Support Worker

Active Care Group - Care in The Home; Shrewsbury; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of complex care as a Live out Support Worker in Shrewsbury. This role involves supporting a client with a brain injury by providing personal care and assistance during day and night shifts. We are looking for individuals with kindness and reliability to offer dedicated 24-hour care. Flexible working hours and both full-time and part-time positions are available.

Benefits

Personal pension scheme

Full specialist training

Recognition through Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme earning up to £1500

Qualifications

• Kind and caring nature required.
• Flexibility and reliability essential for continuity of care.
• Good communication skills expected.

Responsibilities

• Support client with personal care and hygiene.
• Administer peg feeds and perform nebuliser care.
• Work regular shifts including days and nights.

Skills

Communication Skills

Caring Nature

Flexibility

Reliability

Job description

Successful candidates will have the ability to drive their own vehicle due to unreliable public transport.

Would you like a rewarding role in which you can support a client one-to-one in their own home?

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.

Within the Care in the Home division, we support clients with complex care to live independently in their own homes.

We are looking for a Live out Support Worker to support our male client who lives in Shrewsbury.

Meet the client:

Our client has suffered an acquired brain injury and requires 24-hour care. He is non-verbal and totally dependent on others for all care needs. He has a gentle nature and is easy to work with.

What you'll be doing:

This role involves supporting our client at home during day and night shifts. The support includes personal care, hygiene, peg feeds, gastrostomy, nebuliser, and oral suctioning. Full clinical training will be provided.

The ability to drive is required as public transport is unreliable in the area.

When you'll be working:

We are seeking a regular team to work permanently with our client. Shifts include days, waking nights, and sleepovers:

• 8am-4pm
• 4pm-10pm plus sleep-over until 8am
• 8am-8pm
• 8pm-8am wake night

Full-time and part-time positions are available, Monday to Sunday.

What you'll have:

• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility and reliability—continuity of care is essential
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• £15 per hour plus accrued holiday pay
• Personal pension scheme
• Full specialist training
• Recognition through the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme earning up to £1500

We offer support and guidance from our qualified clinical and business leadership teams to help you develop your career with Active Care Group.

*Please note: We are recruiting Female Support Workers due to a genuine occupational requirement of the person we support. This role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in the application and interview process, as we are a Disability Confident employer.