Bank Staff - Personal Care Assistants for a young woman 24 hr/wk £13.74/hr in Morpeth

UKCIL; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A care support provider seeks Bank Staff - Personal Care Assistants in Morpeth. Assist a young woman requiring support for her mental health and day-to-day activities. This role entails enabling her independence and participating in various community activities. Ideal candidates should have experience with mental health support and be proactive and flexible. Competitive hourly rate of £13.74 for 24 hours per week.

Benefits

Employer covers DBS Check

Flexible hours

Qualifications

• Experience working as a support worker with mental health diagnoses preferred.
• Positive understanding towards people with disabilities.
• Have a high degree of initiative and be punctual.

Responsibilities

• Support the young woman to pursue hobbies and interests.
• Ensure safety during activities and when out in the community.
• Assist with meal preparation and personal care.

Skills

Experience with mental health diagnosis

Ability to support independence

Communication skills

Proactive attitude

Flexibility in work

Tools

Full UK driving license

Personal car

Job description

Bank Staff - Personal Care Assistants for a young woman 24 hr/wk@ £13.74/hr in Morpeth

Apply at UKCIL.com. Reference: be3e0679

To provide support for 24 hours per week broken down into daily calls. To work with a young woman to enable her to access the community and support her independence.

We are currently looking to recruit Support Workers to provide support for a young woman who has various mental health diagnoses. The purpose of your role will be to enable her independence, support her to take part in activities she enjoys and enable her to live in the way she would like.

Her diagnoses include mental health conditions anxiety and depression, PTSD and has dissociative episodes. Due to the complexities of this young woman’s mental health it would be preferred that you have experience working within mental health or have personal experience of this. There is a mental health professional (CPN) involved and you will provide support and guidance. There are also physical diagnoses including sleep apnoea, back pain and asthma, so her condition and how she feels fluctuates each day. It might be that something has been planned but needs to change last minute, so you should be prepared for this. In these situations there will be other ways to support such as supporting to maintain the home environment.

She is a friendly person and has various hobbies and interests. You should be confident and outgoing, happy to have a chat and enjoy variation in your work. It is essential that you have experience of supporting people with mental health diagnoses and have experience of working with adults in their own home. There may be times when you need to contact various professionals for support in crisis situations and this will be discussed during interview.

You will support with medication for which training will be given, ensure safety at home and be aware of limitations on a bad day. She is able to do more on good days and this can fluctuate from day to day. You will support with going to the shops, meeting friends, taking part in various activities such as going to the gym and out for food.

Each day will be different depending on what she wants to do on that day, so you should be prepared to be flexible. We would also like the support workers to be able to suggest things to do out in the community, so you should be willing to be proactive in finding various activities to take part in.

We would prefer you to be a car driver with your own transport; however, this isn’t essential as public transport can be used. Expenses will be met by your employer.

Hours – 24 hours per week. Support required is broken down into calls – One hour morning calls Monday-Sunday Monday (12pm-1pm) and Wednesday (12pm-1pm); Friday (approx. 10:30am-3pm) Evening call 1.5 hours per day. Total – 24 hours per week.

Times can be flexible and will be discussed further at interview.

Main Duties

• Support with enabling independence
• Assist with taking part in activities and to pursue hobbies and interests
• Ensure safety when out and about

Person Specification

• Ideally have experience working as a support worker with children or adults, especially with mental health diagnosis
• Have a positive understanding towards people with disabilities
• Have a genuine interest in working within social care
• Have a high degree of initiative
• Be punctual and reliable; be flexible
• Have a happy, positive and caring nature
• Respect confidentiality

Car driver preferable and must have business insurance. An Enhanced DBS Check is required, cost to be met by employer.

Key Responsibilities

Services

• Meal Preparation
• Personal Care
• Domestic Care
• Social + Leisure activities
• Support to remain independent

Training

• Safeguarding Adults/Children
• Moving & Handling
• Understanding challenging behaviour
• Food Hygiene
• First Aid
• Hand hygiene
• Autism / Aspergers

Transportation

• Full UK driving license
• Own personal car

Medical

• Safe Administration of Medication

Please apply by clicking above or at ukcil.com