Full Time Female PA/Support Worker – 36.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, plus an additional 1 x weekend shift per month to be agreed, and the occasional sleep-in duty. (Female Only GOQ applies). Note that job sharing may be possible, subject to discussion
• To work with our client, a young woman who has a brain injury, within her family home and in the community.
• To enable her to participate in therapy programmes, recreational and leisure activities, both at home and in the community.
• To work alongside her with household tasks such as shopping and cooking as set out by the team leader.
• To carry out light domestic duties in the home, such as vacuuming, washing, and ironing.
• To act as a driver, using the client’s vehicle.
• To provide set daytime and evening support within a structured package.
• Flexibility is required for the occasional overnight support plus 1 x weekend shift per month.
• Flexibility to offer occasional cover for staff holidays and sickness.
• To provide daily ongoing support/prompts to assist the client to undertake personal care and domestic and leisure activities.
• To follow an agreed approach by use of strategies documented in the support plan.
• Working in collaboration with the client’s family, team leader and any other professionals when required.
• To undertake all required training.
• To attend regular supervisions.
• To ensure client confidentiality in all matters relating to the client.
• To be responsible to the client via client’s mum and team leader.
• To accompany the client on weekends away and holidays in the UK and abroad when required.
• Any other appropriate and reasonable task in relation to the employment as agreed with the client, client’s mum, team leader and case manager.
Essential Qualifications/Experience
• You must have a full UK driving licence for manual and automatic vehicles.
• You must be prepared to have business class insurance on your own vehicle if you have the use of one for work.
• You must be able to read information contained in reports and documentation.
• You must be able to present information clearly and accurately when communicating with the team via emails and shift reports.
• You must have the ability to work on your own unsupervised, or as part of a team.
• You must be prepared to provide personal care.
Desirable Qualifications/Experience
• To have knowledge of, or a level of understanding around Brain Injury/Cerebral Palsy.
• To have experience of working in a community setting and people’s own homes.
• To hold a qualification in care such as the Care Certificate.
Desirable Skills and Aptitudes
• You should have a non – judgmental approach with the ability to see things from other peoples’ perspectives and be respectful of their lifestyle choices.
• To display an understanding that the workplace is also the client’s family home.
• Have a calm communication style with the client.
• Use of clear pronunciation when speaking.
• An understanding of the ‘enabling approach’ and the ability to assess when direction needs to be offered to the client.
• A sense of humour.
• Understanding of appropriate boundaries.
• Mature, confident, and professional approach to providing support.
• Be able to display empathy but with a non-patronising approach.
• The ability to accept guidance and feedback from the team leader and family.
• Have a willingness to step in and support the client and family when the situation demands it.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with all people involved.
• To be self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
• Be Conscientiousness.
• Good timekeeping.
• Ability to identify and manage potential risks, to safeguard the client.
• The ability to use initiative and adapt to different situations and/or learn new skills.
Pay and Conditions
• You will be employed by the client via local authority.
• You will be managed in general by the clients’ mum.
• You will be line managed by the team leader on a day-to-day basis.
• You will be given supervision/appraisals by the case manager on behalf of the financial Deputy.
• The contract allows for 5.6 weeks paid leave a year.
• You will receive initial and on-going training.