Live In Support Worker
- NHS
- Full Time
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 138.00 - 162.00 a day
Job Description
Job summary
Our client leads an active lifestyle, therefore a successful applicant will hold a full clean UK drivers licence to Drive the clients vehicle. Would you like to do live in care, staying within your local county of Tyne and Wear? Would you like a rewarding role in which you can support a client with a spinal cord injury in his own home?
Main duties of the job
Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care. Within the Care in the Home division, we support clients with spinal cord injury to live independently in their own homes. We'd like you to join us as a Live In Support Worker in the Newcastle upon Tyne area.
About us
Active Care Group are a pioneering national provider of complex care services, delivering pathways and better outcomes for people. We have a collaborative and holistic approach to care underpinned by proven clinical and therapeutic expertise. We specialise in supporting young people and adults with complex needs to make positive progress and lead happier, more independent lives.
Job responsibilities
What you'll be doing:
- This role is to support our male client with a spinal cord injury within his own home
- You will move into the client's home and support him with personal care (including washing, dressing and toileting), moving and handling, domestic tasks and social activities
When you'll be working:
- Regular assignments with this client
- Assignment length 2 weeks at a time
- £138 - £162 per day (depending on UK experience and qualifications)
- Accrued holiday pay
- Flexible zero hours contract
- A Nest Personal Pensionaccount
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500by recommending someone you know
- ......and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- What you'll have:
- Kind and caring nature
- Flexibility & reliability continuity of care is imperative for our clients
- Good communication skills
- Our client requires support with driving, therefore you must hold a full UK drivers licence
- What to look forward to:
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Active Care Group
Address
Care in the Home North Division
Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumberland
NE1 8AX
