Support Worker - Westcountry Cm - Southampton

Active Care Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Job share available

Job summary

Westcountry Case Management Ltd seeks a Female Support Worker to assist a young person in her Southampton home. Role includes personal care, OT/PT support, and helping her build independent living skills, with dog-walking as a possible activity.

15 hours per week after school hours and weekends; DBS enhanced disclosure required; DBS Update Service registration; female applicants only due to the nature of care; driving licence preferred but not essential; interviews may be via Teams/Zoom.

Qualifications

• Previous experience essential.
• Full driving licence preferred but not essential.
• Competent IT skills desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support to client.
• Assist with occupational therapy and physiotherapy sessions.
• Support client in social and leisure outings; help develop independent living skills.
• Include dog-walking activity where appropriate.
• Attend interviews via Teams/Zoom when required.

Skills

Driving licence

Past care experience

Tools

IT skills

Job description

FEMALE SUPPORT WORKER

Required to work with a young person with hearing loss, cerebral palsy, and autism in her own home in the Southampton area. Role will involve some personal care and assisting with occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social & leisure outings, supporting and enabling her to develop independent living skills.

Client has a small dog – normally walked by family but goal would be to include this as an activity to walk the dog with support.

Previous experience essential. Full driving licence and own car preferred but not essential.

Competent IT skills are desirable.

15 hours per week after school hours and weekends.

£16.00 - £18.00 per hour

Job share will be considered if applicants prefer to do less hours.

This position requires a fully enhanced disclosure request from the DBS.

You will also be required to register with the DBS Update Service.

Female applicants only due to the nature of personal care required.

Interviews MAY be held via Teams/Zoom/other such teleconferencing tools, therefore candidates MUST HAVE the ability to attend interview via these methods but will usually be face-to-face interviews in the local community.

Please note we reserve the right to interview and appoint earlier than the stated closing date, should there be a good response to the advert.

Westcountry Case Management Ltd

01626 770729

This post is compliant with Paragraph 1, Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to Occupational Requirements.

We are a CQC Outstanding rated healthcare business who help our clients recruit their own support workers. You will be employed directly by the client; however, Westcountry Case Management oversee all aspects of the clients care package on her behalf.

As we do not hold a valid company sponsorship licence, we cannot consider applications from non-UK nationals

Westcountry Case Management is committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people and vulnerable adults we work with by implementing a robust safeguarding policy including safer recruitment practices and expects all staff to share this commitment.