Support Worker – Home-Based Care for Disabled Lady DP7107

Independent Lives; Worthing; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent care organization in Worthing is looking for a female Support Worker to provide home-based care for a disabled lady. The role involves personal care, manual handling, and companionship. Candidates should have care experience and be reliable. Self-employed position with flexible hours and a pay rate of £20 per hour.

Qualifications

• Experience in care or a genuine passion for supporting others.
• Comfortable with manual handling and using equipment such as a ceiling hoist.
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care with dignity and sensitivity.
• Safe manual handling and use of ceiling hoist.
• Meal preparation and support with feeding if required.

Skills

Experience in care

Excellent interpersonal skills

Reliability

Ability to follow instructions

Comfortable with manual handling

Good timekeeping

Job description

Overview

Support Worker – Home-Based Care for Disabled Lady

Location: Worthing

Ref: DP7107

Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Hours and pay

• Hours per week: Monday 6-8pm; Friday 6.30am-9am and 6-8pm; Every other weekend
• Hourly pay rate: £20 per hour, self-employment basis

Role description

We are looking for a reliable, compassionate, and respectful Support Worker to assist a disabled lady in her own home. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in someone’s daily life by providing essential personal and practical care.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care with dignity and sensitivity
• Safe manual handling and use of ceiling hoist
• Meal preparation and support with feeding if required
• Assisting with medication (prompting or administering, as appropriate)
• Light domestic duties to maintain a clean and comfortable environment
• Offering companionship and respectful support throughout the day

Working hours

• Monday PM 6-8
• Friday AM 6.30-9 and PM 6-8
• Every other weekend
• Flexibility to help cover staff holidays is essential
• Please note PM calls may vary in start time.

Essential requirements

• Experience in care or a genuine passion for supporting others
• Comfortable with manual handling and using equipment such as a ceiling hoist

Employment and compliance

This is a self employed position, applicant must have DBS, own insurance and will be required to provide PPE

Duties include

• Personal grooming
• Housekeeping

Candidate qualities

• Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
• Reliable with good timekeeping
• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
• Hygienic, tidy and well organised
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
• Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Honest and cheerful
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

Notes

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Additional information

If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9