Post available: Female Full Time PA/Support Worker – 37.5 hours per week. Possible Job-Sharing Option Available.
Monday to Friday, plus an additional 1 x 9 hour weekend shift per month to be agreed, and the occasional sleep-in duty. (Female Only GOQ applies).
Hours: Monday: 8.00am - 4.30pm
Tuesday: 4.00pm - 10.00pm
Wednesday: 4.00pm – 10.00pm
Thursday: 4.00pm – 10.00pm
Friday: 8.00am – 7.00pm
Saturday or Sunday: 9.00am – 6.00pm
Occasional overnight shifts Friday or Saturday: 9am – 9am (24 hours)
Sleep-in hours: 10.00pm – 8.00am
Salary: £15.00 per hour weekdays, £16.50 per hour weekends, £13.21 per hour sleep in, and double time on bank holidays.
Closing date: 25th July 2025
1st stage Interview dates: TBC
2nd stage interview dates: TBC

JOB DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS

· To work with our client, a young woman who has a brain injury, within her family home and in the community.
· To enable her to participate in therapy programmes, recreational and leisure activities, both at home and in the community.
· To work alongside her with household tasks such as shopping and cooking as set out by the team leader.
· To carry out light domestic duties in the home, such as vacuuming, washing, and ironing.
· To act as a driver, using the client’s vehicle.
· To provide set daytime and evening support within a structured package.
· Flexibility is required for the occasional overnight support plus 1 x 9 hour weekend shift per month.
· Flexibility to offer occasional cover for staff holidays and sickness.
· To provide daily ongoing support/prompts to assist the client to undertake personal care and domestic and leisure activities.
· To follow an agreed approach by use of strategies documented in the support plan.
· Working in collaboration with the client’s family, team leader and any other professionals when required.
· To undertake all required training.
· To attend regular supervisions.
· To ensure client confidentiality in all matters relating to the client.
· To be responsible to the client via client’s mum and team leader.
· To accompany the client on weekends away and holidays in the UK and abroad when required.
· Any other appropriate and reasonable task in relation to the employment as agreed with the client, client’s mum, team leader and case manager.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

· You must have a full UK driving licence for manual and automatic vehicles.
· You must be prepared to have business class insurance on your own vehicle if you have the use of one for work.
· You must be able to read information contained in reports and documentation.
· You must be able to present information clearly and accurately when communicating with the team via emails and shift reports.
· You must have the ability to work on your own unsupervised, or as part of a team.
· You must be prepared to provide personal care.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

· To have knowledge of, or a level of understanding around Brain Injury/Cerebral Palsy.
· To have experience of working in a community setting and people’s own homes.
· To hold a qualification in care such as the Care Certificate.

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND APTITUDES

· You should have a non – judgemental approach with the ability to see things from other peoples’ perspectives and be respectful of their lifestyle choices.
· To display an understanding that the workplace is also the client’s family home.
· Have a calm communication style with the client.
· Use of clear pronunciation when speaking.
· An understanding of the ‘enabling approach’ and the ability to assess when direction needs to be offered to the client.
· A sense of humour.
· Understanding of appropriate boundaries.
· Mature, confident, and professional approach to providing support.
· Be able to display empathy but with a non-patronising approach.
· The ability to accept guidance and feedback from the team leader and family.
· Have a willingness to step in and support the client and family when the situation demands it.
· Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with all people involved.
· To be self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
· Be conscientiousness.
· Good timekeeping.
· Ability to identify and manage potential risks, to safeguard the client.
· The ability to use initiative and adapt to different situations and/or learn new skills.

Please refer the Job description for details