Female Support Worker Wanted

Description

Female Support Worker Wanted

Ref: ES3332a

Location: Bexhill-on-Sea

Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status:

Employed or Self-employed

Hours per week:

10 hours night-shift - Tuesday night and Thursday night available (some sleep possible but with regular waking intervals)

Tues & Fri evenings - 4 hours - 5pm to 9pm

Hourly pay rate:

Employed £17.35 / Self-employed £22.55

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We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Personal Assistant to support a young woman with a learning disability, autism, and complex emotional needs, who may display behaviours that challenge.

If you are enthusiastic, motivated and are interested in working within a family home with a young woman who is amazing and who has a learning disability, autism, complex emotional needs and can display behaviours that challenge, we would like to hear from you.

You will be required to carry out duties involving supporting a young person and with all aspects of her daily life including personal care and accessing her local community.

As a valued member of the team, we will provide you with the necessary training to ensure you are adequately prepared for the challenges of your role (includes some physical aggression) and given support and guidance.

The successful candidate will be caring, reliable, have a degree of fitness but most of committed to delivering the highest possible standard of care. Females only.

Roadworthy car required to travel to work and for trips out.

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Duties include:

- Supporting a young person and with all aspects of her daily life including personal care and accessing her local community.

- Following a Positive Behaviour Support plan, to improve the quality of life for the young person.

Candidate qualities:

- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality

- Reliable with good timekeeping

- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

- Hygienic, tidy and well organised

- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills

- Honest and cheerful

- Creative

- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard

- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

- Committed to delivering the highest possible standard of care

- Caring

- Team player

Notes:

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9

Ad ID: 5418931906