Female Support Worker Location: Suffolk, East Anglia Hours: Variable/to be agreed Pay: £14.85 per hour About HomeCareDirect HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and a leader in personalised home care.
We are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care, while supporting our staff with top-quality training, supervision and development opportunities.
Benefits of being a Personal Care Assistant Company pension scheme Enhanced bank holiday pay Ongoing support from a dedicated Regional Care Lead and Nurse 24/7 on-call support Career development opportunities and personal development plan Employee benefits including: a Blue Light discount card, Long Service Awards, PA of the Quarter Awards and wellbeing options including 24/7 confidential support provided by Spectrum Life The role of this Personal Care Assistant Our personal care assistants join our client's support team, providing reliable, essential care and support in their home.
You will be employed by HomeCareDirect on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support them only.
This role will be to cover variable hours, to be agreed in advance on a 2 week rota.
The rota is flexible and will be accommodated to suit all PA's, however you should be available to work on any day of the week.
The shifts will be to cover day and evenings only.
About the Client and Duties Our client is a young lady is her 20's who has Muscular Dystrophy.
She lives at home with her family and has many interests including writing, poetry and fanfiction.
She enjoys watching films and listening to much and audio books.
It is desirable that candidates have previous care experience and you should be committed, enthusiastic and be able to show sensitivity and consideration towards our client along with being respectful of her privacy at all times.
Requirements Training and Support: We provide comprehensive, paid training to CQC standards covering: Full induction Safeguarding Adults Health & Safety / First Aid / Food Hygiene / Physiotherapy Moving & Handling with Hoist / Appliance Aid Ventilation / Cough Assist / Oral Suction / Nebuliser Epilepsy Awareness / Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Personal Care / Administration of Suppositories Gastrostomy Care / Medication Administer via PEG All training must be completed before the start date, with training hours paid at minimum Requirements: This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 – there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female workers only Drivers are not essential It is desirable that you have previous care experience, however this is not essential as full training and shadowing will be provided The family have a cat so you should be happy to work around cats with no allergies Commitment to long-term, person-centred care You must be reliable, compassionate and committed to respecting confidentiality Benefits We do not provide sponsorship.
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.