Female Support Worker

Female Support Worker (Internally known as an Enablement Assistant) Location: Highcliffe, Dorset Hours Per Week: Full time days and waking night shifts available Hourly Rate: £13.00 Driver required with Full UK Drivers Licence (Mileage paid to support in Poole & Ringwood until Lucy moves to her forever home) Whilst PBS4 holds a sponsorship license, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship to any new applicants to PBS4. We wish you all the best with your job search and future career. About the role Lucy is a 21-year-old female with a Learning disability, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Oromotor dyspraxia, Epilepsy and a blood disorder (for which full training will be offered). She currently lives in the family home in Sandbanks, Dorset and is planning to move into her forever home next year. Lucy loves the outdoors especially going for long walks, cycling in The New Forest and going on boat trips. She also enjoys visiting gardens and theme parks. On occasions Lucy does say she doesn’t want to participate, when really she does, and therefore she will need team members to provide gentle support and encouragement to get on board and attend. Lucy really enjoys Swimming and is looking for Team members that are confident in the water and used to being physically active. She also loves listening to her favourite music. Initially support will be taking her to, and spending time with her at her specialist school. Once she moves the support ratio will be 1:1 in the home and 2:1 in the community. Lucy will support her own independence cleaning and completing daily tasks with her Team members in fun and positive manner and actually enjoys these tasks at times. Lucy can get frustrated or upset sometimes when anxious, which may result in behaviours that people may find challenging. She will need patient team members that are confident, warm and kind in personality. Lucy will require support with all aspects of personal care, whilst building her independence, and needs team members who are respectful of her dignity. Why work for us? Be listened to and have your direct experience and expertise valued Have support from an experienced management and clinical team Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support Have training opportunities that enhance your career development Benefits include: 29 days annual leave (pro rata), rising to 30 days annual leave (pro rata) as of the 1st April, following your 1-year anniversary with PBS4., in-house paid induction training, followed by 12 weeks blended e-learning, coaching, and mentoring. Additional training opportunities following probation, DBS check payment, Legal & General company pension, employee recognition scheme, earned wage access, and access to various other benefits through our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme. Refer a friend and receive £300.00 for every successful person you refer. About PBS4 PBS4 is a values led social care organisation, providing Neurodisability Services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism and/or behaviours that may challenge. We support people living in their own homes, with their own tenancies, and we utilise Positive Behaviour Support as the framework for the support we provide. We are a medium-sized organisation supporting people across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, and Oxfordshire and with a workforce of around 350 employees. The people we support overcome huge challenges every day to achieve exciting things. Some may be big, some may be smaller, but we are committed to celebrating all of these We are committed to leading by example in how 21st Century clinical support for people with learning disabilities should look. We aim to raise the bar of Positive Behaviour Support in social care Be the change People with learning disabilities should have the same right to an ordinary life as anyone else. They need support from people like you to help them achieve this. If you are passionate about helping people to achieve the life they deserve and thrive of seeing others succeed, then a career with PBS4 is the career for you. We value experience in supporting others, but we warmly welcome people without experience who share our values. We want to create new ways of working, led by passion and drive for doing what is right, and promote innovation from our teams. Join us on our mission to disrupt social care “Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010” Role Type Pay Rate 12.99 GBP – 13 GBP (Hour) Company Overview PBS4 provides support to enable people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour to have independent lives and to live in their own home. Our approach is underpinned by Positive Behaviour Support. Positive Behaviour Support is an approach mostly used to support people with learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge others. The goal is to shift the focus away from reducing challenging behaviour to understanding what that behaviour means and supporting people to get what they need better. #J-18808-Ljbffr