Female Support Worker in Blandford Forum

Location: Thornicombe, Dorset

Hours: Sundays 4 or 6 hour shifts, e.g. 8.30am to 12.30pm or 2.30pm, this will be a 2:1, regular shift.

School Holiday Hours: Monday to Friday daytime shifts, typically 8.30am to 5.30pm, longer shifts may be required.

Bank Hours available to cover absences for the current Support Workers in term time. Typical shifts during term times are Monday to Wednesday between 3.30pm to 7.30pm, Thursdays 2.30pm to 6.30pm and Fridays 2.30pm to 7.30pm.

Pay:

• £16.00 per hour Weekdays
• £17.00 per hour Weekends and Bank Holidays.

Benefits:

• 5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata)
• Free DBS check
• Pension (subject to qualifying status)
• 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
• Using own vehicle for work: Yes, on duty and to attend training, business insurance required and a mileage will be paid

Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

Job Summary: We are seeking a patient, caring and reliable support worker to support our client, Jemima, born in 2021. Jemima is a happy and sociable little girl who lives with her parents and sister; her older half siblings come to stay once a week and in the holidays. Jemima enjoys watching CocoMelon and Peppa Pig, she also loves 1:1 play, music, playing with water and being pushed on her swing.

Jemima was born with a chromosomal syndrome and has an associated learning disability and developmental delay. She is making progress with her verbal speech; she has an increasing vocabulary of words she uses regularly, and she will repeat words back to you. Jemima can mobilise independently for short distances but can be unsteady on her feet. Jemima lacks safety awareness and displays sensory seeking behaviours, she must be supervised at all times.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supporting in all activities of daily living to include personal care
• Providing safety and wellbeing of Jemima
• Facilitate access to leisure activities outside of the family home on a 2:1 basis
• Assist in therapeutic programmes at the guidance of the team of therapists
• Working co-operatively with Jemima's parents and the Case Manager
• Effective communication
• Work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth and compassion

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.