Support Worker
| Posting date: | 13 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £11.44 to £11.44 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2024 |
| Location: | Spalding, Lincolnshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Penderels Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | LIN15246AH8 |
Summary
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About the Employer
I am looking for a suitable individual to support my grandson, who lives with me, in accessing and undertaking social activities. He is a young person diagnosed with ADHD. He enjoys the park, swimming, and is also happy to stay at home cooking/baking or playing on his xbox. The 5 hours are flexible, you can do 1 hour a day for five days or if it's easier to do two and a half hours for two days, I'm willing to work with your schedule.
Employer Disability and Health Conditions:
• Cognitive / Learning
Other relevant information:
• Someone in the household is a smoker.
• The individual keeps pets in the home.1 dog.
About the Role
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).
Transport Requirement:
Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.
Required Skills:
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
When you are Required:
Hours per week: 5
Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.
About the Employer
I am looking for a suitable individual to support my grandson, who lives with me, in accessing and undertaking social activities. He is a young person diagnosed with ADHD. He enjoys the park, swimming, and is also happy to stay at home cooking/baking or playing on his xbox. The 5 hours are flexible, you can do 1 hour a day for five days or if it's easier to do two and a half hours for two days, I'm willing to work with your schedule.
Employer Disability and Health Conditions:
• Cognitive / Learning
Other relevant information:
• Someone in the household is a smoker.
• The individual keeps pets in the home.1 dog.
About the Role
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).
Transport Requirement:
Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.
Required Skills:
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
When you are Required:
Hours per week: 5
Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.