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Support Worker/s (4955)
| Posting date: | 16 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £14.79 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 September 2024 |
| Location: | Monks Eleigh, Ipswich |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Suffolk Independent Living |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4955 |
Summary
Support Worker/s in Monks Eleigh
66 hours per 4 week cycle - £14.79ph
Suitable for 1 or more Workers
Job reference 4955
Must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role, sponsorship not available.
About me!
I am a 32-year-old young man (but I have a mental age of a toddler). I’m very happy and love my life but I need people to help me enjoy it!
I live in the village of Monks Eleigh (near Bildeston and Lavenham). Living with me in my home are my Mum and Dad, Stan the dog and some fish in the pond.
I am looking to employ one or more support workers to join my team of very special employees who help with my care. The reason I need more help is that I now need 2 – 1 care.
I am a very happy person who enjoys life. I get on easily with people and love them to talk to me about where I have been or the things I am going to do. I need to have your whole attention because there is so much to talk about and do; I can’t talk – but I can communicate in my own ways. I love to go out and about for walks in my wheelchair in the village and rides on my mobility bike which you drive for me. Stan, my Cockapoo likes to come for walks too. He is very friendly.
Trains, stations, buses, cafes, supermarkets and shops, parks and outdoor places, Felixstowe and churches are all a big part of my every day life. I have a train set in the garden which I watch in summer. I was brilliant at rolling hoops and throwing a ball into my goal before I had a stroke but I need help to do that now.
Our house was adapted so that I can live downstairs. I have a big room to myself and I love to spend time there with my things. My bed is in there too. I also have a bathroom with a whirlpool bath which I love and a very useful changing bed that goes up and down.
I enjoy listening to all kinds of music. I have music in my room, in the bathroom and in the car. These days I really enjoy hymns, piano, organ, and brass bands but I enjoy lots of other stuff too.
I have some sensory lights in my room and I love playing in there with my trains, on my piano or drums, or throwing balls or reading stories.
I like to lay in the bath for an hour or to have a foot spa. I have a fire in my room and I like to sit with it on and watch videos on You Tube or looking at photos on my IPad – if I can cuddle up to someone that makes it perfect. Hugs and cuddles are very important to me.
On Sundays I can’t wait to go to church with my Nan and sing lots of songs. If I can’t go with Nan I go with mum and dad. My Nan is very important to me and I look forward to seeing her on Wednesday and Sunday for dinner.
You would need to help me a lot to get about. I had a really bad seizure and then a stroke recently and it has left me very weak on the left side. I can’t stand or walk without a lot of support any more and I can’t use my left arm. I get tired very quickly these days. I need to use my wheelchair all the time now. I can’t do anything like washing and dressing etc. and I like to be fed liquidized food.
I have a Motability WAV and my Carer’s can all drive it so I can get out and about. I don’t know what I’d do without it.
On 4 days a week I go to The Bungalow in Bury St Edmunds….I love it. My Carer drops me off at 10.00am and then I get collected at 5.00pm. While I’m there I do painting and sticking, cooking, plant seeds and grow food to eat, sing, play music, read stories, rest in the sensory room and have picnics in the garden. I am very happy there.
I’m great fun – life is so exciting!
Duties and Responsibilities
What I really need is a Carer who will help me and my other Carer (2 – 1) for an hour at a time, to get up and ready in the morning and bathed and washed in the evening. Also, on alternate weekend for 6 hours on a Saturday and 5 on a Sunday to work with my other Carer to take me out and about
Personal Care – can be messy
Washing and dressing and bathing etc
Support at mealtimes – I need to be helped most of the time
Driving me in my Motability car
Help me access stimulating activities at home
Help me access my local community and beyond
Take me out and about and beyond
Sometimes accompany me with Mum or Dad to appointments
Learn to communicate with me
Sometimes you may need to make my meals
I like to walk Stan (my dog)– you may like to help me do this
Give me fluids and medicines via my Peg tube
Be ready to help me if I have a seizure
Additional Information
I live in a “non-smoking” house
I have a dog and fish
I am epileptic
I have a Peg
You will need to do Buccal Medazolam and Peg tube training
A background in Learning Difficulties is an advantage but not essential. More important is a passion for caring
Essential
- Caring
- Car driver with clean licence
- Have initiative
- Patience
- Chatty
- Have energy
- Imagination
- Understanding
- Punctuality
Preferred
-Gentle
- Confident
- Flexibility
- Times and days
We currently need to cover 66 hours during a 4-week cycle, breaking down as follows:
Mon – Fri 8.30 – 9.30 and 19.30 – 20.30
Alternate weeks:
Sat 8.30 – 9.30 and 13.30 – 19.30
Sun 8.30 – 9.30 and 13.30 – 18.30
We are in a rural village. It may be possible to help with transport costs
There may also be additional hours available to cover for others in the team.
Flexibility is important within the team. You may from time to time be offered additional hours to provide holiday or sickness cover for others in the team. This post is open to job share.
The main purpose of this job is to help me escape from mum and dad and have some independence. You will help me to get out and do the things I enjoy and help me with all my personal needs.
The rate of pay for this position is £14.79 an hour and £22.18 on Bank Holidays.
The post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and references. There is a 3-month probationary period.
How to apply
You can complete an application form online here: https://www.suffolkindependentliving.org.uk/application-form-1 please ensure you quote the reference 4955
Or, if you wish to have an application form emailed or posted to you, please contact Suffolk Independent Living on 01473 603876 or send us a message
66 hours per 4 week cycle - £14.79ph
Suitable for 1 or more Workers
Job reference 4955
Must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role, sponsorship not available.
About me!
I am a 32-year-old young man (but I have a mental age of a toddler). I’m very happy and love my life but I need people to help me enjoy it!
I live in the village of Monks Eleigh (near Bildeston and Lavenham). Living with me in my home are my Mum and Dad, Stan the dog and some fish in the pond.
I am looking to employ one or more support workers to join my team of very special employees who help with my care. The reason I need more help is that I now need 2 – 1 care.
I am a very happy person who enjoys life. I get on easily with people and love them to talk to me about where I have been or the things I am going to do. I need to have your whole attention because there is so much to talk about and do; I can’t talk – but I can communicate in my own ways. I love to go out and about for walks in my wheelchair in the village and rides on my mobility bike which you drive for me. Stan, my Cockapoo likes to come for walks too. He is very friendly.
Trains, stations, buses, cafes, supermarkets and shops, parks and outdoor places, Felixstowe and churches are all a big part of my every day life. I have a train set in the garden which I watch in summer. I was brilliant at rolling hoops and throwing a ball into my goal before I had a stroke but I need help to do that now.
Our house was adapted so that I can live downstairs. I have a big room to myself and I love to spend time there with my things. My bed is in there too. I also have a bathroom with a whirlpool bath which I love and a very useful changing bed that goes up and down.
I enjoy listening to all kinds of music. I have music in my room, in the bathroom and in the car. These days I really enjoy hymns, piano, organ, and brass bands but I enjoy lots of other stuff too.
I have some sensory lights in my room and I love playing in there with my trains, on my piano or drums, or throwing balls or reading stories.
I like to lay in the bath for an hour or to have a foot spa. I have a fire in my room and I like to sit with it on and watch videos on You Tube or looking at photos on my IPad – if I can cuddle up to someone that makes it perfect. Hugs and cuddles are very important to me.
On Sundays I can’t wait to go to church with my Nan and sing lots of songs. If I can’t go with Nan I go with mum and dad. My Nan is very important to me and I look forward to seeing her on Wednesday and Sunday for dinner.
You would need to help me a lot to get about. I had a really bad seizure and then a stroke recently and it has left me very weak on the left side. I can’t stand or walk without a lot of support any more and I can’t use my left arm. I get tired very quickly these days. I need to use my wheelchair all the time now. I can’t do anything like washing and dressing etc. and I like to be fed liquidized food.
I have a Motability WAV and my Carer’s can all drive it so I can get out and about. I don’t know what I’d do without it.
On 4 days a week I go to The Bungalow in Bury St Edmunds….I love it. My Carer drops me off at 10.00am and then I get collected at 5.00pm. While I’m there I do painting and sticking, cooking, plant seeds and grow food to eat, sing, play music, read stories, rest in the sensory room and have picnics in the garden. I am very happy there.
I’m great fun – life is so exciting!
Duties and Responsibilities
What I really need is a Carer who will help me and my other Carer (2 – 1) for an hour at a time, to get up and ready in the morning and bathed and washed in the evening. Also, on alternate weekend for 6 hours on a Saturday and 5 on a Sunday to work with my other Carer to take me out and about
Personal Care – can be messy
Washing and dressing and bathing etc
Support at mealtimes – I need to be helped most of the time
Driving me in my Motability car
Help me access stimulating activities at home
Help me access my local community and beyond
Take me out and about and beyond
Sometimes accompany me with Mum or Dad to appointments
Learn to communicate with me
Sometimes you may need to make my meals
I like to walk Stan (my dog)– you may like to help me do this
Give me fluids and medicines via my Peg tube
Be ready to help me if I have a seizure
Additional Information
I live in a “non-smoking” house
I have a dog and fish
I am epileptic
I have a Peg
You will need to do Buccal Medazolam and Peg tube training
A background in Learning Difficulties is an advantage but not essential. More important is a passion for caring
Essential
- Caring
- Car driver with clean licence
- Have initiative
- Patience
- Chatty
- Have energy
- Imagination
- Understanding
- Punctuality
Preferred
-Gentle
- Confident
- Flexibility
- Times and days
We currently need to cover 66 hours during a 4-week cycle, breaking down as follows:
Mon – Fri 8.30 – 9.30 and 19.30 – 20.30
Alternate weeks:
Sat 8.30 – 9.30 and 13.30 – 19.30
Sun 8.30 – 9.30 and 13.30 – 18.30
We are in a rural village. It may be possible to help with transport costs
There may also be additional hours available to cover for others in the team.
Flexibility is important within the team. You may from time to time be offered additional hours to provide holiday or sickness cover for others in the team. This post is open to job share.
The main purpose of this job is to help me escape from mum and dad and have some independence. You will help me to get out and do the things I enjoy and help me with all my personal needs.
The rate of pay for this position is £14.79 an hour and £22.18 on Bank Holidays.
The post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and references. There is a 3-month probationary period.
How to apply
You can complete an application form online here: https://www.suffolkindependentliving.org.uk/application-form-1 please ensure you quote the reference 4955
Or, if you wish to have an application form emailed or posted to you, please contact Suffolk Independent Living on 01473 603876 or send us a message