Team Leader/senior Support Worker

5 months ago

Blyth, United Kingdom Social Care Recuiting Full time

**We are looking for a Senior Support Worker or Team Leader to provide support for a mature lady with a brain injury in their own home and out in the community, and oversee her current care team.**

**Location**:20**-**30 mins drive from Blyth,nearAlnwick

**Job Type**:Permanent / Full-Time

**Pay**:

- £14 p/h
- £76 sleep ins
- Double time on Bank Holidays

**Hours**:

- Up to 32 hours per week plus 16 hrs sleep in (2x 8 hr sleep ins). Shifts are 24hrs long and include a sleep in.
- You will also have several hours of paid admin time which you may do from home during the month

You will be expected to work with a mature woman with a brain injury, supporting them within their own home and in the local community.

There will also be personal care and domestic duties within the service user's house along with accompanying them into the community, you would act as a driver for the service user (driving the service user's car).

All necessary training will be provided for the role along with supervision and support.

**What you'll get up to**:

- Working with a service user with disability at home and in the local community
- Helping the service user participate in recreational and leisure activities
- Providing personal care
- Providing nutritional meals for the service user as directed by therapist
- You'll act as a driver for the service user as necessary
- You'll accompany the service user in the community
- You'll accompany the service user on holidays and weekends away when required
- You'll carry out domestic duties in the service user's house as appropriate
- You'll work alongside the service user's therapists and assist with agreed rehabilitation strategies and techniques

**Requirements**:

- We are looking for someone that is caring, kind, compassionate, considerate
- Experience caring for someone in their own home
- Non smoker with good mental & physical stamina
- Must have a full and valid UK driving license and confident to drive the service user's car
- Physical capability to move and handle the service user
- Confident working with 2 dogs in the family home
- At least 3 years experience is required in health and social care

**Preferences**:

- Experience of working with a person with a brain injury
- Experience of working with service users in their own homes
- Interest in arts and crafts

**Details**:

- Permanent contract with a 6 month probationary period
- You will be employed by the service user but managed by the Case Manager
- You will receive initial training and induction and regular supervision with the Case Manager
- 5.6 weeks paid leave. Two weeks leave (i.e., a half of your annual leave entitlement) must be taken when the service user is on holiday.
- You'll attend a 5-day accredited training programme - Supporting an Individual with an Acquired Brain Injury
- At Social Care Recruiting, we a committed to SAFE hiring practices, this means every employer we work with is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and Adults at Risk. Each employer will undertake an enhanced criminal record check where appropriate, you will be required to declare any criminal convictions, even if they are spent._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £14.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Application question(s):

- Have you previously been dismissed from a role in health and social care? (YES/NO)
- Will you be able to provide references for all of your previous care roles? (if not why not?)
- Have you been a team leader before in care? Briefly describe your previously held role and who you cared for (ideally relevant to Brain Injury / caring for someone within their home)?
- Where do you currently live? (we cannot reveal the client's address but can provide you with the drive time )
- Are you okay with 24 hours shifts? Are you okay working around two lovely dogs in a family home?

**Experience**:

- caring for someone in their own home: 1 year (required)
- working with someone with a brain injury: 1 year (required)
- professional care (working for a care provider in the UK): 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- right to work full time in the UK without sponsorship (required)
- Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle (required)

Work Location: In person

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