Female Support Worker, AS385
A Chance For Life Limited
Расположение работы
Kendal
Статус занятости
на постоянной основе
Подробности вакансии
*Occupational Pursuant to Para 1 Schedule 9 of Equality Act 2010.
Description
16 hours available.
Morning, Afternoons, evenings and weekends.
You will be required to work with a Lady in the Kendal area with an acquired brain injury in her home and the community. Our client is a well-educated person with a heart of gold and a passion for crafting, baking and music. She is a dog lover and has a rescue dog who is very timid at first meeting. Our client really enjoys attending activities in the community and is committed to her church visits on Sunday. This post will ideally suit someone with similar interests or someone who can positively engage in our clients’ interests. She also requires a person who will engage in daily household activities to promote her independence within her family unit.
The rate of pay for this is role is £11 per hour, depending on experience.
Duties
Your duties will include supporting our client with personal, social and leisure activities that promote independent living and inclusion including and not limited to:
• Personal care
• Cleaning duties
• Walking the dog
• Accessing the community for shopping, social and leisure activities, and therapy programmes such as hydrotherapy.
Key skills, knowledge and experience
• You should have previous experience of working with adults in their own home.
• Driving licence and car ownership is essential.
• You should be trained to NVQ/Diploma Level 2 in Health and Social Care (or have equivalent experience e.g., completed year 1/level 4 of a recognised health profession degree course).
• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Benefits of working with A Chance for Life
We are committed to the continuous learning and development of all our staff to enable them to realise their potential. All new starters take part in our peer-reviewed induction program at the commencement of employment. We also organise free, certified training throughout the year.
Our training courses include:
• Acquired brain injury
• Medication
• Mental capacity
• Safeguarding
• Moving and handling
• Specialised client-specific training
• First Aid.
We also offer all staff the following benefits:
Full supervision which includes formal and informal meetings with line manager
Company Pension
Participation in our better Health at Work Scheme
Company Events, social activities and celebrations
Staff Newsletter.
About A Chance for Life
“Complex care with heart, humanity and imagination.”
We are a specialist driven case management and rehabilitation company providing Support Work, Case Management, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Medico Legal services to children and adults across North East England, North West England and Scotland. We are driven to help adults and children recover skills lost through complex life-changing conditions, so they can live meaningful, rewarding lives. At A Chance for Life, we are proud to be first choice for life-changing injury support across the North.
Our Values:
• Client-centred: We put the client at the heart of everything we do.
• Humanity: We are friendly, approachable, open and honest.
• Integrity: We do the job right and treat everybody with respect.
• Heart: We work with compassion and care, upholding the dignity of our clients at all times.
• Whatever it takes: We find practical, imaginative solutions that deliver value for money and exceptional care.
• Pride: We deliver a service we believe in
