Female Support Worker

Home Care Direct; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care provider is seeking a compassionate Personal Care Assistant in Brighton. You will support a young woman in her daily activities, ensuring a safe and fulfilling environment. The role includes providing personal care and encouraging her adventurous spirit with various activities.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Enhanced bank holiday pay

Ongoing support from a dedicated care team

24/7 on-call support

Career development opportunities

Employee benefits including discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care preferred.
• Driver aged over 25 for insurance purposes required.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential care and support in the client's home.
• Assist with all aspects of daily personal care.
• Encourage and engage the client in activities they enjoy.

Skills

Compassion

Reliability

Person-centred care

Job description

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Location:Woodingdean, Brighton, South East

Hours:35 hours per week

Pay:£14.40 per hour

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and a leader in personalised home care.We are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care, while supporting our staff with top-quality training, supervision and development opportunities.

Benefits of being a Personal Care Assistant

• Company pension scheme
  
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
  
• Ongoing support from a dedicated Regional Care Lead and Nurse
  
• 24/7 on-call support
  
• Career development opportunities and personal development plan
  
• Employee benefits including: a Blue Light discount card, Long Service Awards, PA of the Quarter Awards and wellbeing options including 24/7 confidential support provided by Spectrum Life
  

The role of this Personal Care Assistant

Our personal care assistants join our client’s support team, providing reliable, essential care and support in their home.You will be employed by HomeCareDirect on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support them only.This role is to work in our clients own home in Woodingdean, Brighton for 35 hours per week. You should be flexible to work across any day of the week for day, weekend or night shifts.

About the Client and Duties

Our client is a beautiful young woman who needs assistance with all aspects of daily care including personal care.

As her personal care assistant, you will be supporting her to get the most out of life.Our client enjoys horse-riding, trampolining, shopping, walking…and anything else adventurous!

Ideally you will be bubbly and outgoing with a great personality and should be up for encouraging our client to get the best out of everything.Previous care experience would be preferred.

Drivers are required and you should be aged over 25yrs of age for insurance purposes.

Requirements

Training and Support:

We provide comprehensive, paid training to CQC standards covering:

• Full induction
  
• Safeguarding Adults
  
• Health & Safety and First aid
  
• Gastrostomy and Medication via PEG
  
• Personal Care and Continence Care
  
• Awareness in Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, Autism and Cerebral Palsy
  

All training must be completed before the start date and is paid at £14.40 per hour

Requirements:

• This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit a female support worker only
  
• Driver, with a full UK driving licence, aged over 25yr for insurance purposes
  
• Commitment to long-term, person-centred care
  
• You must be reliable, compassionate and committed to respecting confidentiality
  

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.