Female Support Worker

Job Introduction
**Training**

We don’t expect you to know everything when you join Gray Healthcare We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training (company induction, systems, meds etc.) followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint-dominant approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. This could be PBS, epilepsy, ligature etc. and finally, you’ll complete shadow shifts.

Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.

**Hours**

We typically have 12-hour shifts but there can be flexibility around this dependant on needs and requests. We have the following contracts available:

- 08.00am-20.00pm Day Shifts
- Up to 42 hours per week or less
- 20.00pm-08.00am Waking Night Shifts
- Up to 42 hours per week or less
- Shift times can vary due to gentleman visiting family or holidays. This will be discussed in more detail at Pre-Screen.

**About you**
- We are looking for people who have worked in social care previously, ideally with autism experience.
- You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. **We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available.**

**Recruitment Process**
- Telephone interview with specialist recruiter to go through the role in more detail and find out more about you and why you have applied.
- TEAMS interview with Community Support Manager
- Compliance & Background checks including employment references, Right To Work checks and Enhanced DBS.

**What are the rewards?**
- Work-life balance
- Birthday Leave
- Long Service award
- Wellbeing at work
- Employee discount scheme
- Access to Gray Healthcare’s unique training program

Job Introduction
We are looking for **Female** **Support Workers in Bessacar, Doncaster **to support a young non-verbal gentleman in his own property.

The person we support has a diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia alongside a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder We provide 24 hour support for the young man working on a 1-1 basis.

You must have experience of providing support to a person with complex needs and behaviours that may be perceived as challenging within the UK and have experience of understanding and implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.

**Manual drivers are essential for this role**

Gray Healthcare are different to most care providers in that that **we are clinically informed**. That means that there is a team of clinicians including nurses, occupational therapists and Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) specialists involved in developing the care and approach for each person that we support. This provides more direction to the Support teams; it is an inclusive approach that is proven to work to improve the lives and outcomes of the people that we support.