Support Worker

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

Job summary

An amazing opportunity for a Support Worker to assist a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in Aberdare. Role involves personal care, therapy programs, and community activities on a flexible schedule. Offers a chance to develop skills with potential for further qualifications in health care.

Qualifications

• Registration with Social Care Wales desired.
• Experience caring for children with learning difficulties desirable.
• Competent IT skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistency of approach with the client.
• Support the family as required.
• Deliver educational and therapeutic development programmes.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Manual Handling

Education

Health and Social Care qualification (QCF Level 2 or above)

Job description

Westcountry Case Management - Maximising potential for over 20 years!

Please note as we do not hold a valid company sponsorship licence, we cannot consider applications from candidates requiring a Certificate of Sponsorship.

We have an amazing opportunity for a Support Worker to work with a delightful young girl aged 14 years with cerebral palsy, in Aberdare. Based at the client’s home, role will involve personal care, therapy programme and community activities.

This is an amazing opportunity to develop a skill set. Previous support staff have gone on to gain a nursing qualification.

The Client likes spending time with family, watching TV, playing with her noisy toys.

Going to school, youth club and Sunday school. She loves going on days out with the family, going on rides and enjoys horse-riding, swimming, colouring, drawing and playing board games.

What you'll be working:

Full time, part time and bank hours available to cover the following:

Client’s home and community in Aberdare.

Up to 144 hours over a 4-week period on a flexible basis positions include day/waking nights and/or sleep in night shifts

Salary/Pay rate:

£16.00 per hour weekday day & waking night rate

£18.00 per hour weekend day & waking night rate

£12.21 per hour current national living wage for sleep in shifts

Examples of shift patterns: Day/ Waking Nights

Term time:

Mon-Fri 15:00-21:00

Weekend 08:00-20:00

School holidays:

Mon-Sun 08:00/08:30 -20:00/20:30

Waking nights Mon – Sunday 20:00/20.30 -08:00/08.30

Sleep in Shifts

Examples of shift patterns

Sleep in nights available Monday – Sunday 21.00 - 09.00

Shifts consists of 10 hours sleep in night rates (at the national living wage) and two hours of active duty a total of 12 hours at the applicable hourly rate

What you'll be doing:

Some of the main roles & responsibilities are:

• To ensure consistency of approach with the client in accordance with advised approaches to care and any emerging therapy aims.
• To liaise with and support the family as required.
• To work as part of a team and communicate appropriately with fellow team members.
• To follow the service user plan as documented for the client.
• To participate in manual handling procedures as specified for the client.
• To ensure opportunity is given to participate in activities as identified by client / others while achieving a balance between school and rest for the client.
• To deliver programmes of educational, social and therapeutic development as directed by the relevant professionals and the client’s mother.
• To assist the client to ensure an adequate level of hygiene is maintained.

Please refer to the attached job description for detailed roles and responsibilities.

What you'll have:

• Registration with Social Care Wales is desired. If not registered, you will be expected to do so within the first 6 months
• A recognised Health and Social Care qualification (QCF Level 2 or above) is desirable.
• Some experience of caring for children with learning, physical and communication difficulties is desirable but not essential as full training will be given.
• A Full driving licence is desirable – The Client has their own vehicle which you would drive, it is not essential to have a licence as shifts are worked on a 2:1 basis
• Competent IT skills are desirable.

This position requires a fully enhanced disclosure request from the DBS.

You will also be required to register with the DBS Update Service.

Female applicants only due to the nature of personal care required.

Westcountry Case Management Ltd

01626 770729

This post is compliant with Paragraph 1, Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to Occupational Requirements.

We are a CIW Registered healthcare business who help our clients recruit their own support workers. You will be employed directly by the client; however, Westcountry Case Management oversee all aspects of the clients care package on his behalf.

Please note we reserve the right to interview and appoint earlier than the stated closing date, should there be an excellent response to the advert.

Westcountry Case Management is committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people and vulnerable adults we work with by implementing a robust safeguarding policy including safer recruitment practices and expects all staff to share this commitment.

As we do not hold a valid company sponsorship licence, we cannot consider applications from non-UK nationals.