Support Worker

Finders Keepers Recruitment Ltd; Alton; On-site; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Support Worker to join a dedicated care team for a 15-year-old client with special needs. This role involves providing essential support in daily living activities, including personal care and medication management. The ideal candidate will be an empathetic individual with experience in caring for children or adults with disabilities. Full training will be provided, and you will work closely with a small team to ensure a nurturing environment. If you are passionate about making a difference in a young person's life and enjoy creative activities like arts and crafts, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must have experience working with children or adults with special needs.
• NVQ 2 in Health & Social Care is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide round-the-clock support with daily living activities.
• Assist with feeding, personal care, and medication administration.

Skills

Experience with Cerebral Palsy

Personal Care

Medication Administration

Driving Skills

Flexibility

Empathy

Education

NVQ 2 in Health & Social Care

Care Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Please Note: We do not offer sponsorship on any of our roles & therefore cannot accept any applications that require this. Confirmation of experience will be taken from your CVs so full details of previous employment need to be given; however, no approach for references will be made until the interview stage. All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK and be based in the UK at the time of applying. Our posts operate a non-smoking environment, at all times.

Our very happy, smiley 15-year-old client who can be somewhat mischievous is looking for an animal-loving Support Worker who would love to join him and his small care team in creating arts & crafts pieces and gardening! Interviews are being booked now, so please get in touch if you think the job below would be a good fit for you.

The Role:

Our 15-year-old client lives at home with his parents, dog, and 2 cats and is supported in achieving his therapy goals by his small care team.

Our client has cerebral palsy and epilepsy and uses a wheelchair full-time; he therefore requires round-the-clock support with all aspects of his daily living, including personal care (mostly on his medical grade floor mat), feeding, and medication.

He is currently non-verbal but is working with his therapists and team, along with using eye gaze and a smart box to communicate and gaining confidence with verbal language.

As a typical young boy, he loves being out and about and visiting places where he can enjoy interactive play, so the Support Worker would have to be able to drive his large, automatic vehicle. When at home, our client loves spending time in the garden and doing arts and crafts.

Full training in all aspects of our client's care will be given along with supervision and support from the private therapy team. You will be working with another Support Worker from the team.

About You:

You will be a driver able to drive our client's large, automatic vehicle.

You will have experience working with adults or children with Cerebral Palsy or similar and hold an NVQ 2 in Health & Social Care/Care Certificate (or equivalent).

You will provide support with feeding, hoisting, personal care, and administration of medication. He currently spends a large amount of time on a personalized medical grade floor mat, so you will need to be able to kneel, bend, crouch, roll him, and sit on the mat regularly whilst providing care.

Our client has friendly pets - two cats and a dog - so you will be happy to work in an environment where animals are present and you will have no allergies.

You will support our client by following his care plan and implementing his therapy program.

You will be flexible, reliable, patient, and have a positive and empathetic attitude towards working with a child with additional needs and supporting him whilst helping to develop his skills.

Pay:

GBP16 per hour weekdays

GBP17 per hour weekends

GBP18 per hour bank holidays

GBP12.21 per hour sleeping nights

Shifts:

Please do apply even if you can only work some of these hours as we will still consider your application. There is a 4-week rolling rota. Nights are mainly sleeping nights and you will be paid at waking night rate if disturbed. Additional hours will be available to cover staff annual leave or sickness and night shifts.

Week 1 (Total 12 Hours)

Sat 8pm - 8am Sun (12 hours) (Sleeping Night)

Week 2 (Total 11 Hours)

Weds 8pm - 7am Thurs (11 hours) (Sleeping Night)

Week 3 (Total 23 Hours)

Fri 8pm - 7am Sat (11 hours) (Sleeping Night)

Sat 8pm - 8am Sun (12 hours) (Sleeping Night)

Week 4 (Total 12 Hours)

Sun (day shift) 8am - 8pm (12 hours)

Average of 14.5 hours a week.

Job advertisements may be for a specific gender; this is a genuine occupational requirement and is stated in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, paragraph 1, schedule 9. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity, disability, and marital status; a criminal conviction may not necessarily prevent employment. Our posts require an enhanced DBS certificate and operate a non-smoking environment, at all times.