Job Details
Location: Attleborough, Norfolk
Hours: 13 hours per week (rota-based, flexible)
Start Date: ASAP (after pre-employment checks)
Interviews: As applications come in, these will be held via video calling
Pay and other benefits : Weekdays: £14.31 per hour
Weekends: £16.25 per hour
Sleeping Nights: National Living Wage currently £12.21 per hour
5.6 weeks annual leave per annum (pro-rata)
2 weeks employers sick pay after probation
Ongoing training and support (including the Care Certificate)
Free DBS Check
Full induction
Regular supervision and support from Team Leader, Parents, Case Manager & HR team
Current vacancy We are looking for a part-time support worker to join our team working with our client in her home, in Attleborough, Norfolk. The role is for 13 hours per week with flexibility to also cover overnight and staff annual leave. Shifts and availability will be discussed at interview. Typical shifts are 8am-9pm, 8am-4.30 pm and 4.30pm-9pm and overnights are 9pm-8am.
About our client She is a 30-year-old lady who is happy,sociable with a great sense of humour. Sheenjoys basketballandfootball in the garden, puzzles, games,preparing her meals,dancing to music, swimming, and going on adventures in the community or on holiday. Shealso lovesspending time withherfamily and friends. She lives at home in an annexe attached to the main house with her parents and two small dogs.
She has an acquired brain injury and is a wheelchair user andalso usesa walking frame to get around and has a therapeutic support plan in place. She requires a rest in the afternoon to recharge. We are looking for a confident, compassionate, caring, and positive person with good communication skills and able to make decisions and use your initiative as you will be working on your own.
T he Role and Responsibilities of the job: Youll be helping with:
Supporting the development of independence with all activities
D aily exercises to support her activity programme including rehabilitation and hydrotherapy
Deliver personal care tailored to her individual needs
Assisting with her mobility, using moving and handling techniques and equipment safely (eg wheelchair, standing frame, bike etc)
Transporting our client in her own adapted Motability vehicle
Promoting purposeful, structured time both at home and out in the community
Assisting/supporting with medication administration
Maintain accurate digital/paper records
Youll be working as part of a small friendly team guided by Team Leader, and parents daily and supported by a Case Manager.
Essential skills & qualities :
Genuine compassion, patience and respect for choice and dignity
Experience supporting adults with complex emotional, behavioural, and attachment needs
Reliability, punctuality and strong professional boundaries
Confident in behaviour management and de-escalation techniques
Teamwork and lone-working confidence; follows instructions, and uses initiative
Confident in water
Full UK driving licence
Desirable:
Experience of working with adults with special needs
Experience of carrying out therapy programmes
Ability to work additional hours, sometimes at short notice
Safeguarding Were committed to keeping everyone safe. Youll need:
Proof of your right to work in the UK
Satisfactory references (including your last employer)
An enhanced DBS check (a conviction wont necessarily stop you from working with me)
If youre someone whos patient, warm, and enthusiastic and youd like to help me live my best life Id really like to receive your application.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.
Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.
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