Professional support worker

Prestige Nursing; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A reputable home care provider in Bristol is seeking a Professional Support Worker to assist a male client with an acquired brain injury and dementia. This role involves supporting with medication, community access, and meal preparation in a flexible schedule. Applicants must have prior experience as a care assistant, excellent communication skills, and be a licensed driver. The company offers competitive pay for training and a range of employee benefits, including a pension scheme and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Paid training sessions

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

Employee Assistance line

Qualifications

• Experience with clients with brain injuries and dementia is preferred.
• Ability to assist with medication and meal preparation.
• Comfortable with light housekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Support a male client with an acquired brain injury.
• Assist with medication and community access.
• Help with food shopping and meal preparation.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Paid previous experience as a care assistant

Driver essential

Good professional and personal references

Job description

Professional Support Worker

Bedminster – Bristol

25 hours per work Monday- Friday 09:30-14:30

Lunch and mileage paid

At Prestige Nursing & Care, our purpose is to provide high quality, community-based specialist home care and support. We aim to work together to achieve the goals of each of our varying clients, and to make lives better for them. We want to make life better for you too, so you will have all the support and development you need to thrive in your role and develop your career.

You will be supporting a male client with an acquired brain injury and early onset dementia.

25 hours per work Monday- Friday 09:30-14:30 needs to be female, driver only.

Client’s needs are:

• Medication
• Accessing the community, going out for lunch
• Helping with food shopping
• Meal preparation
• Light housekeeping

We’re looking for:

• Paid previous experience as a care assistant is essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Good professional and personal references.
• Driver essential

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
• We offer the flexibility of either a zero-hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most.
• Work with our own clients, no agency work
• Pension scheme
• Blue light card
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Paid time off to volunteer and give back to the charities and causes that matter to you
• Holiday pay
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake enhanced DBS/PVG, right to work, reference and employment history checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.

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