Support Worker Worcester, England
Job description
FULL & PART-TIME SUPPORT WORKERS REQUIRED
- Would you like to join a brand-new care team?
- Are you looking for an employer that will value your support and hard work?
- Are you flexible and committed?
Complexus Care delivers bespoke, person-centred, complex care to their clients, through both empowerment and clinical expertise, with an embedded holistic approach. We support our clients who have a variety of complex care needs and enable them to live independently within the community.
In return for your commitment and reliability we will offer you:
- Excellent rates of pay
- Holiday Pay
- Ongoing training and development
- Auto enrolment pension scheme
- Payment for E-learning and specialist training
- Regular supervisions with your line manager
- Employee Assistance Scheme (This service offers a 24 hour, fully confidential telephone counselling, with an interactive health and wellbeing management portal to support our employees with their daily life).
About The Role
We are currently recruiting for FULL & PART TIME SUPPORT WORKERS to work with a male client who has Cerebral Palsy and is Quadriplegic. He is living in his parents’ home in the Worcester area. This young man has a PEG feed in place and requires 2:1 care. Bowel and Bladder care is required. A driver is preferred as is a good level of English communication. There is a cat in the household. The home is a completely none-smoking environment.
Support Worker Duties:
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit for a NEW CARE TEAM. You will work on a rota basis, including weekdays and weekends to cover day shifts and waking night/sleep shifts which are one weekend per month.
You will be supporting this young man to maintain his independence and you must be flexible, reliable, intuitive, trustworthy and mindful.
The shift times are as follows:
- Day shift – Monday-Friday: 7.30am to 10.00pm
- Day shift – Saturday & Sunday: 8.00am to 11.00pm
One weekend per month requires waking night shifts and sleepover shifts: -
- Waking night shift Friday: 10.00pm to 8.00am
- Sleep shift Friday: 10.00pm to 8.00am
- Waking night shift Saturday: 11.00pm to 8.00am
- Sleep shift Saturday: 11.00pm to 8.00am
- Waking night shift Sunday: 11.00pm to 7.30am
- Sleep shift Sunday: 11.00pm to 7.30am
Rates of Pay: Up to £18.50 per hour upon successful completion of competencies and training.
This is a completely None-Smoking household.
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check WILL be required.
About You
You will be approachable, reliable, and dependable and you will work well as part of a team, but also able to use your own initiative. You will have an outgoing personality and you will be respectful of this young man’s needs. You will have good communication skills in English. Experience and ability to understand and deal with complex needs is desirable but not essential, including bowel and bladder care. Please note that there is a cat in the household. A driver would be preferred as this young man has a vehicle, which you would be required to drive and being registered on the DBS update service would be beneficial.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £18.50 per hour
Day range:
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
Physical setting:
- Homecare
Shift:
- Day shift
- Night shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Worcester, WR1 3LL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Home care: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
- English (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: LT
