Bank Support Worker
6 months ago
**Post Title**:
Care Worker/Personal Assistant
**Job Reference**:
MOW/DEH
**Hours**:
Regular bank hours (with the look to increasing to contracted hours following training)
**Pay**:
£12.00 weekday £12.50 weekend
**Place of Work**:
WF4
**Reporting Structure**:
You will be employed by Minton Morrill Solicitors and managed by Resurgence Case Management
**Special Conditions of Service**:
Full Clean Driving Licence
**Introduction**:
Care and support is required for a 18-year-old boy with Cerebral Palsy.
We are looking for someone to provide support to a delightful teenage boy with complex needs. The hours would be a split shift around his school day: 6.30am-8.30am and 3.30pm-7pm Monday to Friday and alternative weekend shifts. During school holidays you will be asked to cover some daytime shifts to enable activities and day trips out that the client enjoys.
The support worker will assist with administering medications, PEG feeding, personal care, moving and handling and sensory activities. At the weekend and during school holidays the support worker will assist with community visits, day trips out and therapeutic activities.
He lives with his loving supportive family in a property adapted very well to meet his needs in the WF4 area Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Included Benefits:
Full training will be provided with the opportunity to obtain a qualification in health and social care if not already achieved
To be treated with respect and be part of a positive team
To be involved in a satisfying role where you can make a real difference to the client’s quality of life
Annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks pro rata
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, backed by previous care experience (preferred), however full training will be given to those with the right approach and attitude.
The post requires that you work independently to a very great extent at times and closely with the family and others. The post therefore requires that you work and conduct yourself in a manner that is acceptable to the employer. Reliability, initiative, integrity and complete trustworthiness are essential attributes in this post.
Our Client is a teenager who has Cerebral Palsy, He attends a local specialist school during term time. He needs complete assistance with all of his activities of daily living. He has epilepsy and takes fluids, nutrients and medication by gastrostomy. He has a purposely adapted vehicle to enable his PA’s to take him out in the community_._
**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:
- Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the workplace.
- Promote effective communication and relationships.
- Contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse.
- Enable client to maintain their personal hygiene and appearance.
- Enable client to participate in recreation and leisure activities that he enjoys.
- To establish and maintain a trusting, therapeutic, working relationship
- To be responsible for the client’s personal welfare
- To provide personal care for the client, this will include personal hygiene
- To supervise activities in line with the care plan guidelines
- To contribute to all household duties including cleaning, dusting, washing and ironing clothes
- To travel to hospitals or elsewhere for therapeutic care
- To travel for social or other activities
- To liaise with other agencies
- To complete daily records as advised including; time sheets, care plan summary and critical incidents, petty cash and any other documentation in place.
- Attend review meetings with the employer and other persons as nominated by the employer
- To attend training sessions as arranged
**Job Type**: Zero hours contract
**Salary**: £6.70-£15.03 per hour
Expected hours: 12.00 - 12.50 per week
**Benefits**:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
**Experience**:
- Support Worker: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
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