Deputy team leader for young man in Bristol £12.35/hr (+ unsocial rate for nights+ w/e) - BRIST[...]

Deputy Team Leader for Young Man in Bristol - £12.35/hr (+ unsocial rate for nights + w/e) - BRISTOL - BS6

We are looking for a deputy team leader to join the long-standing team of carers providing 24-hour support for our 29-year-old son, who has epilepsy, cerebral palsy, profound learning difficulties, and severe visual impairment. He is wheelchair-dependent and is tube-fed.

Based in the family home, he accesses activities within the community, including hydrotherapy, music therapy, physiotherapy, and trips to accessible venues to complement activities provided at home by his team of carers.

Ideally, we are looking for someone who can make a long-term commitment, has a sense of humour, is kind, enthusiastic, professional, and happy to work alone and as part of a team. It also helps if you can work flexibly to cover other carers' holiday and sickness, where possible. This is a hands-on role, with additional responsibilities for supporting a team of carers.

You will be expected to:

• Provide personal care.
• Administer regular and emergency medication.
• Facilitate social and sensory activities.
• Manage laundry/keep spaces clean and tidy.
• Help to train, manage, and support the members of the team.

Skills/Experience:

Essential Requirements:

• Fluent written and spoken English.
• No pre-existing musculo-skeletal or back injuries (due to manual handling demands of the job) or personal health problems which would make it inappropriate to be solely responsible for a wholly dependent person.
• > 2 years experience of working with young people with sensory impairment, learning disability, physical disability, and epilepsy.
• Driver's licence - please let us know if you have any points.

Desirable:

• Flexibility in providing 24-hour care.
• Experience in delivering physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sensory stimulation, or using technology with children or adults with sensory needs.

You will receive full, person-specific training in delivering a physiotherapy programme, manual handling, administration of medications, oxygen therapy, and tube-feeding.

The position is subject to a DBS check and satisfactory completion of initial training and a one-month probationary period.

Holiday Entitlement: You will be entitled to 28 days paid holiday (including bank holidays) pro rata according to the number of shifts worked.

Current Positions Available:

3-4 Late/early weekday shifts (7.30 - 4 and 10.30 to 8 pm)/week and one weekend a month - these could be part-time or full-time and could also be combined with night shifts on a rolling 4-week cycle.

Unsocial hours paid at an enhanced rate.

Ad hoc additional hours to cover holidays/sickness.

The salary is funded by CHC and hourly rate will reflect Agenda for Change annual increases.

Please apply by email, stating why you are interested in this job, which position(s) you are interested in, and please attach an up-to-date CV.