Bank Female Support Worker

Gray Healthcare; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A specialist care provider is recruiting a Female Bank Support Worker in Wrexham to assist a woman with mental health challenges in her home. Responsibilities include providing support and implementing care plans, with a requirement for a UK manual driving license. The role involves mixed shifts and comes with training opportunities and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Fully paid induction and training

Company pension

Professional development

28 Days holiday

Blue light card

Annual leave increases with service

Qualifications

• MUST HOLD A UK MANUAL DRIVING LICENCE - NO EXCEPTIONS.
• Current Right to Work in the UK; employed there for at least 6 months.
• Subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Responsibilities

• Support a lady with complex mental health needs in her home.
• Provide encouragement and implement care plans.
• Work mixed shifts of days and waking nights.

Skills

Social care experience

Experience with complex care needs

Encouragement for individuals with health needs

Support for challenging behaviors

Implementing care plans

Full UK manual driving licence

Experience with learning disabilities

Job description

Female Bank Support Worker

Location - Wrexham

GBP13.50 per hour

MUST HOLD A UK MANUAL DRIVING LICENCE - NO EXCEPTIONS

Role Description Mental Health Support Worker

Gray Healthcare are recruiting two Female Bank Support Workers within the Wrexham area to support a lady in her late twenties with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder and Schizoaffective disorder, who lives independently in her own home receiving 1:1 support 24 hours a day. The lady we support has a keen interest in baking and crafts and likes to keep busy and active. She is supported by a female team on mixed shifts of days and waking nights.

Female Bank Support Worker Required Skills and Experience

• FULL UK MANUAL DRIVING LICENCE
• Social care experience, ideally within mental health and with some experience of supporting individuals with complex care needs.
• Experience providing encouragement to a person with complex health needs and Learning Disabilities.
• Experience supporting individuals with behaviours which may be considered challenging.
• Experience implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
• You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.
• This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references

Bank role covering shifts below:

Days - 8am to 8pm

Waking nights - 8pm to 8am

Induction and Training

We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training. (Company induction, systems, and Medication.) Followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, this is a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint dominate approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare, and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Fully paid induction and training
• Company pension
• Professional development
• 28 Days (Including Bank Holidays)
• Blue light card
• Additional annual leave with each year's service up to a maximum of 33 day

About Us

Gray Healthcare is a specialist Health and Social Care provider, supporting people with complex needs, disabilities and long-term conditions looking to step back into the community from in-patient support services. At Gray Healthcare, we offer our own dynamic approach to care, enabling people to move back into their own homes - into their own communities giving them control of their life. We create a bespoke support package for each individual, with support from our own multi-disciplinary team, adaptable to meet all current and future needs.

This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1. Due to the nature of the role and the needs of the people we support, we can only accept applications from females for this position

Work Location: In person