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Snapcare Specialist Recruitment
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London, Greater London
Support Worker
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Salary: £18 per hour |
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Overview
Title: Temporary / Permanent Full Time Support Worker Location: Pinner, HA5 Nearest Tube Station: Pinner (Metropolitan Line) Wage / Salary: £18.00 gross per hour depending on experience Driver required? Not required. Use of a car? N/A Essential: A background in supporting young people / adults with a physical disability Start Date: ASAP for between 2 to 6 months Days & Hours: Full or part time as part of a team, please let us know your availability Family pets: Very friendly do Accommodation: This can be live-in if required, own room, shared bathroom About this client/child: Joshua, 21, is a fantastic, communicative, loving and adventurous young man who is seeking a Full-time Support Worker to assist with his daily routine for the next 2- 6 months while he is home from his residential college. Joshua has complex physical needs; cerebral palsy, epilepsy, is registered blind and is fed and medicated via Gastrostomy/ Jejunostomy. He is non-verbal but is a bright young man who can communicate using a communication book and a VOCA and can make his needs known. Joshua has two teenage sisters so you can imagine this is a busy household Once Joshua returns to college this role could continue during weekends/ school holidays if this worked well for the candidate – but the most pressing requirement is to cover full time care whilst Joshua is at home. Overview of role: The role includes planning activities and providing the best care to ensure Joshua is safe, healthy and of course happy You will assist with his personal care, medication, feeding, physiotherapy and keeping areas he uses clean and tidy. Joshua will need your assistance for all his activities, so you’ll need to be creative and patient. This role is a mixture of sole charge, 1:1 care and at times working alongside other family members. This could be a job share position so if you’re interested let us know what hours / days you are available. This could also be a live-in position. Who this job would suit: We are looking for a pro-active and experienced PA / Support Worker with a ‘can do’ attitude. You’ll need to be strong and fit; Joshua is lifted with hoists (or occasionally a two person lift if out and about), and this is a physically demanding job (pushing a manual wheelchair, rolling / turning to get dressed etc.) What’s great about this job: The family provide excellent training, but you will need to be confident, with a background in supporting people with a physical disability. Client/Family met by Snap? Yes, and the family is very well known to Snap This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89878093