Support Worker

Active Care Group - Care in The Home; Worcester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks compassionate Support Workers to assist a female client with complex health needs in her home. Roles available for part-time or full-time hours, with thorough training provided. Candidates must have a full UK driving license. Join a supportive team with opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

Nest Personal Pension account

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme up to £1500

Qualifications

• Full Clean UK Driving Licence required.
• Experience with Spinal Cord Injury advantageous, full training provided.
• Flexibility and reliability essential.

Responsibilities

• Support client with a spinal cord injury in daily activities.
• Provide personal care, medication management, and mobility assistance.
• Engage client in community activities and outings.

Skills

Caring nature

Flexibility

Communication

Job description

Are you looking for a role for 12 hour day or waking night shifts?

Are you looking to enhance your skills and progress into complex care?

Would you thrive in a rewarding role, supporting a lady with complex health needs in her own home?

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

Within the Care in the Home division, we support adults with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury and complex health needs to live in their own homes.

We'd like you to join us as aSupport Workerat our clients home based inUpton Snodsbury(village just outside Worcester).

When you'll be working:

• Day and Waking Night Shifts Available
• 8am-8pm or 8pm-8am
• Part Time or Full Time available
• 24, 36 or 48 hours a week available

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support our female client with a spinal cord injury whom lives in her own home.

Our client describes herself as a nice, outgoing person. We are looking for someone who can engage, encourage and support our client with activities such as; going out into the community, supporting with online shopping and maybe even some day trips out!

This role involves carrying out;

• Personal Care
• Medication
• Moving and Handling
• Bowel Management
• Cough Assist

Experience with Spinal Cord Injury is advantageous however not a requirement as full training will be provided. You will also complete shadow shifts alongside a competent member of staff to ease you in!

You must have a Full Clean UK Driving Licence as you will be required to drive the clients adapted vehicle.

What you'll have:

• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Good communication skills
• Own means of transportation

What to look forward to:

• £12.25 up to £13.50 per hour (depending on UK experience and qualifications)
• Accrued holiday pay
• Flexible zero hours contract
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Active Care Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. However due to the nature of the position there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement to recruit female Personal Healthcare Assistants.

We also want to ensure that 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.