Post available: 2 Support Workers required to cover the hours below. – equivalent to 46.75 hours per week. Female Only GOQ applies.
Hours: Week 1 Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 8pm
Week 2 Monday, Thursday and Friday from 9am to 8pm
Week 3 Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 8pm
Week 4 Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 9am to 8pm
Salary: £13.52p/h weekdays, £13.52p/h weekends, £10.42p/h sleep in shift, double time on bank holidays
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 his/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.
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 conscientious, 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/or learn new skills.
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.