Female Support Workers

Location: Huntingdon, PE28 (will be moving to St Neots PE19)

Days & Hours: 3 Support Worker roles available for days, nights and weekends. An example of the shifts would be as follows: these could be subject to change depending on Hannah\’s needs.

Support Worker 1 Term Time – Mon 8pm-8:15am, Fri 8pm-8:15am and Sun 8am-8:15pm = 36.75 hrs a week
Support Worker 1 School Holiday – 2 extra Tues & Wed 8am-4pm = 44.75 hrs a week
Average of 38.75 hrs per week

Support Worker 2 Term time – Wed & Sat 8pm-8:15am = 24.5 hrs a week
Support Worker 2 Holiday – Tues & Fri 8am-4pm = 40.5 hrs a week
Average of 28.5 hrs per week

Support Worker 3 Term Time and Holiday – Tues & Thurs 8pm-8:15am, Sat 8am-8:15pm = 36.75 hrs a week

Pay: £14.50 days, £15.50 weekends, Sleep in Nights £NLW (currently £12.21 for aged 21+), Bank holidays at 1.5 x the hourly rate.

Driver required? Essential
Driving Clients Car? Yes, Wheelchair adapted vehicle, automatic.
Using Own Vehicle for work purposes? Yes, on duty and to attend training

Essential: Supporting young adults in their own home. Supporting adults with Cerebral Palsy
Desirable: Experience working with young adults with trauma and an interest in therapy. Accommodation (while on duty): Carer facilities

Interviews Week Commencing: Interviews will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

Are you an experienced support worker looking to make a real difference in someone’s life?

Introducing Hannah
Hannah is a bright, intelligent young woman born in 2005, with a strong interest in learning and a love for staying active. She lives at home with her close-knit family, who play an important role in her life, and shares a close relationship with her brother, who has since moved out.

Currently attending university, Hannah thrives in academic environments and enjoys expanding her knowledge about the world. She’s a great listener and finds joy in hearing about other people’s experiences.

In her free time, Hannah enjoys swimming and socialising. She regularly attends a monthly “Ladies That Lunch” event and is a member of a local club where she explores different sports and activities.

Hannah has a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy which affects all four limbs. She uses an AAC Grid 3 for communication, you will need to allow her time to answer questions that are posed. There are a team of Support Workers currently in place and for transfers and personal care require 2:1 assistance to maintain Hannah’s comfort at all times.

About the Role

As Support Worker, your primary focus will be to support Hannah in living a full, active, and fulfilling life. You’ll play a key role in helping her maximise her independence and reach her potential, while ensuring you deliver her care and support to a high standard.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting with Hannah’s daily living
• Promoting Hannah’s learning, wellbeing, and independence both at home and in the community
• Ensuring all care provided is safe, effective, and person-centred

This is a hands-on role where your organisational skills, compassion, and commitment to quality care will make a lasting impact and a fantastic opportunity to become part of a supportive and committed care team, where your work will have a meaningful impact on Hannah’s life.

Benefits:

• £14.50 days, £15.50 weekends, Sleep in Nights £NLW (currently £12.21 for aged 21+), Bank holidays at 1.5 x the hourly rate.
• On-going training & support provided
• 5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
• Pension (subject to qualifying status)
• Free DBS check.

In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:

• Induction,
• Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate),
• Regular clinical supervision/review meetings,
• On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department

Safeguarding
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.

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK;
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.

About You

Are you calm, proactive and enthusiastic?

Do you share our values?

• Client Centred – Can you demonstrate commitment and passion for meeting Hannah\’s needs?
• Integrity – Can you demonstrate empathy and understanding in an appropriate and professional manner?
• Supportive – Can you develop productive and professional relationships with others.
• Positive – You would be expected to create an inclusive environment and respect diversity.
• Quality Focussed – Always maintaining professionalism.

Main Skills and Behaviours

• You should have experience of working with someone who has Cerebral Palsy and be able to work with specialist equipment (training will be provided). A Handling Management Plan is available, but you may be required to bend, kneel, squat, push or pull.
• Naturally, you will be confident and comfortable working in Hannah’s own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of Hannah and her family. By nature, you should be friendly, approachable and have encouraging approach.
• Great organisational skills, punctual, patient, and reliable qualities are something Hannah will rely on, so this is key in supporting her.
• Water confident to assist with swimming and a full UK drivers’ licence to enable you to drive the wheelchair adapted vehicle.

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.

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.

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.

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.