** Please be advised that this position does not offer UK Visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application **
This position has a “genuine occupational requirement” covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, therefore only female applicants can be considered
Vacancy Job Title; Support Worker
Vacancy Location; Rowlands Gill (NE39)
Salary / Rate of Pay; £12.25
Contract; Fixed Hours, Part Time @ 26 hours per week.
Shift pattern(s) available; 2 x 13 hour shifts per week.
- Day & Night Shifts, on a rolling rota across Monday to Sunday – 8am to 9pm
- Contingency / flexibility to support waking nights during times of annual leave.
Essential Criteria; UK Driving Licence. The client has her own adapted van, which is an automatic vehicle, that staff are able to use. You must be a confident driver to use this vehicle.
Person Specific Information; We are looking for experienced staff to support a lady with a long-term health condition, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. She will require support with moving and handling, personal care, and accessing the community. Her main interests are going shopping, going out for food, taking her son out and meeting friends. Although this lady does require 24/7 support, she is very independent with her decision making.
This is a really exciting opportunity for a dedicated team of staff to support this lady to look after her own young family. There will also be Personal Assistants present who will be there to provide 24/7 support to her baby. Although we will be not be given hands on direct care to the baby, we will support with the equipment that the Personal Assistant’s will use for the baby. We will ensure clear communication with her and work in partnership with the Personal Assistants to ensure support is consistent.
Comprehensive training will be provided to equip you with the necessary skills and any clinical training will be provided by our RGN / Clinical Educator.
What benefits will you receive?
- Fixed hour contracts
- Paid Annual Leave; 5.6 weeks annual leave
- Training, Mentoring and Shadowing programmes; inhouse with our own RGN, Occupational Therapist and trained Psychologists
- Double Pay for bank holiday working
- Paid Enhanced DBS check
- Colleague Referral Scheme – £200 incentive bonus (T&C’s apply)
- FlexEarn; which is a simple and safe way of accessing the wages you’ve already earned
- Blue Light discount card; giving you BIG discounts at major retailers
- Employee of the month scheme; winners receive a monetary voucher
Who are Keyfort Group? Keyfort Group deliver packages of care and support to individuals with a range of conditions and disabilities. Our support is person-centred, we only work with people if we think we can provide great care not based on their disability. We have experience of working with people with a brain injury, neurological condition, learning disabilities, spinal injuries, physical and mental health needs.
KEYFORT Group Ltd are committed to Safeguarding and protecting Adults and Children.
We welcome applications from all areas of the community and, welcome the opportunity to find out more about what you could bring to KEYFORT.
If you do not receive any communication following your CV submission within 7 days of the advert closing, then on this occasion you have been unsuccessful in our search requirements.