Live In Support Worker

Active Care Group Recruitment; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care as a Live In Support Worker in Portsmouth. You'll support a female client with cerebral palsy, helping with personal care and engaging in social activities. This role offers flexibility, consistent work, and a supportive environment to develop your career. A UK driver’s license is required.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Nest Personal Pension account

Refer a Friend Scheme

Active Awards programme for recognition

Flexible working with breaks between assignments

Support from clinical leadership teams for career development

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driver's license.
• Ability to provide personal care and social support.
• Must be caring, flexible, and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Support client with personal care tasks including washing, dressing, and toileting.
• Engage in social activities and maintain a good rapport.
• Drive client to various appointments and activities when required.

Skills

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility

Reliability

Good communication skills

Job description

You need to hold a full UK drivers licence to be suitable for this role.

Would you like to do live in care, staying within your local area of Hampshire?

Would you like a flexible job where you work an assignment for 2 weeks and then have a break?

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.

We'd like you to join us as a Live In Support Worker for our client in Portsmouth.

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support our female client with cerebral palsy and neuro diverse needs within her own home in Gosport. You will move into the client’s home and support her with personal care (including washing/showering, dressing and toileting), moving and handling, domestic tasks and social activities.

Meet the client:

I like a support worker who takes their time to understand me and includes me in general day to day tasks such as cooking, watching the television and providing social interaction with me taking the time to find common ground. I have a good sense of humor; I am a quirky and sociable person. I like to chat and have a good laugh and banter with my support worker.

I spend alot of time on my computer during the day and I like to do this independently. I also love listening to music.

When you'll be working:

• Assignments 2 weeks long
• You must commit to working regularly each month to enable continuity of care for our client

What you'll 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:

• £122.50 per day
• Flexibility - work and then take a break
• Regular consistent work every month
• Accrued holiday pay
• A Nest Personal Pensionaccount
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500by 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

Active Care Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. However due to the nature of the position there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement to recruit female Personal Healthcare Assistants.

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.