Post available: Part Time PA/Support Worker (possible job share) –24 hours per week available. Plus, additional sleep in duties. (Female Only GOQ applies).
Hours: Wednesday: 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Friday: 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday or Sunday: 10:00am – 10:00pm
Bi-weekly sleep-in shifts Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday: 10:00pm – 8:00am
NB: some flexibility is required for weekend sleep-ins to remain on shift for an additional couple of hours to accommodate the client getting up and handovers.
Support Package details
• You will be joining an established team.
• Working within a team but on a 1:1 basis.
• Predominantly working set shifts as above, but you would be expected to cover planned and unplanned leave within the team where possible and also support the client in going away on holidays in the UK and abroad.
Client personal details
Characteristics
• Female
• Age 31 years
• Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, learning difficulties.
• Sporty and has represented Yorkshire & Humberside at the Special Olympics.
• Quiet until knows a person.
• Great sense of humour.
• Can be sensitive to over stimulation and enjoys quiet time to offset her busy lifestyle.
What to expect
• All meals provided.
• No uniform required.
• Domestic duties to be carried out in rooms occupied by client only.
• Assisting the client with showering and getting dressed where needed.
• Promoting her independence where possible.
• Supporting with food shopping.
• Supporting with meal preparation.
• Supporting with planning and carrying out of all tasks and activities.
Car use
• Must be comfortable and confident to drive client’s vehicle, which currently is a large automatic MPV.
• Must be able to make own way to/from work.
• Use of your own vehicle for flexibility is preferable.
• Will be required to drive short distances on a day-to-day basis.
• Must be confident in driving long distances within the UK.
Job Description/Specifications
• To work with our client, a young woman who has a brain injury, within her family home and in the community.
• To enable her to participate in therapy programmes, recreational and leisure activities, both at home and in the community.
• To work alongside her with household tasks including shopping and cooking as set out by the team leader.
• To carry out light domestic duties in the home, including vacuuming, washing, and ironing.
• To act as a driver, using the client’s vehicle.
• To provide set daytime and evening support within a structured package.
• Flexibility is required for the occasional overnight support.
• Flexibility to offer occasional cover for staff holidays and sickness.
• To provide daily ongoing support/prompts to assist the client to undertake personal care and domestic and leisure activities.
• To follow an agreed approach by use of strategies documented in the support plan.
• Working in collaboration with the client’s family, team leader, Case Manager and any other professionals when required.
• To undertake all required training.
• To attend regular supervisions.
• To ensure client confidentiality in all matters relating to the client.
• To be responsible to the client via client’s mum and team leader.
• To accompany the client on weekends away and holidays in the UK and abroad when required.
• Any other appropriate and reasonable task in relation to the employment as agreed with the client, client’s mum, team leader and case manager.
Applicant Personal Specifications
Essential Qualifications/Experience/skills
• You must have a full UK driving licence for both manual and automatic vehicles.
• You must be prepared to have business class insurance on your own vehicle if you have the use of one for work.
• You must be able to read information contained in reports and documentation.
• You must be able to present information clearly and accurately when communicating with the team via emails and shift reports.
• You must be able to speak with clear pronunciation of the English language to enable good communication and understanding with our client.
• You must have the ability to work on your own unsupervised, or as part of a team.
• You must be prepared to provide personal care.
Desirable Qualifications/Experience
• To have knowledge of, or a level of understanding around Brain Injury/Cerebral Palsy.
• To have experience of working in a community setting and people’s own homes.
• To hold a qualification in care such as the Care Certificate.
Desirable Skills and Aptitudes
• You should have a non – judgemental approach with the ability to see things from other peoples’ perspectives and be respectful of their lifestyle choices.
• To display an understanding that the workplace is also the client’s family home.
• Have a calm communication style with the client.
• Use of clear pronunciation when speaking.
• An understanding of the ‘enabling approach’ and the ability to assess when direction needs to be offered to the client.
• A sense of humour.
• Understanding of appropriate boundaries.
• Mature, confident, and professional approach to providing support.
• Be able to display empathy but with a non-patronising approach.
• The ability to accept guidance and feedback from the team leader and family.
• Have a willingness to step in and support the client and family when the situation demands it.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with all people involved.
• To be self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
• Be conscientiousness.
• Good timekeeping.
• Ability to identify and manage potential risks, to safeguard the client.
• The ability to use initiative and adapt to different situations and/or learn new skills.