Support Worker
Job Description
Job summary
You must be a driver for this role. Are you looking for a role working 2 nights a week 10pm - 8am plus 2 Saturdays a month 10 hour shifts? Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a client with complex health needs in their own home and with social activities? Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care. Within the Care in the Home division, we support adults with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury and complex health needs to live in their own homes. We'd like you to join us as a Support Worker at our clients home based in Ruthin. Contract can be offered after successful probation period.
Main duties of the job
The role as told from our client: I am looking to hire a suitable candidate to assist me in my own home and with social activities. This will include two Saturdays a month - 11am until 9pm (10 hour shifts), the candidate must be able to drive my vehicle. My days will include going out to the pub, restaurants, cinema and spending time assisting me with my drone as well as meeting my friends. The candidate must be flexible with their times as this may change when I plan to go out to music concerts, however; any changes will be notified in advance.
When you'll be working:
X2 nights a week 10pm - 8am x2 Saturdays per month.
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 muscular dystrophy in his own home and out in the community which will involve supporting with personal care, medication, moving and handling and managing clinical equipment.
You must be a driver, to drive the clients vehicle.
What you'll have:
- Kind and caring nature
- previous care experience
- Flexibility and reliability
- Good communication skills
What to look forward to:
- Paid up to £13.50 per hour (depending on experience)
- Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Care Manager provided
- Accrued holiday pay
- Regular consistent work with rolling rotas
- Flexible zero hours contract
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- A Nest Personal Pension account
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1,500 by 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
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability confident employer.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- DRIVER
Desirable
- care experience
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
Ruthin - Care in the Home Wales Division
Ruthin
Denbighshire
LL15 1DS