Support Worker, Home Care

Overview

Are you looking for a part time role within school hours (mornings/early afternoons)? Would you love a rewarding role supporting a gentleman in his own home / taking out in the community? Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care. Within the Care in the Home division, we support adults with spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions to live in their own homes.

We would like you to join us as a Support Worker at our client’s home based in Andover
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• Morning shifts available (9am-10.30am)
• Early afternoon shifts available (11.30am-3pm)
• Part time

This role is to support our male client who has locked-in syndrome within his own home in Andover.

The morning shifts (9am - 10.30am) will involve providing support alongside the live in staff with personal care, hoisting and helping the client get ready for the day.

The afternoon shifts (11.30am - 3pm) will involve driving the client in his own car out to places of his choosing in the community such as shopping, parks and any other daily tasks.

Due to the above it is essential that any applicants interested in the afternoon shifts have a valid full UK driving license and are comfortable driving an assisted vehicle. No previous experience required as full training, shadow shifts and ongoing support from the Care Manager will be provided.

• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Good communication skills

• £12.25 per hour
• Full specialist training
  , shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Care Manager provided
• Accrued holiday pay
• Regular consistent work with rolling rotas
• Flexible zero hours contract
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1,500 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Active Care Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. However due to the nature of the position there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement to recruit female Personal Healthcare Assistants.