Post available: Part Time Support Worker – equivalent to 16.5 hours per week. Female Only GOQ applies.
Hours: Every Friday from 9am to 8pm and 2 Sundays out of 4 from 9am to 8pm
Salary: £13.52p/h weekdays, £13.52p/h weekends, £8.54p/h sleep in shift, double time on bank holidays
About the role
This role is to join an established team supporting a woman in her late 50s to live as independently as possible in her own home, and in the community.
You would be working with our client in her own home - a pet-free bungalow on a quiet cul-de-sac - within a team, but predominantly on a 1:1 basis.
Our client has an acquired Brian injury and some mobility issues. She has a great sense of humour, is strong willed and knows what she likes. She certainly likes to be out and about and enjoys many different activities. For example, she attends headway, and swimming, and enjoys the theatre. She is currently focusing on losing weight too and does daily exercises with her support staff to help achieve this.
She also like to visit clothes shops, going for a coffee, and for walks. And further afield she enjoys holidays in Cleethorpes.
Some personal care is required with this role – like assisting our client to toilet, helping her get dressed and so on. Plus, you would need to perform domestic duties like cooking and cleaning.
Additionally, you would need to drive our client’s vehicle when required, and having your own car is important for getting to and from our client’s home for your shifts. You need to be able to drive both automatic and manual vehicles, mainly for short local drives, but also for longer drives during holidays periods.
Job Specifications/Description
1) To work with our client, a woman who has a brain injury, in her own home and in the community.
2) To enable her to participate in recreational and leisure activities, both at home and in the community.
3) To work alongside her with some household tasks, like ironing, meal preparation cooking, and cleaning.
4) To carry out light domestic duties in her house as appropriate, such as vacuuming, washing, and ironing.
5) To act as a driver, using her vehicle mainly locally, and further afield if needed e.g. to Cleethorpes
6) To provide daytime and evening and overnight support (when required)
7) To have availability enough to offer occasional cover for staff holidays and sickness – which may include weekdays and weekends.
8) To aid and support the client as directed by the Case Manager/Team Leader.
9) To follow an agreed approach, and use strategies documented in the support plan, working in collaboration with the client’s family, case manager, team leader and any other professionals when required.
10) To undertake training and supervision as agreed by the Case Manager.
11) To ensure client confidentiality in all matters relating to the client.
12) To provide assistance and support as directed by the Case Manager/Team Leader, and to be responsible to the client via the Case Manager/Team Leader.
13) Any other appropriate and reasonable task in relation to the employment as agreed with the client and Case Manager.
14) To provide daily ongoing support/prompts to assist the client to undertake personal care and domestic activities.
15) To accompany the client on weekends away, and holidays when required.
Applicant Personal Specifications
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.
• You must be able to cook.
• You must be a confident swimmer.
• You must be resilient as some periods of work can be quite challenging.
• If you do have your Care Certificate you will be prepared to undertake the training to achieve this prior to starting.
• You must be flexible and able to pick up additional shifts to cover annual leave and sickness.
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.
Pay and Conditions
• You will be employed by the client via their Trustee.
• 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 Trustee.
• The contract allows for 5.6 weeks paid leave and two weeks (paid) sick leave after you have completed your probationary period.
• You will receive initial and on-going training, plus regular supervision from the Team leader and Case Manager.
This job is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check; and that to apply for this role you must have the right to work in the UK, as we are not offering sponsorship to achieve this.