Female Support Worker in Bow, London E3

ARE YOU FULL OF ENERGY, KINDNESS, AND A GENUINE PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS? We are looking for a friendly, caring and proactive female Support Worker for a full-time role to complete a wonderful team. You will be supporting a lady with a spinal cord injury who leads a busy, active lifestyle and enjoys the outdoors. She lives in her family home with two young children, and your role will be to help her embrace life to the fullest while making each day enjoyable and meaningful. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a fresh, motivated, and dynamic care package. Experience with spinal cord injuries is an advantage, but not essential, as full training will be provided. We welcome applications from Support Workers who share our enthusiasm for providing compassionate, person-centred care.

Roles Available

• Full time 36 hours / 2 shifts per week

Shift Pattern

• Each shift starts at 9am working until 11am the next day, including a sleepover in a dedicated room at the client’s home

Pay and Benefits

• Bank Holidays and weekend work form part of the rota
• £16.00 per hour weekday day rate
• £17.00 per hour weekend day rate
• £80.00 per night sleepover rate
• DOUBLE TIME FOR BANK HOLIDAYS
• Rates are paid £1.00 per hour less during probationary period
• Excellent hourly rates of pay, enhanced weekend rates, guaranteed hours, paid training, paid DBS, attendance bonus, company sick pay, annual leave, buy back scheme, health cash plan

Role Responsibilities

• Providing personal care and medication support
• Supporting with daily living tasks and household duties
• Accompanying the client on outings and occasional family holidays
• Supporting the client’s healthcare needs, including administering medication and other clinical tasks
• Help your client access community facilities and be included in community groups
• Understand their communication needs and adapt your own communication style accordingly
• Keep accurate, up-to-date records of all the care you provide
• Work positively with other professionals to ensure consistency of support
• Maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times
• Participate in learning and development opportunities as required

Ideal Support Worker

• ESSENTIAL: Caring, respectful and patient; Previous care experience; Flexible, reliable and committed; Pro-active, positive and enthusiastic
• PREFERRED: Experience of working in complex care and/or spinal cord injuries

FEMALE applicants only due to genuine occupational requirements (Health and Social Care Act 2008 & Equality Act 2010).

Application and Equal Opportunity

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and early application is recommended. We reserve the right to close this advert if a suitable candidate is found. OURWAY CARE LTD is an Equal Opportunities employer and adheres to Safer Recruitment Practices. In line with the Equality Act 2010, Ourway Care Ltd is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and prospective employees. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of disability, gender, marital status, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, age, religion and/or belief.

About Ourway Care

Ourway Care puts our clients at the very centre of their care. Our care packages are driven by the client’s lifestyle and home circumstances to ensure that each bespoke team is able to meet the unique needs of each client. Ourway Care supports our clients to recruit their own teams to support their daily routines, whether that be hospital visits, trips, work or holidays. As a support worker in one of our teams you will receive full in-house training in the specific needs of your client from our dedicated team. Our 3-day training program will deliver blended learning of face-to-face classroom and online sessions. By recruiting for each client specifically we create teams that are able to provide a consistent continuation of care and quality, with a commitment to a sustainable care provision to provide the client with the very best levels of care.

Benefits

Ourway Care wants its staff in all areas of the business to feel that they are a valued and appreciated part of the company. Long-term, goal-based career development with encouragement for further professional qualifications and career advancement.

Job Purpose: To support your client with their day-to-day living, promoting their independence and supporting them to live a fulfilled life ensuring their safety and wellbeing at all times.

Internal and Management: This role will report to the Registered Manager.

Key Duties/Responsibilities of Our Support Worker:

• Supporting your client to safely lead a fulfilling and more independent life by:
• Provide practical support for your client and their family, such as helping with personal care, household tasks and paperwork
• Assist and encourage your client to engage in everyday home, social, leisure and work activities, according to the individual’s choice
• Support and monitor your client’s healthcare needs, including administering medication and other clinical tasks
• Help your clients to access community facilities and be included in community groups, if they so wish
• Understand their communication needs and adapt your own communication style accordingly
• Keep accurate, up to date records of all the care you provide
• Work positively with other professionals, such as doctors and therapists, to ensure consistency of support
• Maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times
• Participate in learning and development opportunities as required

This is not intended to cover all the responsibilities of the post but to provide some guidance. The post holder will perform any other duties that are deemed reasonable and appropriate by your Line Manager. As a term of employment, you may be required to undertake other duties and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required. This forms part of your employment contract.

Confidentiality: All staff, including our Support Worker are required to respect the confidentiality of all matters that they may learn relating to their employment, other members of staff and the general public.

Health & Safety at Work: It is the duty of every employee including each Support Worker to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others, including the use of necessary safety equipment, devices and protective clothing and to co-operate with the management in meeting its responsibilities under the act.