Support Worker – Deputy Team Leader JW/Banes/100823

Compass Independent Living; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A care support organization in Bristol seeks a deputy team leader to assist a 29-year-old gentleman with disabilities. Responsibilities include providing 24-hour support, training carers, and facilitating community activities. Ideal candidates should have experience working with individuals with sensory and physical impairments, possess good communication skills, and be reliable. This role offers flexible weekday and weekend shifts, paid at £12.35 per hour, and a holiday entitlement of 28 days pro-rata.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday (pro rata)

Enhanced rates for unsociable hours

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience working with young people with sensory impairment, learning disability, physical disability, and epilepsy.
• Experience in delivering physiotherapy and sensory stimulation is desirable.
• Clean driving licence is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support with hydrotherapy, music therapy, and community access.
• Administer regular and emergency medication.
• Facilitate social and sensory activities.
• Provide manual handling and tube feeding assistance.
• Cross-cover sickness and holiday of other staff.

Skills

Good communication skills

Punctuality

Flexibility

Fluent English (written and verbal)

Experience with sensory impairment

Job description

The Role: To support a 29-year-old gentleman who has Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, Learning Difficulties and Severe Visual Impairment. He is looking for a deputy team leader to join his well-established long-standing team, to provide 24-hour support. You will have additional responsibilities for supporting a team of carers, and this involves helping to train, and to manage and support all team members. You will also be required to provide care in his family home, but also to access the community for a variety of different activities to ensure he lives the most fulfilling life. Full training to be given to the successful applicant.
Main Duties
• To support with hydrotherapy.
• To support with music therapy.
• To access the community.
• To provide all personal care tasks.
• To administer regular and emergency medication.
• To facilitate social and sensory activities.
• To provide small domestic chores, such as managing laundry, and keeping the living area tidy and clean.
• To provide manual handling.
• To tube feed and, if required, administer oxygen therapy, and suction.
• To cross-cover sickness and holiday of other staff.
Personal Qualities and Attributes required:
• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy.
• Responsible, reliable, and trustworthy.
• Respectful of dignity and independence.
• Good communication skills and social skills.
• Punctual, and flexible.
• You must have a good sense of humour.
• You must be happy to work alone, or part of a team.
• Fluent English is essential, written and verbal.
• Experience in delivering physiotherapy and sensory stimulation is desirable.
• 2 years’ experience required working with young people with sensory impairment, learning disability, physical disability and epilepsy is essential.
• Clean driving licence is desirable.
The position is subject to a DBS, and satisfactory completion of initial training and a one month’s probationary period.
Hours: 3 – 4 Late /early weekday shifts (7:30 – 16:00, and 10:30 – 20:00) per week, and one weekend a month. These could be part-time or full-time and could be combined with night shifts on a rolling 4-week cycle.
Pay: £12.35 per hour
Unsocial hours paid at enhanced rates, and weekends.
Holiday Entitlement: You will be entitled to 28 days paid holiday (including bank holidays) pro rata according to number of shifts worked.
Please send your CV to [e-mail] quoting the job reference JW/Banes/100823, stating why you are interested in this job, and which position(s) you are interested in.
You must be able to prove your right to work in the UK. No sponsorship is available.