Job Description
Support Worker
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Hours: 24 hours per week - weekends
Pay: £12.50 per hour
About HomeCareDirect
HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and a leader in personalised home care. We are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care, while supporting our staff with top-quality training, supervision and development opportunities.
Benefits of being a Personal Care Assistant
* Company pension scheme
* Enhanced bank holiday pay
* Ongoing support from a dedicated Regional Care Lead and Nurse
* 24/7 on-call support
* Career development opportunities and personal development plan
* Employee benefits including: a Blue Light discount card, Long Service Awards, PA of the Quarter Awards and wellbeing options including 24/7 confidential support provided by Spectrum Life
The role of this Personal Care Assistant
Our personal care assistants join our client’s support team, providing reliable, essential care and support in their home. You will be employed by HomeCareDirect on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support them only. This role is to work Saturday and Sunday, 12hr day shifts.
About the Client and Duties
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 desirable that you have experience of these.
Requirements
Training and Support:
We provide comprehensive, paid training to CQC standards covering:
* Full induction
* Safeguarding Adults
* Health & Safety / First Aid / Food Hygiene
* Tracheostomy Care / Oral Suction / Gastrostomy / Medication
* Moving & Handling with Hoist
* Epilepsy / Learning Disability / Mental Health Awareness
All training must be completed before the start date, with training hours paid at minimum wage
Requirements:
* Desirable: Complex care experience
* Driver with a full, clean UK driving licence
* Commitment to long-term, person-centred care
* You must be reliable, compassionate and committed to respecting confidentiality
Benefits
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 do not provide sponsorship.
Requirements
complex care experience desirable, driver