ILS Case Management
Female Support Worker
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Female Support Worker
Location: Blandford Forum
Position: Carer/Support Worker/Client Recruitment
Remuneration:
- £16.00 per hour Weekdays
- £17.00 per hour Weekends and Bank Holidays
Advertising End Date: Not Specified
About The Role: With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.
Location: Thornicombe, Dorset
Hours:
- Sundays: 4 or 6 hour shifts, e.g. 8.30am to 12.30pm or 2.30pm, this will be a 2:1, regular shift.
- School Holiday Hours: Monday to Friday daytime shifts, typically 8.30am to 5.30pm, longer shifts may be required.
- Bank Hours available to cover absences for the current Support Workers in term time. Typical shifts during term times are Monday to Wednesday between 3.30pm to 7.30pm, Thursdays 2.30pm to 6.30pm and Fridays 2.30pm to 7.30pm.
Pay:
- £16.00 per hour Weekdays
- £17.00 per hour Weekends and Bank Holidays
Benefits:
- 5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata)
- Free DBS check
- Pension (subject to qualifying status)
- 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
- Using own vehicle for work: Yes, on duty and to attend training, business insurance required and a mileage will be paid
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)
Job Summary: We are seeking a patient, caring and reliable support worker to support our client, Jemima, born in 2021. Jemima is a happy and sociable little girl who lives with her parents and sister; her older half siblings come to stay once a week and in the holidays. Jemima enjoys watching CocoMelon and Peppa Pig, she also loves 1:1 play, music, playing with water and being pushed on her swing.
Jemima was born with a chromosomal syndrome and has an associated learning disability and developmental delay. She is making progress with her verbal speech; she has an increasing vocabulary of words she uses regularly, and she will repeat words back to you. Jemima can mobilise independently for short distances but can be unsteady on her feet. Jemima lacks safety awareness and displays sensory seeking behaviours, she must be supervised at all times.
Main Duties And Responsibilities:
- Supporting in all activities of daily living to include personal care
- Providing safety and wellbeing of Jemima
- Facilitate access to leisure activities outside of the family home on a 2:1 basis
- Assist in therapeutic programmes at the guidance of the team of therapists
- Working co-operatively with Jemima’s parents and the Case Manager
- Effective communication
- 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.
- 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.
- Confident about working in Jemima's own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of the parents.
- Aptitude and desire to work with children with complex needs.
- Patient, tolerant and consistent approach.
- Cheerful, caring and positive attitude.
- Reliable, trustworthy and a good communicator.
- Flexible - to help with the other children in the family and general running of the household as and when the need arises.
- Proactive approach to developing an appropriate range of activities.
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and to respect Jemima and their family's need for privacy.
- Happy to learn new things in accordance with Jemima's programme.
- Flexible with start and finish times according to the needs of Jemima.
- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
- Willing to travel.
- Confident with using I.T
- Comfortable to be around animals (Jemima has a dog).
- UK driving licence and a vehicle that is serviced, insured and has an up to date MOT
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Desirable:
- Experience of working with children with special needs (This is preferred but enthusiasm, patience and willingness to learn is desirable).
- Qualifications in caring for children/young people with severe disabilities
- Experience with working with children who have behaviour that challenges
- Experience of carrying out therapy programmes.
- Ability to work additional hours as required.
- Able to work flexible hours, sometimes at short notice.
- Previous experience of using specialist equipment with disabled people
- Experience of carrying out physiotherapy and/or multi-sensory programmes.
- NVQ level 2 or above
- Knowledge of and experience in using signing as a form of communication, (Makaton, Signalong, British Sign Language).
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:
- Client Focused - Can you demonstrate commitment and passion for meeting our clients needs?
- Integrity - Can you demonstrate empathy and understanding in an appropriate and professional manner?
- Supportive - Can develop productive and professional relationships with others.
- Positive - You would be expected to create and inclusive environment and respect diversity.
- Quality Focused – Always maintaining professionalism.
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