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.
Hours: Monday: 8.00am - 4.30pm
Tuesday: 4.00pm - 10.00pm
Wednesday: 4.00pm – 10.00pm
Thursday: 4.00pm – 10.00pm
Friday: 8.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday or Sunday: 9.00am – 6.00pm
Occasional overnight shifts Friday or Saturday: 9am – 9am (24 hours)
Sleep-in hours: 10.00pm – 8.00am
Salary: £15.00 per hour weekdays, £16.50 per hour weekends, £12.44 per hour sleep in, and double time on bank holidays.
Closing date: 12th December 2024
Interview dates: TBC
Support Package details
· You will be joining an established team.
· Working within a team but on a 1:1 basis.
· Predominantly Monday to Friday but you should be expected to cover the occasional sleep in duty, weekend support and also going away on holidays.
Client personal details
Characteristics
· Female
· Age 30 years
· Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, learning difficulties.
· Sporty and has represented Yorkshire & Humberside at the Special Olympics.
· Quiet until knows a person.
· Great sense of humour.
· Can be sensitive to over stimulation and enjoys quiet time to offset busy lifestyle.
Hobbies/interests
· Plays Boccia at a national level and travels all over the country to compete.
· Trains twice a week for Boccia.
· Goes to the gym twice a week, following a physiotherapy exercise programme.
· Enjoys horse-riding at RDA once a week.
· Likes watching TV and playing on the Nintendo Wii.
· Undertakes various craft activities, and diamond art.
· Enjoys attending music concerts and being in the audience of TV programmes.
· Enjoys meeting up with friends and going on dates with her boyfriend.
· Goes to the cinema, bowling, and theme parks.
· Likes playing games (console and board).
· Enjoys swimming.
· Very sporty and likes to try new things such as darts, table tennis, pool/snooker.
Client home details
Environment
· Has a separate annex in the family home with her own living spaces and kitchen.
· Two cats and in the near future a small dog.
· Ample off road car parking.
· Large garden to enjoy in the summer.
What to expect
· All meals provided.
· No uniform required.
· Domestic duties to be carried out in rooms occupied by client only.
· Assisting the client with showering and getting dressed where needed.
· Promoting her independence where possible.
· Supporting with food shopping.
· Supporting with meal preparation.
· Supporting with planning and carrying out of all tasks and activities.
Car use
· Must be comfortable and confident to drive client’s vehicle, which is a large automatic MPV.
· Must be able to make own way to/from work.
· Use of your own vehicle for flexibility is preferable.
· Will be required to drive short distances on a day-to-day basis.
· Must be confident in driving long distances within the UK.
Job Description/Specifications
· 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.
Applicant Personal Specifications
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.
· Rates of pay: £14.95 p/h weekday hours, £16.70 p/h weekend hours, £12.44 p/h sleep in shift, and double time per hour on bank holidays.
What next?
If you would like to apply for this position, please complete the application form and
email it to us, or post it to Northern Lifetime, Po Box 5997, Sheffield, S5 5BZ.
Please note that we won’t accept emailed CVs alone for consideration; also, that 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.
For an informal discussion about this role please feel free to contact Northern Lifetime on 07542 333 234 quoting reference NLT/RB/South Yorkshire
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £15.00-£16.50 per hour
Expected hours: 36.5 per week
Physical Setting:
* Homecare
Shift:
* 10 hour shift
* Day shift
* Night shift
Work days:
* Every weekend
* Monday to Friday
Language:
* English (required)
Licence/Certification:
* Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 12/12/2024
Reference ID: NLT/RB/South Yorkshire
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