Support Worker
Full job description
WorkForce Personnel
Salary: £26,000 per year
Workforce Personnel are a recruitment agency currently recruiting for Support Workers to pick up temporary adhoc with mixtures of days, including earlys, lates and night shifts on behalf of our client in the Dunstable, Houghton Regis area.
Rates of pay are from
£26,000 per year to £26,000 per year depending on shifts
Overview of service:
You will work in partnership with patience to maximise their independence and support them to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. Your main task will be to work directly with patience following their care and support plans providing physical, social, and emotional support within their own home and the local community. Your other key responsibilities will include financial management, keeping accurate records and some personal care.
About the Home: –
Offering accommodation registered for a maximum of 16 Service Users with learning disabilities, The service users living have a very wide, and complex, range of needs.
- Learning Disability
- Physical Disability
- Sensory Impairment
- Younger Adults
Your duties will include: –
- Playing a vital role in preserving the comfort and quality of life of each individual under your care
- Providing an excellent person-centred service
- Supporting choice and independence in the residents
- Supporting with washing and dressing, providing nutritional support, personal care and assisting with activities as and when required
- You will need to be a naturally compassionate person with a strong sense of empathy for those individuals under your care Supporting individuals with Learning Disability, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Autism/ASD, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy,Hearing Impairment & Deafness
- financial management
Required:-
- This position requires you to complete all mandatory training and an enhanced DBS before being able to undertake any working assignment.
- A minimum of 6 months experience within a similar care setting in the last 2 years
- Be flexible to travel – driving licence and own transport is preferable to get to shift but is not a necessity.
- Be flexible in your availability – this role is most suited to those who are available most days of the week
- Experience with providing support and care to adults or children
- You must have the right to work within the UK
- 5 Years worth of work history for refs
We offer holiday pay, a friendly back office team, a Free DBS and uniform, block bookings and adhoc shifts.
If this is something you are interested in, please get in touch asap so that we can go through the recruitment process.
We will be happy to speak to you.
To apply for this job please visit definitejobs.co.uk.