Community Support Worker

Independent Living Solutions Ltd.; Brighton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Induction

Training opportunities

Regular clinical supervision

Job summary

Independent Living Solutions Ltd. in Brighton is seeking a compassionate Community Support Worker to help a wheelchair-using client with daily care, therapy activities and mobility. You will follow care plans, promote independence, and coordinate with health professionals.

The role includes domestic tasks, dog care, driving in a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, and flexible hours. A DBS check, the Care Certificate, and training opportunities are provided; start ASAP subject to checks.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with complex needs.
• Ability to follow individual care plans and routines.
• Willingness to drive client in wheelchair-accessible vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Assist client with all aspects of care and support.
• Implement daily therapeutic programmes to promote independence.
• Promote client’s care and autonomy at home and in the community.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Flexibility

Patient

Education

Care Certificate

DBS clearance

Job description

About The Role

With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.

Location: Brighton

Hours: Bank hours in the interim with the opportunity to discuss hours at interview.

• Pension (subject to qualifying status)
• Free DBS check
• Free Parking
• Induction
• Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate)
• Regular clinical supervision/review meetings
• Ongoing support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department

Driving:

• Vehicle use: Our client's wheelchair adapted vehicle.
• Using own vehicle for work:Yes, on duty and to attend training

Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

Job Summary
Our client was born in 1977. He experienced two significant injuries during his lifetime which has led to an acquired brain injury and spinal injury and he has been a wheelchair user since 2005. Our client lives in his fully adapted wheelchair accessible bungalow with his pet dog. His mother and father living locally. His interests include football, cooking, seeing his family and using his home gym.

He has support workers every morning and evening to provide practical hands‑on support and encouragement and he has three sleeping night shifts a week provided at present, though this may be subject to change.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• The central role of the Community Support Worker is to assist our client with all aspects of care and support relating to his needs.
  
• The Community Support Worker will also be expected to implement any daily therapeutic programmes that have been designed to promote his independence and physical strength by Health Professionals involved in his care.
  
• The Community Support Worker has a general role in promoting the client’s care and autonomy in the home and community and it is essential that they can enable him to access the community by driving him in his wheelchair accessible vehicle.
  
• The Community Support Worker will be expected to assist with domestic chores, such as cleaning and tidying rooms, ensuring equipment is clean and tidy, assisting with laundry, assisting with washing up, assisting with shopping, etc. It is essential that the Community Support Worker is prepared to assist with these tasks to ensure the smooth running of the support regime.
  
• The Community Support Worker is expected to work cooperatively with our client, the Team Leader, the case manager, treating therapists and clinicians, other support workers in his team and our client’s family.

Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:

This role requires:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
• Satisfactory references, including from your most recent employer
• Enhanced DBS check (A conviction Will not necessarily prevent employment)

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.

About You

It would be great to receive your application, if you have the following skills/behaviours:

• Must be able to work with specialist equipment (training will be provided). A Handling Management Plan is available andisdesigned to reduce the risk of handling injuries.
• You may be required to bend, kneel, squat push or lunge to ensure good posture during handling tasks.
• Confident about working in client’s own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of our client.
• Happy to learn new things – hoisting, using gym equipment, personal care routine, etc. Training will be given.
• Able to use own initiative and work flexibly.
• Patient and tolerant.
• Responsible.
• Good sense of humour.
• Cheerful, caring and positive attitude.
• Reliable, trustworthy and a good communicator.
• Confident with using I.T. to type notes and to research things if necessary.
• Basic understanding of the principles of rehabilitation.
• Proactive and encouraging approach to developing an appropriate range of activities.
• Willing to participate in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities.
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and to respect our client and their family's need for privacy.
• Aptitude and desire to work with clients with complex needs.
• Flexible i.e. with start and finish times according to the needs of our client.
• Comfortable to be around a dog and to assist with looking after a dog (as our client has one small dog) including dog walking and clearing up after dog.
• Drive the client in his wheelchair accessible vehicle.
• Experience of working with adults with complex needs (this is preferred but enthusiasm, patience and willingness to learn is most important).
• Ability to work additional hours at times, sometimes at short notice.
• Previous experience of using specialist equipment with disabled people.
• Basic knowledge of therapies, such as physiotherapy.
• Previous experience of hoisting and use of specialist equipment with disabled people.
• Experience of working with individuals who have a mental health disorder
• Knowledge and experience of working with people with a traumatic brain injury would be advantageous.

About Us

ILS CaseManagementis the UK's leading independent nationwide Case Management company.

When a person’s life has been changed by injury, we address the practicalities. We work with children and adults who have had moderate or catastrophic, complex injuries. We assess individual needs and are able to provide a comprehensive Case Management and Rehabilitation Service designed to maximise independence. We are CQC registered and compliant with their standards.

Our Case Managers work closely with our Clients, and we carry out all the recruitment processes on behalf of our Clients; and will support you, from your initial telephone interview right through to arranging employer interviews, trial shifts and placement.

If you are successfully recruited, you will be employed directly byour client or their Deputy appointed by the Court of Protection . However, ILS will manage your day to day employment, providing you with the support you need to carry out your role. Working as a Carer or Support Worker for an ILS client means that you will have a dedicated Case Manager to oversee your client's care needs.

We are Supportive. It matters to us that our clients and staff know that we care.

We have Integrity. We can be trusted to work in a professional, honest and transparent way .
We are Client Centred. Weput our client's aspirations at the centre of everything we do.
We are Quality Focused. Weset high standards and aim to exceed them.
We are Positive. Wefind solutions and empower others.