Support Worker

Support Worker

Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex

Vacancy Type: Permanent contract, 2-3 x 11 hour shifts each week, including bank holidays, between 10:30 am and 9:30 pm, although flexibility with start and finish times is required due to the needs of the client. Overtime offered as and when to cover holiday and other team absences

Salary: £14.70 per hour weekdays, £15.23 per hour weekends, NLW/NMW per hour for sleep-in nights. Time and a half on bank holidays

Are you interested in broadening your knowledge and experience in brain injury? Do you want to make a positive difference to someone’s life? Have you a passion for development in care and rehabilitation? Whatever your background, join our team and help someone reach their full potential and live life to the max.

On behalf of our client, Head First is recruiting for a part-time team support worker to provide support to a 37-year old man with an acquired brain injury who lives in his own home in the Burgess Hill area.  The support worker will work alongside our client, his family and healthcare professionals as part of a support team providing a rehabilitation package.

The client has a full programme of activities and likes to keep busy, which includes voluntary work, active sporting and PT sessions as well as various leisure activities! Due to his brain injury, he requires support with daily living, including arranging and accessing appointments, partaking in social activities and outings, menu planning along with preparation and generally building skills to live as independently as possible in his own home.

You will become part of a friendly, close-knit team who benefit from support and encouragement from a caring and understanding family network, who all work collaboratively to ensure the client is living a fulfilled and enriched life.

Our client can struggle with concentration and initiation, therefore it’s important to maximise independence, provide a structured approach and to engage in meaningful activities, ensuring the clients schedule is maintained.

This is a great opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life and to gain an in-depth knowledge of brain injury rehabilitation.

Support Worker requirements:

Support is needed to enable our client to plan and organise social activities, practical support such as cooking and shopping, and to deal with correspondence and personal appointments.

• Must be licensed to drive a manual car.
• Up to date DBS at enhanced level required – the employer will pay if you need to apply for one.

About Head First:

Head First do not directly employ support workers, but we recruit the support workers on behalf of our clients. Head First have experienced payroll and human resources teams so support workers always have a point of contact for employment and pay queries.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Head First, please do not hesitate to apply.