Residential Support Assistant

(Community Residential Service) – POSITION NOW CLOSED

Location:	Calderdale wide (main base at community home in Elland)
Hours:	37.5 hours per week, normally worked over 5 days in a 7 day period. This will be on a rota basis, on a 24 hour system with overnight and weekend working.
Salary:	Band 4 £17725 per annum
Contract:	Temporary post (12 months), permanent opportunity subject to funding
Responsible to:	Responsible to: Project Board Supervision: Project Manager Reports to: Project Board
Main Role:	• To organise and facilitate the day-to-day running of the therapeutic community in Calderdale. • To co-ordinate the residents’ tasks and activities and to provide assistance and support to sessional workers. • To work within the team responsible for the implementation, development, and evaluation of the core therapeutic programme to ensure that residents’ care plan targets are being met.
Principal Duties:	• Help develop a range of general tasks necessary for the smooth running of the house. • Supervise and monitor the daily work department activities of the residents, e.g. Maintenance, Laundry, etc. • Ensure that the residents comply with expectations regarding the general tidiness and cleanliness of the interior of the property. • Organise all resident appointments to doctors/dentists etc. and ensure that they are kept. • Act as liaison person between residents and recovery keyworkers regarding daily requests for telephone calls, visits to hospital, shopping, etc. • Act as front line contact regarding the implementation of the therapeutic programme and routines within the house structure. • Ensure that medicines and Dangerous Drugs Act records are kept up to date as required by law. • Ensure that resident licence agreement procedures are adhered to. • Liaise with other professional staff and agencies as appropriate • Undertake any other tasks in line with this post. • This post requires willingness to travel and to work unsociable hours including evenings and weekends.
Specific DANOS standards:	AA6 Promote choice, well being and the protection of all individuals AA2 Relate to, and interact with individuals AA3 Support individuals to access and use services and facilities AA4 Promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals AB1 Support individuals who are distressed AB2 Support individuals who are substance users AB3 Contribute to the prevention and management of abusive and aggressive behaviour AB4 Contribute to the protection of individuals from harm and abuse AB5 Assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance users AB8 Contribute to assessing and act upon risk of danger, harm and abuse AC1 Reflect on and develop your practice AC2 Make use of supervision AC3 Contribute to the development of the knowledge and practice of others AD1 Raise awareness about substances, their use and effects AD4 Develop and disseminate information and advice about substance use, health and social well-being AG1 Develop, implement and review care plans for individuals AG3 Assist in the transfer of individuals between agencies and services AH4 Support individuals to undertake and monitor their own health care AI2 Help individuals address their substance use through an action plan AI1 Counsel individuals about their substance use using recognised theoretical models AI3 Counsel groups of individuals about their substance use using recognised theoretical models AJ1 Help individuals address their offending behaviour AJ2 Enable individuals to change their offending behaviour BA3 Contribute to the development of organisational policy and practice BB1 Promote your organisation and its services to stakeholders BD3 Support the health and safety of yourself and individuals BE2 Receive, analyse, process, use and store information BE4 Supply information for management control BI5 Promote effective communication for and about individuals BI1 Develop productive working relationships BI6 Develop and sustain effective working relationships with staff in other agencies BI7 Participate in inter-disciplinary team working to support individuals
Notes:	This post is subject to a Criminal Records Bureau check at an enhanced level. Amendments: This description accurately reflects the present position; it may be amended and reviewed. Any change will be made following a proper period of consultation.