Female Support Worker
2 weeks ago
Female Support Worker
Location: Suffolk East Anglia
Hours: Variable/to be agreed
Pay: 14.85 per hour
About HomeCareDirect
HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and a leader in personalised home care. We are committed to delivering safe compassionate and personcentred care while supporting our staff with topquality training supervision and development opportunities.
Benefits of being a Personal Care Assistant
- Company pension scheme
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Ongoing support from a dedicated Regional Care Lead and Nurse
- 24/7 oncall support
- Career development opportunities and personal development plan
- Employee benefits including: a Blue Light discount card Long Service Awards PA of the Quarter Awards and wellbeing options including 24/7 confidential support provided by Spectrum Life
The role of this Personal Care Assistant
Our personal care assistants join our client s support team providing reliable essential care and support in their home. You will be employed by HomeCareDirect on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support them only. This role will be to cover variable hours to be agreed in advance on a 2 week rota. The rota is flexible and will be accommodated to suit all PA s however you should be available to work on any day of the week. The shifts will be to cover day and evenings only.
About the Client and Duties
Our client is a young lady is her 20 s who has Muscular Dystrophy. She lives at home with her family and has many interests including writing poetry and fanfiction. She enjoys watching films and listening to much and audio books.
It is desirable that candidates have previous care experience and you should be committed enthusiastic and be able to show sensitivity and consideration towards our client along with being respectful of her privacy at all times.
Requirements
Training and Support:
We provide comprehensive paid training to CQC standards covering:
- Full induction
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health & Safety / First Aid / Food Hygiene / Physiotherapy
- Moving & Handling with Hoist / Appliance Aid
- Ventilation / Cough Assist / Oral Suction / Nebuliser
- Epilepsy Awareness / Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Personal Care / Administration of Suppositories
- Gastrostomy Care / Medication Administer via PEG
Requirements:
- This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female workers only
- Drivers are not essential
- It is desirable that you have previous care experience however this is not essential as full training and shadowing will be provided
- The family have a cat so you should be happy to work around cats with no allergies
- Commitment to longterm personcentred care
- You must be reliable compassionate and committed to respecting confidentiality
Benefits
We do not provide sponsorship.
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted selected trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe effective and compassionate care.
Female only Care experience desirable
Education
Care experience desirable
Key SkillsNursing Home Experience,Developmental Disabilities Experience,Direct Support,Computer Operation,Caregiving,Case Management,Special Needs,Training & Development,Child Protective Services,Experience with Children,Word Processing,Addiction Counseling
Employment Type : Full Time
Vacancy: 1
Hourly Salary Salary: 14 - 14
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