Professional Support Worker

Prestige-Nursing-; Wallasey; On-site; GBP 16,531 - 20,664; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

National Minimum Wage for training/sh;

Zero-hour or contracted hours

Blue light card

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

Employee Assistance line 24/7

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care is seeking a Professional Support Worker in Wallasey to provide personalised care for a client with Cerebral Palsy and active lifestyle. You will assist with personal care, medication, meals and household tasks, and help with community activities and acting engagements.

Valid driving skills and fluent English are essential as is the ability to offer 24/7 support when needed. A meet-and-greet will be arranged to ensure good rapport with the client.

Qualifications

• Driver with confidence driving a large mobility van.
• Fluent English communication.
• Able to work with individuals with disabilities and varying needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, medication assistance, meal preparation and housework.
• Engage the client in community activities and support acting-related engagements.
• Assist with transport in a mobility van and provide 24/7 support as required.

Skills

Driver

Fluent English

Job description

Professional Support Worker (222PSW) Wallasey, England

Salary: GBP13.68 - GBP13.68 per hour

Driver Required

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 our clients.

What our client is looking for:

J is a young man who lives in his own flat in New Brighton. He has Cerebral Palsy and is a full-time wheelchair user. J requires support with personal care, medication, meal preparation, housework and engaging in his community. J has recently started acting and has booked many acting roles within the North West; he requires support to do so.

J has a large mobility van that the Support Workers must be confident driving. J requires 24‑hour support, 7 days a week but often will request time alone e.g. to take his dog for a walk (Support Workers must be comfortable with dogs). J has a caravan in Prestatyn which the Support Workers would be expected to support J to access.

J has a preference for Support Workers in that they are drivers, are able to communicate in fluent English and that there is not a significant age difference.

In the first instance, J asks for a meet and greet with the Support Workers to ensure they have good rapport.

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
• 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

Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for? Apply today.

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.

We reserve the right to close this position early.