Support Worker

Support Worker

Location : Sheffield Yorkshire

Hours : 2 posts 12 hours each

Pay : 13.00 per hour

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe compassionate and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training supervision and career development opportunities.

Why Join Us

As a valued member of our team you ll enjoy :

Competitive Pay & Benefits

• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Paid training

Ongoing Support & Recognition

The Role

As a Personal Care Assistant you ll be part of our client s dedicated support team providing essential care in their home. You ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.

This is a lovely part-time role available for a caring funny and down to earth support worker in the Sheffield area.

There are 2 x part-time posts available 12hrs each. You would be expected to work flexibly over 3-4 days which would include alternate Sundays but there are no Saturday shifts. The hours of work each day would fit around the other support worker in the package and between you ensure that one of you was on shift each day and cover for each other in times of sickness or holidays

About the Client & Your Responsibilities

Our client is a gentleman who has memory problems and epilepsy resulting from a brain injury. Although he has retained his sense of humour and love for comedy sitcoms music and football he needs support with prompts and reminders with everyday tasks.

This role would include supporting with attending appointments and shopping trips general help around the home and helping our client to keep his diary up to date so he has all information he needs to remind him of things. You will also help to order and organise his medication so you need to be proactive and have a sense of maturity.

No personal care is involved in this role. Drivers are not essential however if you do drive our client has a motability vehicle that you will use.

Requirements

Training & Support

We provide comprehensive paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date covering :

Full induction

Safeguarding Adults

First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety

Medication Care Needs

Head Injury

Epilepsy Awareness

Mental Health / OCD

All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.

Who We re Looking For

Good level of education

Good communication skills

A compassionate reliable and committed individual

Commitment to long-term person-centred care

Benefits

Join a Team That Cares

At HomeCareDirect we are committed to safe fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted trained and supervised to the highest standards.

If youre dedicated to making a meaningful difference apply today!

Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.

Key Skills

Nursing Home Experience,Developmental Disabilities Experience,Direct Support,Computer Operation,Caregiving,Case Management,Special Needs,Training & Development,Child Protective Services,Experience with Children,Word Processing,Addiction Counseling

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Hourly Salary Salary : 13 - 13