Brain Injury Support Worker (Flexible hours)

NHS; Birkenhead; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Birkenhead is seeking a Brain Injury Support Worker to provide person-centred support for clients with brain and orthopaedic injuries. The role includes personal care, emotional support, and accompanying clients to social activities. Applicants must have relevant experience, a caring attitude, and a valid UK driving licence with insurance. Flexible working hours of 20-30 per week are offered with a competitive hourly rate of £15.

Benefits

Paid DBS check

Blue Light Card eligibility

Access to Wellness Centre

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to provide emotional support.
• Flexible approach to meet the needs of a sociable client.
• Full UK driving licence and own vehicle with business insurance.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care, mobility, and daily living tasks.
• Administer medication and monitor wellbeing.
• Provide companionship and accompany to social activities.

Skills

Proven experience in brain injury support

Caring and positive approach

Comfortable around pets

Job description

Overview

This is a role as a Brain Injury Support Worker with Libertatem Healthcare Group in Prenton, Birkenhead. The successful candidate will provide 1:1 person-centred support to a sociable client with brain and orthopaedic injuries, helping them live life to the fullest by accompanying them to activities such as Liverpool FC home games, live music, and the theatre. The role offers flexible working hours of 20-30 hours per week, and a competitive hourly rate of £15.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care, mobility, and daily living tasks
• Administer medication and monitor wellbeing
• Provide companionship and emotional support
• Accompany to appointments, social activities, and events
• Keep accurate records and liaise with healthcare professionals

About the Client

• Outgoing and sociable, with a great sense of humour
• Loves live music, theatre, and football (especially Liverpool FC)
• Regularly attends concerts, matches, and local events
• Shares his home with a dog, cat, bearded dragon, tropical fish, and tarantulas—confidence with animals is essential

Requirements

• Proven experience in brain injury support (essential)
• Caring, positive, and flexible approach
• Comfortable around all pets
• Full UK driving licence and own vehicle with business insurance

What We Offer

• Supportive, values-driven workplace
• Paid DBS check
• Flexible working hours
• Blue Light Card eligibility

Carer Colleague Benefits

We value our carers and offer a range of benefits to support you personally and professionally:

• Access to our benefits and communication platform
• Exclusive discounts at thousands of big-name retailers
• Access to our Wellness Centre
• Financial wellbeing support
• Discounts on gym memberships & healthcare cash plans
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for your wellbeing

If you’re ready to combine your caring nature with a role that keeps life varied and rewarding, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to join #Libertatem Healthcare and help someone live life to the fullest.

Safeguarding Commitment

Libertatem Healthcare Group recognise the benefits of people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect, whilst balancing the right to be safe with the right to make informed choices. At the same time, making sure that both adult’s and children’s wellbeing is promoted including taking into consideration their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action. With this in mind, we will work to adhere to the six key principles that underpin all safeguarding work.

The Libertatem Healthcare Group is rated OUTSTANDING with the Care Quality Commission and is a registered provider with CIW in Wales.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Proven experience in brain injury support is essential. You will also need a full UK driving licence and your own vehicle with business insurance.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.