Support Worker for Imogen

Proud to Care Devon; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000

Job description

Contract hours available: 30h and 15h per week

Imogen is an exceptionally bright, caring woman who lives in her own home. She is very sociable and likes to spend time with her family who live locally. Imogen has many hobbies including shopping, finding treasures in local charity shops, pebble art, and anything involving DIY.

She enjoys car boot sales, watching crime documentaries, listening to music, and singing along to musicals. Imogen has a great sense of humour and loves to have a laugh with her team. She is a great teacher who loves to show her team how to fix things around her home and cook her favourite meals. Imogen requires her support team to be patient, understanding, resilient, and committed to her journey to independence and a fulfilling life. At times, Imogen can engage with behaviours that are risky, and she needs to be confident that her staff are calm and can handle these situations with her.

Ideally you will:

• Be a confident person
• Be dedicated to making a positive difference
• Be a good listener
• Demonstrate empathy
• Think on your feet
• Keep calm in a crisis
• Be self-motivated
• Work well in a small dedicated team

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries
• Award Winning Pension Scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Excellent annual leave allowance, including top-up pay
• Critical Illness cover
• Life Insurance
• Mandatory induction
• Ongoing high-quality training
• Career development opportunities
• A real chance to make a difference to someone’s life

Does the job role include personal care?: No

Working Patterns:

Day and night shifts - possible waking nights

Essential details:

Essential for this job:

• Must hold a full UK driving licence
• Reasonable level of Computer Skills
• A DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of the probation period (6 months).