Support Worker

**Support Worker, Burntwood, Staffordshire**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
22690

Pay Rate (ph)
£14.00-£16.00

Location
Burntwood, Staffordshire

Work Patterns
Full Time, Part Time, Nights,

Driver Required
No

**Job description**:
**Are you a nurturing and dedicated individual who thrives from supporting and working with adults?**

**Do you have a special place in your heart for enhancing the lives of the individuals you support?**

If you are an experienced Support Worker / Healthcare Assistant looking to expand your skills and knowledge into complex clinical care or if you already have complex care experience, this could be the perfect job role for you

We are looking for compassionate and committed Support Workers in Burntwood, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality two-to-one care for our service user, building positive relationships with them and their family while enabling them to live as independently as possible in his family home.

**Meet our service user**

Our service user is an energetic male in his early 30s who requires support on a 2:1 basis during the night in his fully adapted annex in Burntwood.

He has a very active lifestyle and is often on his feet all day, he enjoys singing, dancing and wants his care team to be able to join in with all his fun.

To express his feelings and indicate his wants and needs he uses various facial expressions and sounds. It is important that you can understand and interpret his communication to avoid him becoming distressed or frustrated.

You will be required to assist with social activities as well as meeting his care needs, this could include personal care, mobility assistance and regular monitoring to ensure he has restful sleep in a safe environment.

**It is essential that you have had previous experience in epilepsy and seizure management**

**Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.**

**Essential Experience Required**
- 3 months previous care experience
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Medication Administration
- Epilepsy and Seizure Management

**Desirable Experience**
- Autism Awareness
- Oxygen Administration

**We have the following shifts available;**
- Full Time / Part Time
- Nights 8pm-8am

**Take a look at our pay rates**

Weeknights: £14.00 per hour (£168 approx. per shift)

Saturday: £14.50 per hour (£174 approx. per shift)

Sunday: £14.50 per hour (£174 approx. per shift)

Bank Holiday: £16.00 per hour (£192 approx. per shift)

**This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service user, really making an impact on his day-to-day life.**

**Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and we advertise a high volume of vacancies on behalf of our clients.**

**Due to the nature of the vacancies we recruit for, our clients have the right to request whether they wish for female or male staff to work on their team.**

**These specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation.**

**Why work for Apollo Home Healthcare?**:
We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users.

We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this. In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:

- Flexible hours to suit
- Confirmed rotas
- Excellent rates of pay
- Holiday pay
- Full clinical training
- Opportunity to work with other service users in the area
- Ongoing professional training and development