Female Support Workers

With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.

Location: Basildon, SS15

Hours: We are looking for two permanent Support Workers to cover the following shifts:

• 1x Support Worker to cover, Monday, Thursday and Friday nights 9.00pm to 9.00am.
• 1x Support Worker to cover Tuesday and Wednesday Nights 9.00pm to 9.00am and Sundays 9.00am to 9.00pm - these timings are approximate and flexibility will be required particularly during school holiday periods.
• Bank Support Workers are also required to cover absences of current team members.

Pay:

• £14.50 per hour, Monday to Friday (Days),
• £15:50 per hour, Weekends and Bank holidays (Days)
• £15.50 per hour, Monday to Friday (Waking Nights, 10:00pm to 6.00am), £16.50 per hour Weekends, (Waking Nights, 10:00pm to 6.00am)

Benefits:

• 5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata)
• Pension (subject to qualifying status)
• Free DBS check
• Free parking
• Induction
• Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate)
• Regular clinical supervision/review meetings
• Ongoing support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR Department

Driving:

• Driver required: Preferred
• Vehicle use: Will be using the client’s wheelchair adapted vehicle
• Using own vehicle for work: Yes, on duty and to attend training

Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

Job Summary
We are seeking patient and caring Support Workers to join the existing care team for our client, who was born in 1998. Our client is a young adult who lives at home with her mother and brother who are very important to her. She really enjoys listening to hip hop and R&B music and watches soap operas and Peppa Pig on TV. She attends church every Sunday and especially enjoys hearing the singing. Our client and her family are well known in the church community. She also attends a day centre twice a week where she enjoys activities such as baking, crafts, and games. Our client has many friends and local family that she attends birthday parties and outings with.

At birth, our client sustained injuries causing Cerebral Palsy, she has limited mobility so requires assistance for all transfers, where possible, exercises and stretches are incorporated into her daily life. She has gastric reflux and can endure severe abdominal pain and at times is unable to leave her bed. She can eat soft foods and drink thin liquids and is able to swallow her medication in tablet form. She has a live-in carer who has been with the family for over 10 years and due to the complexity of her disabilities requires 2:1 care for some activities.

Our clients needs overnight can vary, some nights requiring regular, hourly checks and other nights she may sleep for 4hrs+ at a time. She has an alert system and can shout for attention when needed overnight. It is expected that when not directly needed by the client, night staff complete a list of household tasks to assist the running of the household and smooth handover of care to daytime staff.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To meet all personal care needs of the client and encourage her to participate
• Provide domestic assistance to promote a healthy, clean and safe environment
• Administration of medication
• Awareness of emotional, behavioural and communication difficulties as a result of our client’s condition
• Effective communication and ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth and compassion within a dedicated care team

Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:

This role requires:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
• Satisfactory references, including from your most recent employer
• Enhanced DBS check (A conviction will not necessarily prevent employment)

Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.