Family Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom UK Case Management Ltd Full time

Looking for an opportunity to make a positive impact on a wonderful family in North Anston? We're seeking a compassionate and energetic Family Support Worker to join our team.

In this role, you'll have the chance to help a woman with cerebral palsy live her best life in her own home and community. Your responsibilities will include assisting with daily tasks, like household chores and finding employment opportunities, as well as participating in fun family activities. Plus, with a valid driver's license (which is essential), you'll have the freedom to explore the area with the family you'll be supporting.

If you're excited to make a difference and uphold the utmost respect and dignity for your client, we'd love to hear from you

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To always promote the safety of the client and act in the client’s best interests
- Support the client with their work, getting to, from and around the workplace
- Support with errands to shops and other odd jobs
- Support with all activities of family living
- To undertake all mandatory and client specific training relevant to the role
- To act as an appropriate role model at all times
- Supporting with driving to work and other chosen social activities, as guided by the client
- To facilitate a supportive yet non-intrusive presence whilst working in the family home
- Have flexibility and a willingness to step in and help the client and family when the situation demands it
- Be conscientious, have good timekeeping and good record keeping
- To be competent using a laptop/computer
- To establish a positive working relationship with the client’s family
- To be responsible for the client via the Case Manager
- To participate in regular reviews and receive clinical supervision as arranged by the Case Manager
- To liaise closely with the Case Manager and other professionals
- To accompany the client on holidays and weekends away if required
- To ensure client confidentiality in record keeping and discussions concerning the client
- Comply with requirements/ regulations pertaining to health and safety at work
- Carry out any other appropriate and reasonable duties required to ensure the client’s physical, emotional and psychological needs are met, as agreed with the Case Manager, client, family or rehabilitation team

**Essential Criteria**:

- Experience of working with children to help facilitate fun and engaging leisure activities for our client and their child (e.g. drive them to a swimming session).
- Ability to work the shifts required; weekdays, weekends, bank holidays and sleep-in shifts
- Punctuality and good timekeeping
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal
- Awareness of risk, ability to identify areas of risk and present ideas of how to reduce that risk
- A full driving license is essential as the role requires you to drive the client’s automatic vehicle
- To have a knowledge or level of understanding around Brain Injury/Cerebral Palsy
- An understanding of the ‘enabling approach’ and the ability to judge when direction needs to be offered to the client
- The ability to follow the support plan, the Case Manager and guidance, and to accept feedback
- To display an understanding that the workplace is also the client’s home
- Have flexibility and a willingness to step in and help the client and family when the situation demands in

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

**Salary**: From £11.00 per hour

**Experience**:

- Support Work: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 08/09/2023
Reference ID: JW/EW

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