Support Worker | NN6

Snap Care; Northampton; On-site; GBP 22,041 - 27,552; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training

Ongoing support

Warm family environment

Job summary

A support services organization is seeking a female Support Worker in Northampton to assist a gentleman recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury. This role requires experience with disabilities and the ability to work under a multi-disciplinary team. Key responsibilities include providing person-centered support, medication administration, and maintaining a calm environment during day and waking night shifts. Flexibility is crucial, and applicants must have a full UK driving license and their own car.

Qualifications

• Experience with Traumatic Brain Injury support is highly desirable.
• Must have a full UK driving license and access to a car.
• Non-smokers only; must be female due to specific requirements.

Responsibilities

• Providing person-centered support that promotes independence.
• Assisting with daily routines and medication administration.
• Working under the guidance of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Experience supporting a client with a disability

Strong communication skills

Flexible with varying hours

Kind and empathetic

Job description

Confident, understanding and sensitive female Support Worker in Northamptonshire. NN6, to support a charming gentleman who has a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with his rehabilitation. Up to £20.00 Gross per hour.

• Nearest Station: Kettering
• Salary/Wage: M-F £16.00 (£18.00 after probation period), Saturdays £17.00 (£19.00 after probation period), and Sundays £18.00 (£20.00 after probation period) gross per hour
• Driving Requirements: A full UK driving licence is required and you will need your own car to travel to the client’s home. Car to use on duty
• Essential: Experience supporting a client with a disability, working under the direction of a Multi‑Disciplinary Team (MDT), Waking Night Experience. This role is open to female candidates only. Someone who can implement a ‘hands‑off’ approach wherever possible to encourage rehabilitation and independence. Non‑smokers only.
• Highly desirable: Experience supporting a client with a TBI, supporting a client in their own home
• Start Date: ASAP
• Days & Hours: This role is to cover a minimum of 40 weeks per year, plus additional work covering sickness absences
• Pets in Home: 2 cats
• Recruiter Contact: Sally [e-mail]

About the Client

John, 61, is a charming gentleman with a great sense of humour who enjoys watching sport, golf, playing dominos and backgammon (and teaching backgammon), going for walks, and supporting his beloved Leeds United. He lives at home with his wife and their two grown‑up children. Using a stroller, John enjoys afternoon outings to the local park and café, and for longer walks he uses a wheelchair. John sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in 2018. Before his injury, he was a successful businessman, active in sport, and even ran half marathons. He requires around the clock support from a highly skilled team. He follows a rehabilitation programme designed by a multi‑disciplinary team (MDT), including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech and Language Therapy. Due to his TBI, John can experience fatigue, agitation, confusion, and reduced insight into his condition, but he remains sociable, engaging, and often very witty.

The Role at a Glance

This role provides cover for the team’s annual leave (approximately 40 weeks per year) plus sickness, with a combination of daytime and waking night shifts. As part of John’s established team of seven, you will provide respectful, person‑centred support that promotes his independence, dignity and wellbeing, using gentle prompts and visual cues to support daily routines in a calm, non‑patronising manner. John’s day is carefully structured to balance rehabilitation, rest and meaningful activities, and you will work under the guidance of a multidisciplinary team in line with a bespoke support plan. Weekly hours will vary between 26 and 40, depending on the holiday shifts you are covering. Waking night shifts run from 8.00pm to 9.00am. Day shifts are either 7.30am–8.30pm (13 hours) or 9.00am–8.00pm (11 hours). Support focuses on maintaining a calm and safe environment, monitoring wellbeing, providing continence and mobility support, completing routine observations, and administering prescribed medication, including PRN where required, supporting routines, personal care and MDT programmes, with access to a staff room.

This Job Would Suit

A female support worker who is kind, intuitive, respectful and empathetic, and confident following MDT guidance. You’ll be flexible with varying hours and have strong communication skills, liaising effectively with professionals. An ability to engage warmly without being overly chatty is important; John enjoys conversation but can tire easily.

Why You’ll Love This Role

You will be joining an established team and working within a warm and welcoming family environment, with a charming gentleman. You’ll have the chance to play a meaningful role in supporting John’s rehabilitation journey, with excellent training and ongoing support provided.

Recruitment Process

This vacancy is being managed through Snap Care’s Shortlist Service. We will review all applications and verify the essential criteria are met before passing suitable CVs and contact details to our client/case manager, who will continue the recruitment process directly. By applying, you consent to your details being shared with our client. Please note: Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for any of our vacancies. If a specific gender is required, this is a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.