Post available: Full Time female Support Worker – 34 hours per week, including six sleep-in duties over the four week rolling rota. Female (Female Only GOQ applies)
Overtime is available when staff take annual leave and sickness, plus additional hours offered if client is going on holiday
Hours: an indication of the four-week rolling rota is; Week 2 (Wednesday 8.30am to 9.30am on the Thursday, and Saturday 4pm to Sunday 9.30am); Week 3 (Wednesday 4pm to 4.30pm Thursday, and Friday 4pm to 10.30am Saturday); Week 4, (Wednesday 4pm to 4.30pm Thursday, and Sunday 8.30am to 10.30am Monday).
Salary: £13 p/h weekdays, £14 p/h weekends, £11.44 p/h sleep in shift, double time on bank holidays
Essential Qualifications/Experience
• You must be able to read information contained in reports, and also present information clearly and accurately when communicating with the team via emails and reports.
• You must have the ability to work on your own unsupervised, or as part of a team
• You must have a full UK driving licence and be a confident driver of manual/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 prepared to provide personal care
Desirable experience
• To have a knowledge or level of understanding around Brain Injury
• To have experience of working in a community setting or people’s own homes.
Desirable Skills and Aptitudes
1) You should have a non – judgmental approach with the ability to see things from other peoples’ perspectives, and be respectful of their lifestyle choices.
2) A calm communication style with clear pronunciation when speaking.
3) An understanding of the ‘enabling approach’ and the ability to judge when direction needs to be offered to the client.
4) A sense of humour is vital, along with an understanding of appropriate boundaries, with a mature, confident, and professional approach.
5) To be able to integrate an understanding of brain injury - displaying empathy but with a non-patronising approach.
6) The ability to follow the support plan, the case manager/team leader and guidance, and to accept feedback.
7) To display an understanding that the workplace is also the client’s home.
8) Have flexibility and a willingness to step in and help the client and family when the situation demands it.
9) Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a variety of people involved with the client.
10) To be self motivated and able to work unsupervised with the client
11) Be Conscientiousness, have good timekeeping and good record keeping, using paper documentation and/or a laptop.
12) Ability to identify and manage potential risks, to safeguard the client.
13) The ability to use initiative and adapt to different situations and learn new skills.
Pay and Conditions
• You will be employed by the client via their Deputy.
• You will be line managed by the Team Leader on a day-to-day basis and overall by the Case Manager on behalf of the Deputy.
• The contract allows for 5.6 weeks paid leave and 2 weeks (paid) sick leave.
• You will receive initial and on-going training, plus regular supervision from the Team leader and Case Manager.