Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom Home Care Direct Full time
Job Description


We are recruiting a mature, confident and bubbly lady for our client who lives in the Portslade, Brighton area.  Our client lives with her family and relies on her care team to keep her safe and to live as normal life as possible.

Living with physical and learning disabilities, she is unable to communicate her needs so you will need to be an excellent communicator and have an awareness of using sensory techniques to communicate and be willing to continue learning whilst in the role.  You should also be able to act on your own initiative, have previous care experience and be able to drive.

You will support our client in her home and in the community when required. Personal care is required in this role.

The shift pattern will be for 32hrs a week and you will work the following:

Tuesdays:             8am to 8pm
Wednesdays:        6hrs, flexible hours
Saturdays:            8am to 8pm (alternate weeks)
1 x overnight sleep-in: 11pm to 7am

You would also be expected to be flexible to cover annual leave.

Requirements

You will be expected to complete the following CQC standard training which is specific to this client:

  • Induction Training
  • Safeguarding Adults
  • First Aid
  • Personal Care
  • Moving and Handling with a Hoist
  • Medication Care Needs
  • Gastrostomy Care
  • Epilepsy Awareness
  • Learning Disability Awareness


Essential Requirements Identified for this Role:
  • This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female support workers only for this role
  • You must have previous care experience and an awareness of learning disabilities and epilepsy
  • You must have an awareness of using sensory skills as a means of communication
  • You must be a driver, with a full UK driving licence
  • An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect)
  • Prepared to commit to long term care for one client in a 'person-centred' way
  • Willing to be trained to CQC standards to meet the client's needs
  • Respect Company policies and procedures
  • Be reliable / non-judgemental / caring / responsible / compassionate
  • Committed to confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and respect


Benefits

Contractual:

The current salary for this role is £13.33 per hour for hours worked between Monday to Sunday 7am - 11pm. All other hours are paid at minimum wage.Company pension scheme
Enhanced bank holiday payments
Annual Leave is paid at 5.6weeks (pro-rata) per annum, based on contracted hours

Support:
Full support and supervisions from your dedicated Regional Care Lead
Training and full support from your local HCD Community Nurse Assessor
Career pathway options
A personal development plan
24hr on-call support

Employee Benefits:
A Blue Light discount card
Long service awards
Free wellbeing options and EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) provided by Spectrum Life

This vacancy is for a personal assistant to join our client’s support package to support them in their own home. We will be your legal employer on behalf of the client and you will not be asked to support other clients.  All of our contracts are for permanent positions with a 6 month probationary period.

HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and industry-leading specialist in the personalisation of care at home. Registered with the Care Quality Commission, HomeCareDirect provides a person-centred approach, keeping clients safe at home, supporting with recruitment, employment and training for their staff to the highest standards, meeting legal and regulatory requirements.

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve.  We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Requirements
Female Only Driver with UK driving licence Care Experience Awareness of LD and Epilepsy Awareness of sensory skills as a way of communicating

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