Team Leader and Bank Support Workers
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £16.80 to £23.23 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Free DBS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | Charlton, South East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ILS Case Management |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | EF/1612 |
Summary
With regret, our client's do not offer sponsorship.
The Team Leader role would suit either a Nurse or a Support Worker with experience in complex care.
Various Support Worker hours available on Bank.
Location: Charlton, London SE7
Days & Hours:
Team Leader: Up to 30 hours per week. Term-time: Monday & Wednesday 2pm-8pm and 1x waking night 7.45pm-9am on a Thursday or a Friday and 4.75 hrs of Team Leader duties. School Holiday: Monday & Wednesday 8.45am-5pm and 1x waking night 7.45pm-9am on a Thursday or a Friday to include 4.75 hrs of Team Leader duties. *These hours may be subject to change in accordance with our clients needs
Bank Support Worker: covering shifts on a relief basis, typical shifts will be between 3pm and 9am with more hours available in the school holidays
Pay: Team Leader: £22.22-£23.23 per hour dependent on shift
Bank Support Worker: £16.80-£18.90 per hour dependent on shift (sleeping nights paid at £10p/h with an uplift for full or part hours awake and required to provide care)
Driver required? Desirable
Driving Clients Car? Not essential however drivers may be required to drive the Wheelchair Adapted Vehicle (WAV), automatic
Using Own Vehicle for work purposes? Not essential may be beneficial to attend training
Essential: Supporting children with complex needs. Confident with PEG feeding, suctioning, epilepsy, manual handling and administering medication.
Accommodation (while on duty): 5-bedroom family home with adaptations, carers’ suite with a bed, kitchenette and washing machine located on the top floor of the property.
Interviews Week Commencing: Interviews will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)
Our Client, born in 2013, lives at home with his mother and sees his father and grandmother at weekends. He enjoys watching TV, listening to music and spending time with family.
Our client has Cerebral Palsy affecting all 4 limbs and communication difficulties. He requires close monitoring of his epilepsy. He has a gastrostomy and requires suctioning at times to manage his secretions. Due to his complexity he requires observation monitoring. He is dependent on carers for all of his care needs, transfers and mobility and uses a wheelchair. He requires hoisting for all transfers which requires assistance of 2 carers.
You will be joining a small care team where you will be taking direction from the client's mother and Case Manager to ensure that our client receives all the care he needs. Our client requires full assistance with his daily routines and all of his personal care needs. Your role as a Support Worker will include a mixture of PEG feeding and suctioning, medication administration, supporting his mobility via hoisting and assisting with all of his therapies. This job will suit someone who is calm but very proactive and able to bring lots of enthusiasm to the role with a general role in promoting the Clients learning, care and independence in the home and community.
Team Leader duties will also include: rota management, appraisals, supervisions, medication checking and ordering.
This is wonderful opportunity to join a supportive family and care team where you can make a real difference to our client's life by maximising his opportunities, a truly rewarding role for someone who is able to communicate effectively and an ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth, and compassion.
Pay and Benefits:
Team Leader: £22.22-£23.23 per hour dependent on shift
Bank Support Worker: £16.80-£18.90 per hour dependent on shift (sleeping nights paid at £10p/h with an uplift for full or part hours awake and required to provide care)
On-going training & support provided
5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
Pension (subject to qualifying status)
Free DBS check.
In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:
Induction,
Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate),
Regular clinical supervision/review meetings,
On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department
Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Satisfactory references, including your last employer.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.
The Team Leader role would suit either a Nurse or a Support Worker with experience in complex care.
Various Support Worker hours available on Bank.
Location: Charlton, London SE7
Days & Hours:
Team Leader: Up to 30 hours per week. Term-time: Monday & Wednesday 2pm-8pm and 1x waking night 7.45pm-9am on a Thursday or a Friday and 4.75 hrs of Team Leader duties. School Holiday: Monday & Wednesday 8.45am-5pm and 1x waking night 7.45pm-9am on a Thursday or a Friday to include 4.75 hrs of Team Leader duties. *These hours may be subject to change in accordance with our clients needs
Bank Support Worker: covering shifts on a relief basis, typical shifts will be between 3pm and 9am with more hours available in the school holidays
Pay: Team Leader: £22.22-£23.23 per hour dependent on shift
Bank Support Worker: £16.80-£18.90 per hour dependent on shift (sleeping nights paid at £10p/h with an uplift for full or part hours awake and required to provide care)
Driver required? Desirable
Driving Clients Car? Not essential however drivers may be required to drive the Wheelchair Adapted Vehicle (WAV), automatic
Using Own Vehicle for work purposes? Not essential may be beneficial to attend training
Essential: Supporting children with complex needs. Confident with PEG feeding, suctioning, epilepsy, manual handling and administering medication.
Accommodation (while on duty): 5-bedroom family home with adaptations, carers’ suite with a bed, kitchenette and washing machine located on the top floor of the property.
Interviews Week Commencing: Interviews will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)
Our Client, born in 2013, lives at home with his mother and sees his father and grandmother at weekends. He enjoys watching TV, listening to music and spending time with family.
Our client has Cerebral Palsy affecting all 4 limbs and communication difficulties. He requires close monitoring of his epilepsy. He has a gastrostomy and requires suctioning at times to manage his secretions. Due to his complexity he requires observation monitoring. He is dependent on carers for all of his care needs, transfers and mobility and uses a wheelchair. He requires hoisting for all transfers which requires assistance of 2 carers.
You will be joining a small care team where you will be taking direction from the client's mother and Case Manager to ensure that our client receives all the care he needs. Our client requires full assistance with his daily routines and all of his personal care needs. Your role as a Support Worker will include a mixture of PEG feeding and suctioning, medication administration, supporting his mobility via hoisting and assisting with all of his therapies. This job will suit someone who is calm but very proactive and able to bring lots of enthusiasm to the role with a general role in promoting the Clients learning, care and independence in the home and community.
Team Leader duties will also include: rota management, appraisals, supervisions, medication checking and ordering.
This is wonderful opportunity to join a supportive family and care team where you can make a real difference to our client's life by maximising his opportunities, a truly rewarding role for someone who is able to communicate effectively and an ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth, and compassion.
Pay and Benefits:
Team Leader: £22.22-£23.23 per hour dependent on shift
Bank Support Worker: £16.80-£18.90 per hour dependent on shift (sleeping nights paid at £10p/h with an uplift for full or part hours awake and required to provide care)
On-going training & support provided
5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
Pension (subject to qualifying status)
Free DBS check.
In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:
Induction,
Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate),
Regular clinical supervision/review meetings,
On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department
Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Satisfactory references, including your last employer.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.