Support Worker

Active Care Group; Shrewsbury; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Live out Support Worker in Shrewsbury, supporting a male client with an acquired brain injury. The role involves providing essential personal care and clinical support in a one-to-one setting, with full training provided. Flexibility in shifts is available, and a driving license is required due to the client's location. Enjoy competitive pay and benefits while making a meaningful difference in a client's life.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Nest Personal Pension

Full specialist training

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience with personal care and clinical needs.

Responsibilities

• Support a male client with personal care and hygiene.
• Assist with PEG feeds, nebuliser, and oral suctioning.

Skills

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility

Good communication skills

Job description

For genuine occupational reasons, we require the successful candidate to have a full UK driving license.

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'd like you to join us as a Live out Support Worker to support our male client who lives in Shrewsbury.

Meet the client: We are currently looking for carers to support our new client who has suffered an acquired brain injury. He requires 24-hour care, is non-verbal, and is totally dependent on others for all of his care needs. He has a very gentle nature and is easy to work with.

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support our new male client in his own home for days & night shifts, who has suffered an acquired brain injury. The client requires support with personal care and hygiene, PEG feeds, gastrostomy, nebuliser, and oral suctioning. Full clinical training will be provided.

The ability to drive is required as the client lives in an area where public transport is not reliable.

When you'll be working:

• We are looking for a regular team to work permanently with our client
• Days / Waking & Sleep nights available
• 8am-4pm
• 4pm-10pm plus sleep over until 8am
• 8am-8pm
• 8pm-8am wake night
• Monday - Sunday available
• Full time or part time available

What you'll have:

• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Continuity of care is imperative for our clients
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• £15 per hour
• Accrued holiday pay
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Full specialist training
• Recognition of outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• The support and guidance of 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; therefore, this role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9.

We also aim to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

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