We are recruiting a mature, confident and bubbly lady for our client who lives in the Portslade, Brighton area. Our client lives with her family and relies on her care team to keep her safe and to live as normal life as possible.
Living with physical and learning disabilities, she is unable to communicate her needs so you will need to be an excellent communicator and have an awareness of using sensory techniques to communicate and be willing to continue learning whilst in the role. You should also be able to act on your own initiative, have previous care experience and be able to drive.
The shift pattern will be for 32hrs a week and you will work the following:
Tuesdays: 8am to 8pm
Wednesdays: 6hrs, flexible hours
Saturdays: 8am to 8pm (alternate weeks)
1 x overnight sleep-in: 11pm to 7am
You would also be expected to be flexible to cover annual leave.
Requirements
You will be expected to complete the following CQC standard training which is specific to this client:
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Induction
Training
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Safeguarding
Adults
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First Aid
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling with a Hoist
- Medication Care Needs
- Gastrostomy Care
- Epilepsy Awareness
- Learning Disability Awareness
Essential
Requirements Identified for this Role:
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This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female support workers only for this role
- You must have previous care experience and an awareness of learning disabilities and epilepsy
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You must have an awareness of using sensory skills as a means of communication
- You must be a driver, with a full UK driving licence
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Prepared to commit to
long term care for one client in a 'person-centred'
way
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Willing to be trained
to CQC standards to meet the client's
needs
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Respect Company
policies and procedures
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Be reliable /
non-judgemental / caring / responsible /
compassionate
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Committed to
confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and
respect
Benefits
Contractual:
The current salary for this role is £13.33 per hour for hours worked between Monday to Sunday 7am - 11pm. All other hours are paid at minimum wage.
Company pension
scheme
Enhanced bank holiday
payments
Annual Leave is paid at
5.6weeks (pro-rata) per annum, based on contracted
hours
Support:
Full support and
supervisions from your dedicated Regional Care Lead
Training and full
support from your local HCD Community Nurse
Assessor
Career pathway
options
A personal development
plan
24hr on-call support
Employee
Benefits:
A Blue Light discount
card
Long service
awards
Free wellbeing options
and EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) provided by Spectrum
Life
This
vacancy is for a personal assistant to join our client’s support
package to support them in their own home. We will be your legal
employer on behalf of the client and you will not be asked to
support other clients. All of our contracts are for permanent
positions with a 6 month probationary period.
HomeCareDirect
is a national service provider and industry-leading specialist in
the personalisation of care at home. Registered with the Care
Quality Commission, HomeCareDirect provides a person-centred
approach, keeping clients safe at home, supporting with recruitment,
employment and training for their staff to the highest standards,
meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
Our
organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding
and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all
our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to
a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and
compassionate care.