Support Worker

Home Care Direct; Assington; On-site; Part time

Job summary

HomeCareDirect seeks a Personal Care Assistant to support a gentleman with autism in his home. Responsibilities include personal care, medication assistance, and engaging in activities outdoors. Flexibility in hours is anticipated, with a requirement of a full clean UK driving license for transportation support.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Enhanced bank holiday pay

Ongoing support from Regional Care Lead and Nurse

24/7 on-call support

Career development opportunities

Employee benefits including Blue Light card

Qualifications

• Care experience, working with autism and learning disabilities required.
• Must be reliable and compassionate.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential care and support in the client's home.
• Assist with personal care, medication, cooking, and domestic tasks.

Skills

Compassion

Reliability

Patience

Job description

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About HomeCareDirect

Location: Sudbury, East Anglia

Hours: 10 hours a week

Pay: £13.40 per hour

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and a leader in personalised home care. We are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care, while supporting our staff with top-quality training, supervision and development opportunities.

Benefits Of Being a Personal Care Assistant

• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Ongoing support from a dedicated Regional Care Lead and Nurse
• 24/7 on-call support
• Career development opportunities and personal development plan
• Employee benefits including: a Blue Light discount card, Long Service Awards, PA of the Quarter Awards and wellbeing options including 24/7 confidential support provided by Spectrum Life
  
  

The role of this Personal Care Assistant

Our personal care assistants join our client’s support team, providing reliable, essential care and support in their home. You will be employed by HomeCareDirect on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support them only. This role is for 10hours per week which can be organised flexibly with the family. It is anticipated that you will work for half a day on a weekend and on a weekday evening, however there is the option to 'save hours' to enable our client to have a day trip out. There may also be the opportunity to cover some overnight respite.

About The Client And Duties

Our client is a gentleman in his 30's who has autism and limited understanding. He loves to be with adults, talking and sharing information. He enjoys being outdoors and out and about and his hobbies include walking, swimming, visiting coffee shops and going out for meals. He sometimes likes watching Disney films, National History documentaries and listening to the news. Our client is also a good talker with fantastic social skills.

The ideal support worker for our client will help to keep him grounded by creating a stress-free environment, by displaying patience in response to his repetitive questions and who will keep him safe. You will help with personal care, medication and patches, cooking and domestic tasks around the home (our client likes things to be clean and tidy).

You will need to drive for this role as you will accompany/support our client to enjoy his interests out and about in the community.

Requirements

Training and Support:

We Provide Comprehensive, Paid Training To CQC Standards Covering:

• Full induction
• Safeguarding Adults
• Health & Safety / First Aid / Food Hygiene
• Mental Health / Learning Disabilities / Autism
  
  

All training must be completed before the start date, with training hours paid at minimum wage

Requirements:

• Driver with a full, clean UK driving licence
• Care experience, working with autism and learning disabilities
• Commitment to long-term, person-centred care
• You must be reliable, compassionate and committed to respecting confidentiality
  
  

Benefits

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.

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