Support Worker

3 months ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Ben Holden LTD Full time

**Job Title**:Support Worker / Personal Assistant Care and Support Team

**Location**:Nr Nayland, Suffolk

**Salary**:£15.00 per hour for weekdays £16.50 per hour for weekends £136.00 per night shift weekdays (8pm to 8am) £142.00 per night shift weekends (8pm to 8am)

**Job Type**: Hours and shifts can be discussed during interview, up to 20 hours per week available. Shifts are currently 08.00 - 20.00 hrs, with double up staffing between 10.00 -16.00 hrs or 08.00 - 20.00 hrs and then a sleep-in overnight.

**ABOUT**:
We are currently assisting our client and her family to recruit new Support Workers to join her existing care team, working in her own home. The young lady is 21 years old and has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, is a full-time wheelchair user requiring help with all personal care and has mild learning difficulties. She presently works in a junior school, helping a day and half in their library. Her passion is looking after young children and she enjoys shopping, going out to the cinema, bowling and seeing friends in her spare time. She has a puppy which her staff help her to train and care for. The young lady enjoys going on holidays and breaks away both with and without her family, staff who have contracted hours should have the flexibility to support these. The young lady is supported by a team of therapists and has a case manager who coordinates her care and support needs. As part of her care team, you will be employed by the young lady (via her professional financial deputy), but managed and supervised by the case manager from Ben Holden Ltd.**

**The Role**:
The young lady has an existing directly recruited care team, who work alongside a team of agency staff. It is important that Support Workers work collaboratively with the agency staff, and her family, always acting in the best interests of the young lady. Care and support is provided 24 hours a day, with double up support during waking hours and a sleep-in night shift overnight. The team is managed by a Team Leader, supported by a Senior Support Worker. **Responsibilities of the Support Worker Post**:

- To provide assistance with all aspects of personal care, nutrition and hydration and medication needs;
- To provide emotional support;
- To work co-operatively with the family, agency, support workers, therapists and the case manager;
- To ensure that the young lady is at the centre of all decision making and her views and opinions are shared;
- To protect her from avoidable harm and abuse;
- To encourage the client's participation in social, recreational and leisure activities in the local community, including researching and planning these;
- To help the young lady train and care for her new puppy;
- To ensure that staff work in the best interests of the client at all times, and she is supported to participate in meaningful and fulfilling activities;
- To implement any therapeutic programmes designed by the professional team of therapists. This could include occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy;
- To advocate for the young lady and her well-being when it is appropriate to do so;
- To follow any company policies and procedures and ensure risk assessments are in place and adhered to at all times;
- To complete administrative and domestic duties as required during your working shift;
- To attend training as advised by the case manager;
- To attend regular supervision with the case manager or registered manager;
- To keep high quality written records as advised by the case manager. Ben Holden Ltd uses electronic care plans and an electronic medication management system; staff will need to be confident in the use of basic IT to manage these (full training provided).

**Pay and Other Benefits**:

- £15.00 per hour for weekday shifts
- £16.50 per hour for weekend shifts
- Double pay for any bank holidays
- 6 weeks annual leave per annum (pro-rata)
- 2 weeks employer sick pay
- Pay to attend supervision and training
- Mileage rates if using your own vehicle for business use
- Access to the Ben Holden Ltd employee wellness programme

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