With regret, our client's do not offer sponsorship. This would be the perfect job for a student who is planning a career in health and/or social care or who has recently qualified, to get experience in the field and get paid whilst doing it Location: SO21, Hampshire (between Eastleigh and Winchester) Days & Hours: Weekend Support Worker: Saturday between the hours of 8am-10pm, a typical shift would equate to approximately 6-8 hours in length. Monday, 7am-10:30am for the school run. These hours can be covered by more than one person. School Holiday Support Worker. Weekdays in school holidays from 8am-6pm, Monday to Friday but hours can vary depending on activities. Hours can be covered by more than one person. Pay: £14.00 per hour, Weekdays, Days and £15.00 per hour, Weekends, Days. National Living Wage/National Minimum Wage per hour for Sleeping Nights when required. Driver required? Essential (will need own car to get to work). Driving Clients Car? Yes, our client's Wheelchair Adapted Vehicle (WAV), automatic. You must be confident to drive the client's accessible vehicle to apply for this role. Using Own Vehicle for work purposes? Essential to get to work, due to no public transport. Essential Experience: Complex manual handling, supporting a young person with physical disabilities. Good sense of humour. Desirable: Experience working with young people with expressive speech difficulties. Experience working with a variety of equipment. Pets: The family have a large dog who is very friendly. Accommodation (while on duty): Fully adapted family home, there is a separate Support Worker's annexe if overnight stays are required. Interviews Week Commencing: Interviews will happen on a rolling basis and may be held via video calling. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered. Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks) We are seeking 2 or 3 Support workers to support a lovely family who live near Marwell Zoo, between Winchester and Eastleigh. Lara is outgoing and bubbly and would like to get involved in a myriad of activities and experiences with her Support Workers. She is interested in Blogging, Vlogging and putting together videos. Lara enjoys general hair and beauty activities, going out and about, meeting and making friends and going out for meals. She would also like to do more baking and cooking in her newly adapted kitchen and is keen on Arts and Crafts. Lara has Cerebral Palsy and is wheelchair dependent in a manual chair so you will require experience for manual handling purposes. She is hoisted for transfers using a CTH (ceiling track hoist). Lara uses an eye gaze very efficiently to communicate and is able to access her environment using the eye gaze. The role will require fun loving but responsible people to work closely with our client Lara and family to enable her to have the best life experiences at the weekend and in the holidays when she is home from school where she boards during the week in term time. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join a team of Support Workers in enabling our client to live her best life. She has a great sense of humour from which no one escapes A truly rewarding role for someone who is able to communicate effectively and an ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth and compassion. Pay and Benefits: £14.00 per hour, Weekdays, Days and£15.00 per hour Weekends, Days.National Living Wage/National Minimum Wage per hour for Sleeping Nights when required. Ongoing training & support provided 5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata Pension (subject to qualifying status) Sick leave entitlement Free DBS check. In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered: Induction, R elevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate), Regular clinical supervision/review meetings, O n-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department Safeguarding ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our Clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our Clients employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require: Proof of eligibility to work in the UK; Satisfactory references, including your last employer; An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief. Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.