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Location:
Reading
Specialism:
Carer/Support Worker/Client Recruitment
Remuneration:
£15.50 per hour Weekdays and £16.70 per hour Weekends
About The Role

Location: Reading RG30
Days & Hours: 5 hrs per week, 2.5 hours over 2 days, this will be arranged with the family in advance.  Typical shift would be 3.00pm-5.30pm as there may be a need to collect Jamie from school.  There is a possibility the hours could increase once a good working relationship has been established.
Pay: £15.50 per hour Weekdays and £16.70 per hour Weekends
Driver required? Essential
Using Own Vehicle for work purposes? Yes, On duty and to attend trainings.  Business insurance required and a mileage will be paid.
Essential Experience: Working with a young people with brain injury (although training will be available)
Desirable: An interest in therapy and had involvement with multi-disciplinary teams
Pets: 1 dog.  There is a snake within the family home and is well contained.
Accommodation (while on duty): Family home
Interviews Week Commencing:  Interviews will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

We are seeking a fun, patient, and caring support worker for Jamie, born in 2015, he lives at home with his family.  Jamie is a Lego enthusiast, and enjoys gaming like Minecraft and Roblox, he really loves to draw, so anything gaming and animation is his absolute favourite.  He would love to go to Legoland.

Jamie suffered a brain injury at birth, he is independently mobile and would like help for the family in supporting his everyday needs.

Your role will be to support Jamie and his family with everyday tasks of supporting a young boy with additional needs.  To collect Jamie from school, checking his school diary and communicate anything that needs to be actioned.  Therapeutic input such as physio, occupational and speech and language therapy that is completed by the professionals to be carried on by the support worker at home and to attend quarterly meetings with the multi-disciplinary team.  There could be times you may have to attend hospital appointments with the parents.

This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated person to join a dedicated home care team and develop existing skills and support this very special little boy. A truly rewarding role for someone who is able to communicate effectively and an ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth and compassion.

Pay and Benefits:
  • £15.50 per hour Weekdays and £16.70 per hour Weekends 
  • 5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
  • Pension (subject to qualifying status)
  • Free DBS check. 
In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:
  • Induction,
  • Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate),
  • Regular clinical supervision/review meetings,
  • On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department

Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our Clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our Clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment.  The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.  This position will require:

  • Proof of eligibility to work in the UK;
  • Satisfactory references, including your last employer;
  • An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.
About You

Are you calm, proactive and enthusiastic?
Do you share our values?

  • Client Focussed - Can you demonstrate commitment and passion for meeting our clients needs?
  • Integrity - Can you demonstrate empathy and understanding in an appropriate and professional manner?
  • Supportive - Can develop productive and professional relationships with others.
  • Positive - You would be expected to create and inclusive environment and respect diversity.
  • Quality Focussed – Always maintaining professionalism.

It would be great to receive your application, if you have the following skills/behaviours:

  • Experience with working with Brain Injury
  • Confident and comfortable working in Jamie’s own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of him and his family
  • Can demonstrate commitment and passion for meeting Jamie's needs
  • Can demonstrate empathy and understanding in an appropriate and professional manner
  • A team player who understands the importance of feedback to qualified members of the team
  • Can develop productive and professional relationships with others
  • Actively creates an inclusive environment respecting diversity
  • Good organisational skills who can adhere to standards and quality requirements
  • Friendly, approachable with a proactive and encouraging approach
  • Water confident to assist with swimming
  • Punctual, patient, reliable and trustworthy
  • Can maintain an excellent level of confidentiality
  • Good verbal & written communication skills and IT literate
  • Able to think creatively and to use initiative
  • Willingness to work flexibly, sometimes at short notice
  • A full driving licence (endorsements to be disclosed) 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.

About Us

ILS Case Management is the UK's leading independent nationwide Case Management company.

When a person’s life has been changed by injury, we address the practicalities.  We work with children and adults who have had moderate or catastrophic, complex injuries.  We assess individual needs and are able to provide a comprehensive Case Management and Rehabilitation Service designed to maximise independence.  We are CQC registered and compliant with their standards.

Our Case Managers work closely with our Clients, and we carry out all the recruitment processes on behalf of our Clients; and will support you, from your initial telephone interview right through to arranging employer interviews, trial shifts and placement.

If you are successfully recruited, you will be employed directly by our client.  However, ILS will manage your day to day employment, providing you with the support you need to carry out your role.  Working as a Carer or Support Worker for an ILS client means that you will have a dedicated Case Manager to oversee your client's care needs.

For more detailed information about working as a carer or support worker for ILS, please visit: https://www.indliv.co.uk/work-opportunities/support-worker-jobs/ or twitter https://twitter.com/ILS_Recruitment

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