Female Support Worker

Assington, United Kingdom | Posted on 05/10/2026

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ocation: Suffolk,CO10
Hours: 10 hours per week
Flexibility: Some flexibility is required to bank contracted hours for occasional day trips. There may also be opportunities for additional hours tosupport respite and overnight stays.

• Half a day at the weekend or on a Friday
• One weekday evening
• Occasional day trips using banked contracted hours

Shift

Hours

Rate

Monday to Sunday

07:00 to22:00

£14.50per hour

Bank Holidays

07:00 to22:00

£21.75per hour

07:00 to22:00

£29.00per hour

Monday to Sunday sleep-in

22:00 to07:00

£12.71per hour

Bank Holiday sleep-in

22:00 to07:00

£19.07per hour

22:00 to07:00

£25.42per hour

If you’re a compassionate, patient and proactive Personal Assistant (PA) or Health Care Assistant (HCA) who is confident supporting someone with complex health needs while promoting their independence, thiscould be the role for you.

The client is a friendly and sociable young man who lives independently in his own maisonette next to his family home in the Suffolk countryside. Hevalues his privacy and independence and enjoys spending time with family, goingfor walks and coffee, making meals, attending church and meetings, travelling by train and getting out into the community.

He has mild cerebral palsy, autism, a learning disability, complex bladder and renal needs, severe neuropathic pain and asymptomatic congenital heart disease, which is regularly monitored by his medical team.

The client requires support with personal care, medication, daily routines and bladder care, including assistance with self-catheterisation and following a structured bladder-care routine. He has a detailed care plan inplace, and full training and guidance will be provided.

Due to his autism, the client has strong routines and preferences andmay require reassurance, repetition and preparation when plans or routines change. He can also experience significant pain which he may communicate inless obvious ways, so it is important that his PAs take the time to get to knowhim and understand his individual presentation.

His PAs also play an important role in helping him initiate activities,access the community and maintain his independence. He is supported by a smallPA team alongside his family, who live close by.

· Support the client to maintain his independence,choice and dignity within his own home and the community.

· Provide support with personal care, medication anddaily routines.

· Assist with bladder care and self-catheterisation,following the client’s structured care plan.

· Support the client with his complex health needs,including recognising and responding appropriately when he is experiencing pain.

· Provide a calm, patient and reassuring approach,particularly around changes to routines or plans.

· Encourage and support the client to initiate andtake part in activities that are meaningful to him.

· Support with community activities, walks, coffee outings, family visits, church, meetings and train travel.

· Help with meal preparation and everyday tasks within his home.

· Take the time to understand his individual communication, routines and preferences and build a positive, trusting relationship.

· Work alongside his family and existing PA team toprovide consistent, person-centred support.

· Be flexible to support occasional day trips,respite and overnight stays where required.

· Follow the client’s detailed care plan, with full training and guidance provided.

• Kind,reliable, patient and respectful in your approach
• Eligible to work in the UK. Home Care Direct does not offer sponsorship or workvisas
• FullUK driving licence is desirable
• Experience with learning disabilities/autism
• Be prepared to support…