Support Worker for a Young Couple - Torquay

Proud to Care Devon; Torquay; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team in Torquay as a Support Worker, supporting two individuals in their daily social life and independent living. If you have experience with brain injuries and a passion for making a difference, this role offers competitive salaries, ongoing training, and benefits including pension and sick pay. Important: This position is targeted towards female applicants due to occupational requirements.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Award Winning Pension Scheme

Company sick pay scheme

Excellent annual leave allowance

Critical Illness cover

Life Insurance

Mandatory induction

Ongoing high quality training

Career development opportunities

Impact someone's life positively

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with brain injury.
• Ability to keep up with a busy social life.
• Positive, energizing attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support Cheryl and Craig in social activities and budgeting.
• Provide emotional support when needed.
• Promote independence and social engagement.

Skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Flexibility

Energy

Job description

As a Support Worker you will also be supporting Cheryl, and her boyfriend Craig when necessary. Craig always has the biggest smile and he enjoys a busy social life. He enjoys going to the gym and swimming and loves to watch football. He also enjoys a visit to his local pub with his girlfriend.

Cheryl is a very sociable friendly person, she lives in her own house in Torquay and has an established team supporting her. She is very independent and requires very little support around her home but requires some support with budgeting her money.

They are looking for people who are fun and interested in the same things that she and her boyfriend Craig are, but also someone who can introduce them to new things. At times Cheryl needs some emotional support to keep her on track, she can easily become overwhelmed which leads to her feeling anxious.

Craig can sometimes struggle with his memory due to his brain injury and he can be stubborn but in the most part he leads a fun independent life. Mostly though, it’s all about having fun and supporting Cheryl and Craig on their journey to increased independence.

Ideally you will:

• Have some experience of working with people with a brain injury
• Have excellent communication skills
• Have the energy to keep up with Craig’s and Cheryl’s social life
• Be reliable and flexible
• Enjoy this line of work
• Have a get up and go attitude

Benefits:

• We reward our staff with competitive salaries
• We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme
• We have a company sick pay scheme
• Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
• Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
• Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
• A really good mandatory induction
• Ongoing high quality training
• Career development opportunities
• A real chance to make a difference to someone’s life

Does the job role include personal care?: No

Working Patterns:

Contract Hours:20h

Day and night shifts

Essential details:

This position is a genuine occupational requirement covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and thereforeonly applications from females are requested.

Driver with valid full UK licence

No Sponsorship available

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment tosafeguarding, and thereforewe apply robust recruitment and selection proceduresto ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).