Male Support Worker in Swindon

With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.

Location: North Swindon and within the local community.

Hours: We are looking for a minimum of two additional Male Personal Assistants/Support Workers to join an existing team to cover the following hours: Monday to Friday 5.15pm-10.30pm, and Wednesday to Friday 8.00am - 5.30pm. Bank hours may be available to cover absences of existing team members and on occasion to include weekends.

Pay: £15.00 per hour, weekdays with a £1 uplift (for hours worked from 8pm). £16.00 per hour, Weekends and Bank Holidays with a £1 uplift (for hours worked from 8pm).

Benefits:

• 5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata)
• Free DBS check
• 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. Vehicle use: Will be using the wheelchair adapted vehicle, automatic. Using own vehicle for work: Yes, on duty and to attend training.

Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks).

Job Summary: We are seeking patient, caring Personal Assistants (Support Workers) to support our client, who was born in 2007 and loves drama and music. He is actively involved in community and youth arts groups and enjoys attending concerts, theatre productions, and musicals. He has a diagnosis of athetoid cerebral palsy as a result of an acquired brain injury at birth. He is a wheelchair user and also has cochlear implants. He communicates clearly using spoken English. He is now looking to expand his support team to enable him to access assistance five days a week. This support will help him complete activities of daily living, participate fully in his interests, and promote his independence at home and in the community. He is currently in his final year of sixth form and hopes to pursue a future career in acting, making this an exciting time to join his support network and help him take the next steps toward achieving his goals. Our client lives with his parents and younger brother in the family home.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To support our client to maximise his independence in all activities of daily living, enabling him to develop skills and confidence in his daily routines.
• To promote and facilitate access to social, leisure, and community activities, ensuring he can fully engage in the outings and events he enjoys.
• To provide positive, reliable companionship, fostering a supportive and encouraging environment.
• To assist with personal care needs in a respectful, dignified, and compassionate manner, ensuring his comfort, wellbeing, and safety at all times.

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. 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.