Support / Personal Assistant – (female) Newmarket, Suffolk
Support / Personal Assistant – (female) Newmarket, Suffolk
Job Reference: CW011
Female Support Worker As this role involves personal care, it is open to female applicants only (in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010).
Location: Newmarket, Suffolk. (Please note we are not able to offer relocation packages, accommodation, or sponsorship).
Job Type: Part time vacancies on a small friendly team for support workers for permanent contracted full-time hours
Hours and Shifts Available: Shifts are 24-hours, 08.00 – 08.00 (sleep-in from Midnight to 08.00).
About Us:
Ben Holden Limited is a Case Management company, commissioned to provide supervision and management to staff who are employed by the person they work for. When you join a team working with Ben Holden Ltd, you will receive excellent support from a specialist Case Manager and Registered Manager, access to exceptional training to develop your professional knowledge and expertise, and the benefit of forming a meaningful relationship with the person you will be working with, to make a real difference to their life.
Job Summary
Miss H is seeking to increase her current team to support her busy and active life. The post is within a small friendly team who provide support over 24 hours a day. Miss H is friendly, sociable and welcoming. She directs her own support, makes her own decisions, and enjoys being spontaneous.
The role will be based in the community and also in Miss H’s adapted home which she shares with her much beloved dog.
Activities include supporting Miss H to access a range of activities using her fully adapted vehicle. She enjoys visits to the cinema, theatre, watching live music, eating out, visiting, and hosting friends, and maintaining her very well-kept home. The role will also include supporting Miss H to care for her small and very friendly dog and involves walking him on lead, feeding, grooming and also playing his favourite games.
Miss H is very skilled in her electric wheelchair and requires support with transfers, personal care, and domestic tasks.
* £11.44 per hour weekdays
* £9.50 an hour for sleep-in shifts (23.00-08.00)
* Double pay for Bank Holidays worked
* Full induction
* On-going training and professional support and supervision
* Access to the Ben Holden Ltd employee assistance programme
* Access to the Ben Holden Ltd staff discount scheme
Key roles and responsibilities
* Applicants must hold a full clean driving licence, and be happy with a small friendly dog in the home
* Providing companionship and a light-hearted friendly approach
* All personal care including washing, dressing, skin, teeth, nail, and hair care according to Miss H’s wishes.
* Assisting with transfers using stand aid equipment – all training will be provided.
* Encouragement and assistance with therapy regimes such as physio and hydrotherapy.
* Accompanying on weekends away and holidays, although this is not essential.
* Accompanying to medical or other appointments is requested to do so.
* Assisting independence with medication administration as required.
* Protection in all areas as a vulnerable adult.
Qualifications and Skills
* Full clean driving licence and confidence to drive a larger wheelchair accessible vehicle.
* Willingness to learn and/or already possess some experience and knowledge of cerebral palsy and working with adults.
* The client has a positive attitude to life and likes to get out and about in her local community and wider afield. She likes staff to be able to have fun with her and laugh with her but also respect her need for private time.
* Experience of lone working in the community and in clients’ own homes is an advantage but not essential.
* Use of safe manual handling practice with people with disabilities or willingness to learn.
* Resourceful, reliable, and organised personality with excellent time keeping.
To apply for this post, please read the job description, and complete an application form using job reference number CW010.
If you have any questions, call Sonia on 0777 190 6712 at Ben Holden Ltd.
BHL is committed to the protection of individuals from avoidable harm and abuse. All successful applicants will undergo an Enhanced DBS (with barred list) checks (at the expense of Miss H). This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, and it is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for this role. We will require a full job history and evidence of your conduct at work (for roles involved in working with vulnerable groups).
#J-18808-Ljbffr