A career where you can make a real difference
Current opportunities at Diagrama
Do you have farming or livestock experience and wish to share your knowledge with adults with learning disabilities? We need you!
Permanent Role - 40 hours a week - based at Duckyls Farm near East Grinstead
See more about Community Services at Duckyls Farm here: http://www.diagramacommunity.org.uk
To provide safe and professional person centred care and support to service users to ensure they are supported and guided to develop independent skills, especially in the field of Animal Care; promote positive relationships; and aid their emotional, social, behavioral, physical and intellectual growth.
Oversee the care of Livestock, including providing routine health care, development of suitable breeding programmes and the completion of relevant documentation to ensure compliance.
The role may also include delivering activities around basic life skills, farm maintenance and gardening so experience in these areas would be beneficial, or the willingness to learn.
Responsibilities
To provide a safe and secure environment for the care and support of service users, ensuring compliance with all policies and procedures in place to meet our statutory and contractual requirements
Plan, Create and produce activities to occupy and develop service users to ensure that they gain skills and education in line with their identified needs.
Conduct service users strength-based assessments and ensure regular review of care and support plans.
Complete, maintain and supply documentation to ensure relevant information is accurately recorded- in line with company procedures, and compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
Build and create positive relationships based on mutual trust and respect with service users to ensure that they develop and grow in line with their identified needs.
Communicate and act to promote teamwork and ensure high standards of service delivery in accordance with the best interests of the service user.
Ensure own and, when appropriate, other’s actions reduce risks to health and safety in compliance with statutory legislation and company policy.
Define structures and boundaries for service users to ensure their welfare; ensuring they understand behaviour expected.
To assist in creating opportunities, within and outside the service for the service users to learn and develop from.
Undertake any other duties as required from time to time by the Contract.
Essential
Good standard of education / Full Driving Licence / Skilled communicator / IT skills
QCF Level 3 Diploma or willing to work towards achieving this
Desirable
Previous experience within a similar environment
Relevant qualifications
Closing Date: 28 November
Please send CV and covering letter to hr@diagrama.org.uk
Potential earnings of £23,575 per annum including sleep-ins based on qualifications.
Supported Living
Our supported living service throughout Bromley supports 37 adults with a range of complex needs and learning disabilities.
Situated in various properties across the borough, our dedicated and skilled team provides professional and personalised care of the highest standard, where the needs of each individual lie at the heart of everything we do.
Cabrini House
Cabrini House is a home for 23 adults with a range of complex needs and learning disabilities.
Situated in a private cul-de-sac in Orpington, our dedicated and skilled team at Cabrini House provides professional and personalised care of the highest standard, where the needs of each individual lie at the heart of everything we do.
You will provide essential care and support to all our service users, in a role which is pivotal to helping our service users become as independent as possible.
You will be a consistent and caring role model who is professional and non judgmental, encouraging individual independence and community integration.
You will lead by example to help service users fully participate in all day-to-day activities - including meal times and household tasks.
If you're interested in the above position please download the application form and once complete send to hr@diagrama.org.uk
*At Diagrama we are actively encouraging all our employees to be fully vaccinated.
Home-based role, £415 per child per week expenses payment, plus paid respite cover
Short-term, long-term and respite opportunities available.
Diagrama Fostering is urgently seeking new foster carers. There are around 70,000 children in care in the UK at the moment and we need to find new carers to help meet current demand for placements. For further information on our service and how to become a foster carer please visit our dedicated Diagrama Fostering website.
Person-centred approach
The needs of the vulnerable people we support are central to everything we do.
Solution-focused
We're solution-focused and think outside of the box to advance best practice.
One team
We have a strong, united working culture where everyone's voice is welcome.
We urgently need care workers
Would you like a rewarding career providing the best possible care for vulnerable elderly people who have a variety of health and social needs?
If you have a passion for providing outstanding person-centred care for residents withn ursing, and dementia needs we’d love to hear from you. We are looking for first-class committed carers to support our residents to live their life to the full in our warm and friendly home in the heart of Clacton. If you enjoy working in a busy team and are a creative problem solver with good communication skills and an abundance of empathy, you could be the exceptional individual we are looking for.
"I only ever felt like a care worker before I joined Diagrama. Now I feel like I make a real difference to people's lives every single day. I feel appreciated - like a valued part of a professional team where we all want to achieve the best outcome for the people we care for."
What is it really like to work at Diagrama?
'It's exciting - every day is different'
'I love the freedom we have to develop new ideas and practice. There's a lot of encouragement to be part of shaping the organisation'
'For me working for the charity Diagrama at Cabrini House is very rewarding and I would highly recommend that if you want to be part of a team that help to transform the lives of those, we support every day'
Take a look at what it's like working at Edensor Care Centre, Diagrama's home for elderly with nursing and dementia needs in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Our Values
- Person-centred approach: Our decision-making is focused on the needs of the individuals that we work with
- Innovation: We're solution-focused and think outside of the box to overcome challenges. We work collaboratively and resourcefully to advance best practice.
- Collaboration: We believe we are better together. We work collaboratively with our service users, our own teams and with external experts and organisations to ensure the best outcomes are achieved.