Job Description

Job Title

: Support Worker

Reports to

: Case Manager Tania Brown Ltd

Location

: Welwyn Garden City, England

Part Time:

8.5 Hours per week, 9:00 to 17:30 (1 day per week, including 1-2 weekend days, per month). Additional hours may be available on a voluntary basis to cover staff sickness and annual leave.

Pay:

16.50 per hour weekdays - 18.50 per hour weekends.

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PLEASE NOTE:

Upon successful application and shortlisting, we will send an application pack to your email. We can ONLY process your application through to interview stage once the application pack has been completed and returned.

Full Training and induction programme will be provided.

We are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

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Our Client:

Tania Brown Ltd are excited to be looking for one contracted employee and one bank staff employee, to support a friendly and welcoming care package in Welwyn Garden City.

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and proactive

female

to complement our client's current team

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supporting a gentleman, on a one to one basis, with his physical and cognitive rehabilitation, alongside general day-to-day living.

Our client has an acquired brain injury and needs staff to encourage and support his daily living to ensure he is safe and supported - both at home and out in the community.

You will be required to promote his health and well-being, as well as his independence, inclusive of his rehabilitation and therapy.

Our client is very sociable and loves to be out and about! Your role is to support this as best as you possibly can.

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Responsibilities:

- Acting as a driver for our client, assisting with transport to and from local leisure activities and volunteering.

- Encouraging a healthy lifestyle, including assistance with meal preparation.

- Assistance with dressing and domestic duties alongside personal care.

- Assistance with feeding (due to dysphagia).

- Manual handling needs (one to one).

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Essential:

- UK Valid Driving License

- 1+ Years' experience in care within the UK (either paid or unpaid).

- Previous experience of the moving and handling of people.

- Experience and knowledge of acquired brain injury and/or learning disabilities - desirable.

- Fluent in English (clear communication is necessary due to our clients brain injury and delayed speeds in processing speech).

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We believe that this post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010 and that there is a genuine occupational requirement for this post holder to be female.

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Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 16.50-18.50 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 8.5 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Health & wellbeing programme
Application question(s):

How many years of acquired brain injury experience do you have? How many years of care experience do you have within the UK? How many years of Moving & Handling experience do you have?
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person