Male Support Worker

Confederacion de Empresarios de Fuerteventura; Swindon; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000

Job description

With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.

Location: Swindon

Days & Hours: A minimum of 16.5 hours per week, to be worked as follows: Thursdays, 3.15pm-9.45pm and 5 hours on Fridays and Saturdays (exact times will be agreed with the Client, but likely to be late morning into the afternoon). Bank hours also available covering additional hours and absences of other team members. Please note, shifts for the bank role may be required to be covered at short notice.

These shifts can be covered by more than 1 person. Please indicate which hours you are interested in on your application form.

Pay: £15.00 per hour on weekdays, £17.00 per hour on weekends and bank holidays.

Driver required? Essential (will need to drive the client in the client's vehicle).

Driving Clients Car? Yes, our client's Wheelchair Adapted Vehicle (WAV), automatic. Please note, applicants must be over 25 years of age due to the insurance restrictions of driving the client's vehicle.

Using Own Vehicle for work purposes? Yes, on-duty and to attend training.

Essential Experience: Aptitude and desire to work with young people with complex needs.

Pets: Three cats in the family home.

Accommodation (while on duty): Working within the family home and in the local community.

Interviews Week Commencing: Interviews will happen on a rolling basis via Teams video interview. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received.

Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.

Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks).

Do you have a desire to help others grow and encourage them to pursue their interests and dreams? If so, we would welcome your application.

Introducing our client:

We are seeking a patient, caring Buddy to support our client, who was born in 2007. He loves drama and music and is currently attending sixth form taking drama, film studies, and maths. He likes attending Youth Theatre, had a speaking part on BBC Radio, and hopes to pursue acting as a career.

He lives at home with his family and would like to grow his independence in participating in his interests and hobbies which include going to the gym, cinema, theatre, and music gigs. He has a desire to engage in horse riding, skiing at a snow dome, archery, and pottery. He also has an interest in food and cooking and would like support to cook his favorite dishes which are Italian.

Our client suffered a brain injury at birth and has been diagnosed with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy. He has an electric powered wheelchair for outside use and is independent in controlling this. Our client is profoundly deaf and uses cochlear implants; he uses spoken English to communicate.

Your role will be to provide support for our client with his interests and activities both within the local community in Swindon and further afield in the UK. He is dependent on someone to help him mobilize and transfer around the family home and to be around should he require help with personal care tasks. Our client has a multidisciplinary therapy team with whom you will need to work effectively to support him.

This is an excellent opportunity for a caring person to develop existing skills and work with a dedicated family supporting a very social young man. A truly rewarding role for someone who is able to communicate effectively and has the ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth, and compassion.

Pay And Benefits:

• £15.00 per hour on weekdays and £17.00 per hour on weekends and bank holidays
• 5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
• Pension (subject to qualifying status)
• Free DBS check.

In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:

• Induction
• Ongoing training provided (including The Care Certificate)
• Regular clinical supervision/review meetings
• On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR Department

Safeguarding:

ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients' employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
• Satisfactory references, including your last employer
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships, and religion and belief.

Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.