Live In Support Worker

Active Care Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major care provider in the UK is seeking a Live In Support Worker in Newcastle upon Tyne. The role involves supporting a male client with a spinal cord injury in his home, assisting with personal care, driving, and engaging in social activities. Ideal candidates should have a kind nature and experience with spinal injuries. The position offers £150 - £168 per day along with holiday pay and a flexible zero-hours contract.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

Nest Personal Pension account

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Full clean UK drivers' licence required.
• Willingness to learn and support clinical needs.
• Experience with spinal injuries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the client with personal care tasks.
• Assist with driving and social activities.
• Provide domestic support and companionship.

Skills

Kind and caring nature

Good communication skills

Flexibility & reliability

Experience with spinal injuries

Job description

Overview

Our client leads an active lifestyle, therefore a successful applicant will hold a full clean UK drivers' licence to drive the client's vehicle. Would you like to do live in care, staying within your local county of Tyne and Wear? Would you like a rewarding role in which you can support a client with a spinal cord injury in his own home? Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care. Within the Care in the Home division, we support clients with spinal cord injury to live independently in their own homes. We'd like you to join us as a Live In Support Worker in the Newcastle upon Tyne area.

Meet the client: I enjoy gardening, especially growing vegetables, house plants and bonsai trees. I like watching sports and films and going out for meals. I like to go target shooting with an air rifle, I also like fishing. It would be great if you could drive so we can go out and do these things together. My goal is to go on holiday again, I have been to some great destinations, including America and Japan. I would like someone to take the time getting to know me and having conversation. I have a really dry sense of humour and enjoy a laugh. I would prefer a candidate to have some experience working with spinal injury, someone who is willing to learn and take the time to support me with my clinical needs.

What you\'ll be doing

• This role is to support our male client with a spinal cord injury within his own home
• You will move into the client\'s home and support him with personal care (including washing, dressing and toileting), moving and handling, domestic tasks and social activities

When you\'ll be working

• Regular assignments with this client
• Assignment length 2 weeks at a time

What you will have

• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Continuity of care is imperative for our clients
• Good communication skills
• Our client requires support with driving, therefore you must hold a full UK drivers licence

What to look forward to

• £150 - £168 per day (depending on UK experience and qualifications)
• Accrued holiday pay
• Flexible zero hours contract
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability confident employer.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability confident employer.