Female Support Worker

*Female Support Worker

Location: near Gloucester (11 miles from Monmouthshire border)

Salary:  £17 per hour

Hours: 24 hours 30 minutes per week and 36 hours 45 minutes per week alternately

*Exemption is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9.

We are offering a fabulous opportunity to join a small established care team providing waking night support to a happy and easy-going young woman living within a busy family home environment in a beautiful rural area within the Forest of Dean.

Location

The family home lies about 15 miles from Gloucester and only 11 miles from the Monmouthshire border. Located within a rural position approximately 6 miles south west of Ross-On-Wye and a similar distance north west of Coleford, candidates will need to have their own vehicle to travel to and from the workplace.

The Client

Lucy is a 25 year old young woman who lives in a specially adapted annexe adjacent to her busy family home where her mum and siblings live.  Whilst Lucy’s living accommodation is self-contained and fully adapted, she has daily contact, help and support from her family as well as receiving care from a dedicated team of Support Workers.

Lucy sustained a brain injury at birth resulting in complex clinical care with severe celebral palsy and epilepsy.  Lucy is not independently mobile and uses a wheelchair to move around. 

Although non-verbal, Lucy is able to communicate effectively with those who know her by the use of eye contact, through facial expressions and body language.  Lucy is fed via a PEG which is also used for the administration of medication, and also requires full support with personal care.

Hobbies & Interests

Lucy enjoys good vision and particularly loves to watch TV being a big fan of Strictly and Mr Tumble.  She loves to go to the cinema where animated films are her preference, and also loves to be out and about in the local community; enjoying walks in the countryside and visits to the local shopping centre.

The family have two dogs and a new puppy who has recently joined the family and candidates will need to be animal lovers as Lucy loves spending time with the dogs at home.  Lucy particularly enjoys sensory activities too and whilst she attends a local sensory centre weekly, she also likes to spend time within her sensory room at home or in her hydrotherapy pool.  

The Role

Lucy loves to be around bubbly, happy and positive people and a sense of humour is a definite must.  You should have a naturally caring nature and be a team player, working closely with colleagues, with Lucy’s team of therapists as well as building good professional relationships with the family.

Ideally, candidates should have a nursing or clinical background, or have worked with clients with complex care needs previously. The Waking Night Support Worker role is a vital one and we anticipate that candidates should have previous experience of providing a high standard of overnight clinical care.  This will include close monitoring, re-positioning and administration of medication in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of Lucy.  You may be required to undertake some client-related domestic duties during your night shifts.

You will need to be happy to be around the family pets and be willing and able to implement and support Lucy in her therapy programmes as and when required which may include going into the hydrotherapy pool.

The timely and accurate upkeep of daily care notes and clinical records is essential and you should have excellent written and spoken communication skills. 

You should hold a full, clean, manual UK driving licence and be happy to drive Lucy’s WAV so that you can go out and about in the local and wider community if covering day shift hours.

Available Hours

The hours available are 24 hours 30 minutes per week one week and 36 hours 45 minutes the next on a fixed rolling 4 weekly rota, as follows:

• Two fixed nights each week Tuesday and Thursday, or Monday and Tuesday, plus alternate
• Saturdays from 19:15 – 07:30 (12 hours 15 minutes per shift)

Rates of Pay

Monday to Sunday: £17.00 per hour 

To Apply

If you are excited at the prospective of joining this established care team providing care and support to Lucy, please submit your CV.