About The Role 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, Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate), Regular clinical supervision/review meetings, On-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. About You It would be great to receive your application, if you have the following skills/behaviours: Essential Female due to providing personal care. Must be able to work with specialist equipment (training will be provided). A Handling Management Plan is available and is designed to reduce the risk of handling injuries, but you may be required to bend, kneel, squat, push or pull. Experience/understanding of physical disability. Confident about working in client's own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of the parents. Happy to learn new things in accordance with the client's program - hoisting, feeding, personal care routine etc. Training will be given. Aptitude and desire to work with young people with complex needs. Flexible and able to use own initiative. Patient and tolerant. Proactive, encouraging approach. Responsible attitude. Good sense of humour. Cheerful, caring and positive attitude. Reliable, trustworthy and a good communicator. Confident with using I.T Water confident Basic understanding of the principles of rehabilitation Proactive approach to developing an appropriate range of activities. Willing to participate in a variety of outdoor activities Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and to respect our client and their family's need for privacy. Flexible i.e. with start and finish times according to the needs of our client Excellent literacy and numeracy skills Ensure consistency of approach. Willing to travel Full driving license (endorsements to be disclosed) and able to drive the client's adapted vehicle. Non smoker Desirable Experience of working with young people with special needs (This is preferred but enthusiasm, patience and willingness to learn is desirable). Experience of and qualifications in caring for young people with severe disabilities Experience of carrying out therapy programmes. Previous experience of using specialist equipment with disabled people Experience of writing risk assessments and care plans. Basic knowledge of therapies, such as hydrotherapy. Previous experience of hoisting and use of specialist equipment with disabled people. Experience of carrying out physiotherapy and/or multi-sensory programmes. Experience of using eye gaze and other specialist IT technology for severely disabled people. NVQ level 3 or equivalent. 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. About Us ILS Case Management is the UK's leading independent nationwide Case Management company. When a person's life has been changed by injury, we address the practicalities. We work with children and adults who have had moderate or catastrophic, complex injuries. We assess individual needs and are able to provide a comprehensive Case Management and Rehabilitation Service designed to maximise independence. We are CQC registered and compliant with their standards. Our Case Managers work closely with our Clients, and we carry out all the recruitment processes on behalf of our Clients; and will support you, from your initial telephone interview right through to arranging employer interviews, trial shifts and placement. If you are successfully recruited, you will be employed directly by our client. However, ILS will manage your day to day employment, providing you with the support you need to carry out your role. Working as a Carer or Support Worker for an ILS client means that you will have a dedicated Case Manager to oversee your client's care needs. For more detailed information about working as a carer or support worker for ILS, please visit: https://www.indliv.co.uk/careers/work-as-a-carer-support-worker or twitter https://twitter.com/ILS_Recruitment Our Company Values We are Supportive. It matters to us that our clients and staff know that we care. We have Integrity. We can be trusted to work in a professional, honest and transparent way. We are Client Centred. We put our client's aspirations at the centre of everything we do. We are Quality Focussed. We set high standards and aim to exceed them. We are Positive. We find solutions and empower others.