery of therapeutically informed care and education, this will include training from our highly skilled therapeutic teams
• Ongoing continued professional development through clear pathways for progression
• To be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team, with opportunities to learn from your colleagues, working together to enhance young people’s lives.
• Support from Service Development Practitioners who provide in service training, coaching and mentoring.
• Opportunity to work in a specialist environment, with access to great facilities such an onsite pool, gym and playground.

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