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Vacancy Job Title; Support worker

Vacancy Location; Durham, DH7

 Salary / Rate of Pay; £14 an hour

Contract type; Part time

Shift pattern available; Shifts will be day shifts (Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6am – 2pm and Tuesday, Thursday 8am – 4pm

Essential Criteria; Driver with access to their vehicle (with business insurance) for ad hoc social and community outings

Desirable Criteria; Male team members would be preferred, however, if you are a resilient and experienced female, we would be willing to explore this with you.

Role Requirements; We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic support worker to join our team with experience working with brain injury patients, providing essential care and support for a 44-year-old man with a Traumatic Brain Injury.

As a support worker, you will be a positive role model and engage in his interests alongside him, as well as help provide routine and structure on a daily basis.

His brain injury has left him with limited use in his right arm and would like support with meal prepping, getting dressed and making cups of tea. It also affected his short-term memory loss which he would support for booking and attending appointments, timekeeping and to be kept company in general. He has his own strategies to manage his emotions and it will important to support him with these.

He is a massive Newcastle fan and enjoys going to and watching the football. He is also an ex-strongman and ex-military and enjoys spending a lot of his time in the gym so you will need to be fit and pro-active! He has a great sense of humour and has a strong liking for motorbikes and cars.

You’ll be a good fit for to join this team if you are: A Newcastle fan with a lot of resilience and a great sense of humour!

Experience in health or social care is helpful but not essential – the right person is more important than the perfect CV.

What benefits will you receive?

• A contract that works for you; fixed hour contract for part or full time hours, or a more flexible Zero hour contract
• Paid Annual Leave; 5.6 weeks annual leave if you are on a fixed hours contract or, for those who choose our flexible zero hour contract, you will accrue12.07% on all hours worked. Funds can be drawn at your discretion.
• 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
• Free access to Employee Assistance Programme; to support health and mental wellbeing
• Colleague Referral Scheme – £200 incentive bonus (T&C’s apply)
• 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 14 days of the advert closing, then on this occasion you have been unsuccessful in our search requirements.