Preferred Days/Times
4 hours every other week on a Saturday, increasing to 5 hours per week including possible additional hours every Friday evening (8.30pm-11.30pm) once a relationship is established.
Tasks / Duties
* Personal care
* Community activities
* Domestic tasks
* Support with the client’s interests and aspirations including maintaining and forming sustainable peer relationships.
Client Main Diagnosis
* Learning Difficulties
* No vision in left eye
* Limited appetite so requires encouragement to eat
* Some speech and language difficulties
* Epilepsy – has effective medication and has not had a seizure since 2023
Communication
Client can verbalise their needs and wishes. They may struggle with understanding complex issues and arguments and so may need support to make informed decisions.
Client Enjoys
* Being outside with the family including visiting the local reservoir with their dad for fishing.
* Likes their dogs
* Swimming
* Snooker and pool
* Playing video games
* Attending an archery club with their dad; the club has specialist provision to meet his needs.
* Accessing the countryside and photography
Job Requirements
This opportunity is suited for someone who is responsible, reliable, patient, and friendly, and respectful of others’ privacy, dignity, values, and beliefs. Genuine applicants only please.
Benefits
* 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (pro rata)
* Pension, Tax and NI contributions
* DBS paid for by funding authority (if you don’t already have a certificate)
Other Information
Role subject to interview and references. The advert may close before the deadline date if a high number of responses are received.
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