ILS Case Management
Female Support Worker
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Female Support Worker
Location:
Bristol
Position:
Carer/Support Worker/Client Recruitment
Remuneration
- £15.00 per hour weekdays
- £16.00 per hour weekends and bank holidays
Advertising End Date:
Not Specified
About The Role
With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.
Location: Bristol BS16
Hours: 14 hours per week during term-time and 18 hours per week during holiday time to support our client with social activities.
- Term Time: 8 hours per week Mon-Fri plus 6 hours at the weekend
- School Holidays: 12 hours per week Mon-Fri and 6 hours at the weekend
Pay
- Pay Rate 1: £15.00 per hour, Weekday Days
- Pay Rate 2: £16.00 per hour, Weekend and Bank Holiday Days
Benefits
- 5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata)
- Pension (subject to qualifying status)
- Free DBS check
- Free parking
- Induction
- Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate)
- Regular clinical supervision/review meetings
- Ongoing support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department
Driving
- Driver required: Essential
- Vehicle use: Will be using your own car, business insurance is required and a mileage will be paid
- Using own vehicle for work: Yes, on duty and to attend training
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)
Job Summary
Orla, born in 2010, is a very active child and enjoys being physically engaged. Her favourite activity is swimming; she likes to play throwing and catching games and enjoys basketball. The seaside is another favourite activity and cooking/baking at home with her mother. She enjoys playing with her friends, shopping and reading.
Orla has mild motor impairment which affects the right side more, her fine motor coordination remains an issue. Her epileptic seizures have decreased over time but may become more apparent as she reaches adulthood. She has a severe visual impairment and has trouble seeing in crowded places, looking down is difficult for her so often misses obstacles in her way so is liable to trip over. She requires very good lighting to make the most of the vision she does have, she prefers to watch things on her tablet due to this being a smaller area to focus on.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
- Supporting Orla out in the community with leisure activities, learning to ride a bike, and to swim
- Supporting at other activities like the local park, classes and clubs
- Some assistance with personal care
- Effective communication
- Ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth and compassion
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Safeguarding
This Role Requires
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
- Satisfactory references, including from your most recent employer
- Enhanced DBS check (A conviction will not necessarily prevent employment)
Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.
About You
It would be great to receive your application, if you have the following skills/behaviours:
Essential
- Female – personal care required.
- A Handling Management Plan designed to reduce the risk of handling injuries may require you to bend, kneel, squat or lunge to ensure good posture during handling tasks if required.
- Confident about working inside and outside client’s own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of her mother.
- Happy to learn new things. Training will be given.
- Flexible, patient, and tolerant.
- Proactive, encouraging approach.
- Reliable, trustworthy and with a responsible attitude.
- Cheerful, caring, and positive attitude.
- Confident with using I.T
- Water confident / enjoys swimming.
- Willing to participate in a variety of outdoor activities.
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and to respect our client and their family's need for privacy.
- Keep own record of hours worked.
- Attend supervision, as required.
- Flexible with start and finish times according to the needs of our client.
- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
- Experience/understanding of mental health issues.
- Full driving license (endorsements to be disclosed) and have your own car to drive our client whilst on shift.
- This post operates a non-smoking environment
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Desirable
- Shares similar interests with client, such as cycling and swimming.
- Experience of working with children/adults with special needs. (This is preferred but enthusiasm, patience, and willingness to learn is desirable).
- Ability to work additional hours as required.
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent.
- Knowledge and experience of traumatic brain injury would be advantageous.
About Us
ILS Case Management is the UK's leading independent nationwide Case Management company.
When a person’s life has been changed by injury, we address the practicalities. We work with children and adults who have had moderate or catastrophic, complex injuries. We assess individual needs and are able to provide a comprehensive Case Management designed to maximise independence. We are CQC registered and compliant with their standards.
Our Case Managers work closely with our Clients, and we carry out all the recruitment processes on behalf of our Clients; and will support you, from your initial telephone interview right through to arranging employer interviews, trial shifts and placement.
If you are successfully recruited, you will be employed directly by our client or their Deputy appointed by the Court of Protection. However, ILS will manage your day-to-day employment, providing you with the support you need to carry out your role. Working as a Carer or Support Worker for an ILS client means that you will have a dedicated Case Manager to oversee your client's care needs.
For more detailed information about working as a carer or support worker for ILS, please visit: https://www.indliv.co.uk/work-opportunities/support-worker-jobs/
Our Company Values
- We are Supportive. It matters to us that our clients and staff know that we care.
- We have Integrity. We can be trusted to work in a professional, honest and transparent way.
- We are Client Centred. We put our client's aspirations at the centre of everything we do.
- We are Quality Focussed. We set high standards and aim to exceed them.
- We Are Positive. We Find Solutions And Empower Others.
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