This vacancy is for a male support worker / personal assistant to join our client s support package to support them in their own home. We will be your legal employer on behalf of the client and you will not be asked to support other clients. All of our contracts are for permanent positions with a 6 month probationary period.
Mon Fri 8am 8pm 12.50 per hour Mon Fri 8pm 8am 13.50 per hour (waking night) Weekends 13.50 per hour
48hrs offered as 1 x fulltime role or 2 x parttime roles (24hrs).
This vacancy is for a male personal care assistant to provide complex care support in the Woodford Green Essex area. The work pattern is either 2 x 12hr shifts per week for parttime or 4 x 12hr shifts per week for fulltime. Shifts patterns will be discussed during the interview.
About the Client and Support Needed:
You will be providing complex care support as needed for our professionally and socially active creative client to maintain independence by assisting and facilitating our client s health care personal social professional educational and voluntary goals.
Essentially the role requires you to respect our client s autonomy and support him in performing tasks he would perform himself if he were nondisabled as well as provide all care needs including personal care.
You will maintain and promote the safety of our client both at home and whilst undertaking personal social professional and voluntary activities.
Typical duties will include:
To provide all care needs including personal care
To provide medication and equipment to our client as needed
To assist our client as needed getting to and from appointments
To maintain areas of our clients home and vehicle to an acceptable level of cleanliness
To check stock supplies and maintain adequate stock levels
To maintain and organise our clients clothing belongings and equipment to his wishes whilst being careful and respectful
To ensure our client s holistic wellbeing is supported at all times as needed
This list is not exhaustive.
This role requires care skills empathy patience and the ability to work under your own initiative whist maintaining confidentiality and without hindering or interfering the client s wishes and activities.
Requirements
Training Provided Specific to this Client:
- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Administration of medication specialised technique
- Ventilation Use
- Personal Care
- Oral Suction
- Nebuliser
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Moving and Handling with Hoist Transfer
- Gastrostomy Care
- Appliance Aid
You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. .
Essential Requirements Identified for this Role:
- This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 there is genuine occupational requirement to recruit male support workers only
- You will need to be a driver for this role and hold a full UK driving licence.
- Our client has cats therefore you should be comfortable around animals with no cat allergies.
- Previous care experience preferably supporting people with physical disabilities Gastrostomy care Ventilation and Moving and Handling.
- You should work well as part of a team be supportive kind be able to follow instructions and policies be organised honest and have excellent communication skills.
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect)
- Prepared to commit to long term care for one client in a personcentred way
- Willing to be trained to CQC standards to meet the clients needs
- Respect Company policies and procedures
- Be reliable / nonjudgemental / caring / responsible / compassionate
- Committed to confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and respect
Benefits
Contractual:
Company pension scheme
Enhanced bank holiday payments
Annual Leave is paid at 5.6weeks (prorata) per annum based on contracted hours
Support:
Full support and supervisions from your dedicated Regional Care Lead
Training and full support from your local HCD Community Nurse Assessor
Career pathway options
A personal development plan
24hr oncall support
Employee Benefits:
A Blue Light discount card
Long service awards
Free wellbeing options and EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) provided by Spectrum Life
HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and industryleading specialist in the personalisation of care at home. Registered with the Care Quality Commission HomeCareDirect provides a personcentred approach keeping clients safe at home supporting with recruitment employment and training for their staff to the highest standards meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted selected trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe effective and compassionate care.
Driver, Male, Previous Care Experience