About the Employer

Are you that special someone for this rewarding role ? Prepared to get to know my daughter and work at her pace. Patience, understanding and flexibility are a must for this role. Ideally experience of working with adults with brain injuries, but that's not essential if you are willing to learn. I am looking for a third support worker to join our small happy team for my adult daughter who lives with her partner independently with assistance from support workers and family. You need to be able to work Friday morning , the time is spent doing some housework and mainly food and household shopping with my daughter including carrying shopping. there is potential for extra hours to provide cover for others in the team and to be offered additional hours in the future.

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Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mobility / Physical • Acquired Brain Injury • Cognitive / Learning

diabeties

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Other relevant information

• Someone in the household is a smoker.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
• Support with gardening.

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The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To work as part of a team.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.


Be able to carry heavy weekly shopping , Friday is shopping day and that takes up most of the session.