Health Care Assistant

**We are looking for a Care Assistant to provide support for a mature lady with a brain injury in their own home and out in the community.**

**Location**:Alnwick

**Job Type**:Permanent / Full-Time

**Pay**:

- £11.60 p/h Weekdays
- £12.80 p/h Weekends
- £76 sleep ins
- Double time on Bank Holidays

**Hours**:

- 16 hours per week plus one sleep in shift / 32 hours per week plus 2 sleep in shifts
- This includes evening, weekend, bank holiday shifts and sleep in duties.

This vacancy is only open to women and requires a proficient understanding and spoken capacity of the English language - GOR applies.

You will be expected to work with a mature woman with a brain injury, supporting them within their own home and in the local community.

There will also be personal care and domestic duties within the service user's house along with accompanying them into the community, you would act as a driver for the service user (driving the service user's car).

All necessary training will be provided for the role along with supervision and support.

**What you'll get up to**:

- Working with a service user with disability at home and in the local community
- Helping the service user participate in recreational and leisure activities
- Providing personal care
- Providing nutritional meals for the service user as directed by therapist
- You'll act as a driver for the service user as necessary
- You'll accompany the service user in the community
- You'll accompany the service user on holidays and weekends away when required
- You'll carry out domestic duties in the service user's house as appropriate
- You'll work alongside the service user's therapists and assist with agreed rehabilitation strategies and techniques

**Requirements**:

- We are looking for someone that is caring, kind, compassionate, considerate
- Experience caring for someone in their own home
- Non smoker with good mental & physical stamina
- Must have a full and valid UK driving license and confident to drive the service user's car
- Physical capability to move and handle the service user
- Confident working with 2 dogs in the family home
- At least 3 years experience is required in health and social care

**Preferences**:

- Experience of working with a person with a brain injury
- Experience of working with service users in their own homes
- Interest in arts and crafts

**Details**:

- Up to 32 hours per week plus 16 hrs sleep in. Shifts are 24hrs long and include a sleep in
- Permanent contract with a 6 month probationary period
- You will be employed by the service user but managed by the Case Manager
- You will receive initial training and induction and regular supervision with the Case Manager
- 5.6 weeks paid leave. Two weeks leave (i.e., a half of your annual leave entitlement) must be taken when the service user is on holiday.
- You'll attend a 5-day accredited training programme - Supporting an Individual with an Acquired Brain Injury
- At Social Care Recruiting, we a committed to SAFE hiring practices, this means every employer we work with is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and Adults at Risk. Each employer will undertake an enhanced criminal record check where appropriate, you will be required to declare any criminal convictions, even if they are spent._

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

**Salary**: £11.60-£12.80 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Sick pay

Application question(s):

- Have you previously been dismissed from a role in health and social care? (YES/NO)
- Briefly describe your previously held role in health and social care?
- How far away from Alnwick do you currently live?
- Are you okay working around dogs in a family home?
- Will you be able to provide references for all of your previous care roles? (if not why not?)

**Experience**:

- caring for someone in their own home: 1 year (preferred)
- working with someone with a brain injury: 1 year (preferred)
- professional care (working for a care provider in the UK): 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- right to work full time in the UK without sponsorship (required)
- Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle (required)

Work Location: In person