Male Support Worker Salford, North West England, England
Job description
- We are looking for people who have worked in social care previously, ideally mental health diagnosis and self-harming behaviours.
- You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We are unable to offer sponsorship.
- You must be already registered with Social Care Wales or be prepared to do so.
Gray Healthcare are different to most care providers in that that we are clinically led. That means that there is a team of clinicians including nurses, occupational therapists and Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) specialists involved in developing the care and approach for each person that we support. This provides more direction to the Support teams; it is an inclusive approach that is proven to work to improve the lives and outcomes of the people that we support.
Training
We don’t expect you to know everything when you join Gray Healthcare! We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training (company induction, systems, meds etc.) followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint-dominant approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. This could be PBS, epilepsy, ligature etc. and finally, you’ll complete shadow shifts.
Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.
Recruitment Process
- Telephone interview with specialist recruiter to go through the role in more detail and find out more about you and why you have applied.
- In-person interview with Community Support Manager
- Compliance & Background checks including employment references, Right To Work checks and Enhanced DBS.
Male Support Worker opportunity in Salford, Manchester for 36 hours/week
The role
Gray Healthcare has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Male Support Worker to join their team in Salford, supporting a gentleman with an ABI.
The person supported has a sharp sense of humour and an enthusiasm for fitness. He loves going to the gym daily and healthy eating. He especially enjoys trips out in the car, supporting his local football team and listening to music.
The support is provided by an all male team in a 2 bedroom flat in Clipper Keys, Salford and the team is 2-to-1 days, 2-to-1 nights, 1 waking / 1 sleep.
The vacancy is for 36 hours comprising 3 x 12 hour day shifts, 8am to 8pm plus 1 x 12-hour sleep, 8pm to 8am.
The sleep pay is around £118 for 12 hours (3 hours at £11.20 and 9 hours at £10.42/hour)
