Support Worker - Somerset, United Kingdom - Westcountry Case Management

Westcountry Case Management

Verified Company

Somerset, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Part time

Description

Job Ref

WCM417/RBUR/CE/236

Location

Somerset
Support Worker (Part-Time)
Bridgwater, Somerset
The Company

Maximising potential for over 20 years, Westcountry Case Management provides a specialist case management service that helps individuals recruit their own support workers.

We have just been rated as Outstanding in our recent CQC inspection.

Our ambition is to inspire clients, their relatives and professionals alike by consistently attaining excellent outcomes, supporting people with compassion and kindness.

We are currently looking for a Support Worker to assist our client, an 18-year-old person with cerebral palsy living in Bridgwater.

This is a part-time role working around three shifts per week on the following shift pattern, (with some flexibility):
Monday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Friday 8.00am - 7.30pm
The Benefits

Hourly rate of £16.00 per hour weekdays, £17.50 per hour weekends and £9.50 per hour sleeping night shifts (Depending on Experience)
Work directly for the end service user and not an agency
Statutory benefits and holiday
Bonus scheme
Support and personspecific training from the client's therapists and family

If you are a caring, considerate individual, this is a brilliant opportunity to provide support to our client.

Working with friendly, forward-thinking colleagues, you will enjoy the satisfaction of becoming a part of our client's life and ensuring that they can enjoy their education and interests fully.

This incredibly rewarding role guarantees a mutually enjoyable experience for you and for our client.
The Role
As a Support Worker, you will provide dedicated support to our teenage client with cerebral palsy.

Passionate about sports, music and computer games, they attend college and require support with their personal care and daily living activities.

They use a wheelchair full-time, live in a fully adapted and equipped property and possess a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.

Our client requires help with eating and drinking due to limited upper limb functions, they love to chat and interact but their condition effects their speech patterns so you will sometimes have to help them be understood.

On a day-to-day basis, you will collect them from college, help with morning and evening care routines and support them to do therapy and social and leisure activities.

About You
To be considered as a Support Worker, you will need:

A fully enhanced disclosure request from the DBS
To register with the DBS Update Service
A full, valid driving licence

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please note we reserve the right to interview and appoint earlier than the stated closing date, should there be a good response to the advert.

This post is compliant with Paragraph 1, Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to Occupational Requirements.
We are a CQC Outstanding rated healthcare business who help our clients recruit their own support workers.

You will be employed directly by the client; however, Westcountry Case Management oversee all aspects of the clients care package on his behalf.

Other organisations may call this role Care Worker, Carer, Care Assistant, Home Care Assistant, Residential Care Assistant, Care Assistant, or Personal Care Assistant.

Webrecruit and Westcountry Case Management are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

Function

Support Worker

Status

Part Time

Type

Permanent

Hours

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