Support Worker for Imogen

Beyond Limits; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Award-winning pension scheme

Sick pay

Generous annual leave

Life insurance

Induction and ongoing training

Job summary

Beyond Limits seeks a compassionate care assistant to support Imogen with outings, activities and daily living across the UK. You will join a flexible team providing sleepover shifts and occasional night support, with emphasis on empathy and respectful interactions.

Caregivers should be open-minded, calm under pressure and able to travel outside Plymouth as required. DBS checks and induction training are provided, with opportunities for ongoing development.

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK Driving Licence and have access to a car.
• Flexibility to do waking nights when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Support Imogen with outings, activities and daily living in a person-centred way.
• Maintain safety, patience and supportive communication during challenges.

Skills

Compassion

Humor

Open-minded

Communication

Initiative

Flexibility

Willing to travel

Calm demeanor

Empathy

Job description

Are you a thrill seeker? Do you like spontaneity and trying new things? Imogen likes to explore the UK, she loves theme parks and fairground rides. If you are up for an adventure Imogen would love to hear from you.

Contract Hours: from 15hrs up to 30hrs (1 or 2 shifts per week)

Shifts: Shift patterns will include long day sleepover shifts occasional waking nights

Imogen is an exceptionally bright, independent young women who lives in her own home. She is very sociable, enjoys evenings out at the local social club or pub, occasionally onto a nightclub. Imogen values family and enjoys spending time with them regularly.

Imogen has many interests, she particularly likes socialising, thrill rides, theme parks and fairgrounds. She loves activities such as escape rooms or visiting attractions. Imogen likes to get out of Plymouth and see new places, sometimes independently, other times with her support team. Her favourite adventures are short breaks at Thorpe park or a stay at a nice UK holiday park.

Imogen also likes her relaxing days at home. During these times Imogen enjoys watching crime documentaries, games on her phone and keeping up with social media and news. She very much likes listening to music and doing creative things such as Lego or small model building.

At times Imogen can be a bit of a night owl, choosing to stay up later and wake later. Imogen has a great sense of humour and loves to have a laugh with her team. She very much enjoys sharing her knowledge, ideas and successes with her team. She likes people to learn something new from her. Imogen requires her support team to be patient, understanding, flexible, resilient and committed. At times, Imogen may engage with behaviours that are risky, she needs to be confident that her staff can remain calm and supportive during these challenges.

Ideal you will be:

• Confident
• Up for a laugh, good sense of humour
• Open minded and non-judgemental
• Able to listen to and communicate well with Imogen and her family
• Able to support Imogen with an empathetic, open minded approach.
• Be someone who can use initiative and think on their feet.
• Flexible and adaptable, able to react to what the situation requires.
• Open to travelling outside of Plymouth.
• Open to trying new things, Participating in adventures and activities that Imogen chooses.
• Able to remain calm in challenging situations.
• Able to respect Imogen's choices & be able to put her needs and preferences first when supporting her.

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
• A real chance to make a difference to someone's life

"No Sponsorship currently available for this role"

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to 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 (3 months).

Essential for this job:Must hold a full UK Driving Licence and have access to a car.Flexibility to do waking nights when necessary

£12.71/hr Starting wage - to be discussed