Support Worker
| Posting date: | 03 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | HomeCareDirect Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ZR85 |
Summary
** Please Note - Our organisation can not provide work sponsorship, please do not apply for this vacancy if you require this to work in the UK **
We are looking for kind and caring personal assistants to join our clients care team. The hours available are 8am to 4pm every day and you should be flexible and willing to work across all days on a rolling rota, working alternate weekends.
Our client is a young man in his 20's with a brain injury and complex care needs. Our client needs structure, routine and support with everyday tasks to enable him to access the community and social activities.
The ideal support worker for this package will have a calm, patient and kind nature. You should be an excellent communicator with good verbal skills as our client does not have verbal speech and instead communicates through facial expressions, 'Eye Gaze' communication device and body language. You will need to be a driver with a full, UK driving licence and will be expected to drive our clients adapted vehicle to appointments and accompany him to participate in leisure activities.
Complex care and personal care is required in this role and it is essential that you have experience of these.
Training Provided Specific to this Client:
- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Tracheostomy Care / Suction
- Oral Suction
- Moving & Handling with Hoist
- Medication Care Needs - via PEG
- Gastrostomy
- Epilepsy / Learning Disability / Mental Health Awareness
You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. If you are 'already known to the client' and have care experience, this will be valued. Unless specified elsewhere, previous care experience is not essential.
Essential Requirements Identified for this Role:
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect)
- Driver with a full, UK driving licence
- Complex care experience
- 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
Contractual Benefits:
- 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.
We are looking for kind and caring personal assistants to join our clients care team. The hours available are 8am to 4pm every day and you should be flexible and willing to work across all days on a rolling rota, working alternate weekends.
Our client is a young man in his 20's with a brain injury and complex care needs. Our client needs structure, routine and support with everyday tasks to enable him to access the community and social activities.
The ideal support worker for this package will have a calm, patient and kind nature. You should be an excellent communicator with good verbal skills as our client does not have verbal speech and instead communicates through facial expressions, 'Eye Gaze' communication device and body language. You will need to be a driver with a full, UK driving licence and will be expected to drive our clients adapted vehicle to appointments and accompany him to participate in leisure activities.
Complex care and personal care is required in this role and it is essential that you have experience of these.
Training Provided Specific to this Client:
- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Tracheostomy Care / Suction
- Oral Suction
- Moving & Handling with Hoist
- Medication Care Needs - via PEG
- Gastrostomy
- Epilepsy / Learning Disability / Mental Health Awareness
You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. If you are 'already known to the client' and have care experience, this will be valued. Unless specified elsewhere, previous care experience is not essential.
Essential Requirements Identified for this Role:
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect)
- Driver with a full, UK driving licence
- Complex care experience
- 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
Contractual Benefits:
- 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.