Female Support Workers

Independent Living Solutions Ltd.; Basildon; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Free parking

Induction

Relevant training opportunities

Regular clinical supervision/review

Ongoing support from a Case Manager &/

HR Department

Job summary

Independent Living Solutions Ltd. Basildon is seeking two permanent Support Workers for night shifts and occasional day coverage to support a young adult client with cerebral palsy at home. Roles require empathy, reliability, and ability to work with specialist equipment and a dedicated care team.

Overnight hours vary with some shifts needing hourly checks and others allowing longer rest periods. Drivers with access to a client wheelchair-adapted vehicle are preferred.

Qualifications

• 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)
• Gender restrictions as per client requirement (female or male worker) for this client

Responsibilities

• Meet all personal care needs of the client and encourage participation
• Provide domestic assistance to promote a healthy, clean and safe environment
• Administration of medication
• Awareness of emotional, behavioural and communication difficulties due to the client’s condition
• Effective communication with warmth, patience and compassion within a care team

Job description

With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.

Location: Basildon, SS15

Hours: We are looking for two permanent Support Workers to cover the following shifts:

• 1x Support Worker to cover, Monday, Thursday and Friday nights 9.00pm to 9.00am.
• 1x Support Worker to cover Tuesday and Wednesday Nights 9.00pm to 9.00am and Sundays 9.00am to 9.00pm - these timings are approximate and flexibility will be required particularly during school holiday periods.
• Bank Support Workers are also required to cover absences of current team members.

Pay:

• £14.50 per hour, Monday to Friday (Days),
• £15:50 per hour, Weekends and Bank holidays (Days)
• £15.50 per hour, Monday to Friday (Waking Nights, 10:00pm to 6.00am),
• £16.50 per hour Weekends, (Waking Nights,10:00pm to 6.00am)
  
• 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:

• Driver required:Preferred
• Vehicle use: Will be using the 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
We are seeking patient and caring Support Workers to join the existing care team for our client, who was born in 1998. Our client is a young adult who lives at home with her mother and brother who are very important to her. She really enjoys listening to hip hop and R&B music and watches soap operas and Peppa Pig on TV. She attends church every Sunday and especially enjoys hearing the singing. Our client and her family are well known in the church community. She also attends a day centre twice a week where she enjoys activities such as baking, crafts, and games. Our client has many friends and local family that she attends birthday parties and outings with.

At birth, our client sustained injuries causing Cerebral Palsy, she has limited mobility so requires assistance for all transfers, where possible, exercises and stretches are incorporated into her daily life. She has gastric reflux and can endure severe abdominal pain and at times is unable to leave her bed. She can eat soft foods and drink thin liquids and is able to swallow her medication in tablet form. She hasa live-in carer who has been with the family for over 10 years and due to the complexity of her disabilities requires 2:1 care for some activities.

Our clients needs overnight can vary, some nights requiring regular, hourly checks and other nights she may sleep for 4hrs+ at a time. She has an alert system and can shout for attention when needed overnight. It is expected that when not directly needed by the client, night staff complete a list of household tasks to assist the running of the household and smooth handover of care to daytime staff.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To meet all personal care needs of the client and encourage her to participate
• Provide domestic assistance to promote a healthy, clean and safe environment
• Administration of medication
• Awareness of emotional, behavioural and communication difficulties as a result of our client’s condition
• Effective communication and ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth and compassion within a dedicated care team

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)

Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.

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:

• *Female due to providing personal care
• 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, but you may be required to bend, kneel, squat, push or pull.
  
• Experience of working with children/adults with Cerebral Palsy (This is preferred but enthusiasm, patience and willingness to learn is desirable).
• Confident and comfortable working in our client's own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes ofher and her family
• Can demonstrate commitment and passion for meeting our client's needs
• Can demonstrate empathy and understanding in an appropriate and professional manner
• A team player who understands the importance of feedback to qualified members of the team
• Can develop productive and professional relationships with others
• Actively creates an inclusive environment respecting diversity
• Good organisational skills who can adhere to standards and quality requirements
• Friendly, approachable with a proactiveand encouraging approach
• Punctual, patient, reliable and trustworthy
• Can maintain an excellent level ofconfidentiality
• Good verbal & written communication skills and IT literate
• Able to think creatively and to use initiative
• Willingness to work flexibly and cover shifts, sometimes at short notice
• Water confident to assist with swimming/therapy
• Willing to travel locally in/around Basildon
• A full driving licence (endorsements to be disclosed)
• Experience of and qualifications in caring for young people with severe disabilities
• Experience of carrying out therapy programmes.
• Previous experience of using specialist equipment
• Experience of writing risk assessments and care plans.
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• Own car – desirable

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 . 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.