With regret, our clients do not offer sponsorship.
Location: Toton, NG9 - will be moving to NG15 towards the end of 2026.
Hours: 1 x position for permanent hours: Three nights a week to be worked Monday-Wednesday from 9pm-9am. Also seeking 1-2 Bank Workers to cover absences of the current team which may consist of day or night shifts. Typical day shifts are 9am-5pm Monday to Friday with one day to start and finish later to allow the family an evening out. Working on Bank holidays will not usually be required to enable the family to have time together. Please state which position you are interested in on your application.
Pay:
- £17.50 per hour, Weekdays 9am-11pm. £18.50 per hour weekends, bank holidays and waking nights.
- Sleeping nights: Monday-Friday £NLW per hour. Weekends: £NLW per hour plus £1 (11.00pm to 9.00am)
Benefits:
- 5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata)
- Pension (subject to qualifying status)
- Free DBS check
- Free parking
- Induction
- Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate)
- Regular clinical supervision/review meetings
- Ongoing support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR Department
Driving:
- Driver required: Essential
- Vehicle use: Will be using the wheelchair adapted vehicle, automatic
- Using own vehicle for work: Yes, on duty and to attend training
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)
Job Summary
Nicola, born in 1991, lives at home with her parents and 1 small pet dog, the family all have a good sense of humour. She is a very sociable lady, and her interests include supporting her local football team, Nottingham Forest. She is also keen on; shopping for books, enjoying meals out, social events, listening to music on her headphones and playing console games.
Nicola sustained a birth injury in 1991 which resulted in spastic quadriparesis with marked increase in tone and a moderate learning disability. She has a right sided scoliosis and a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes which is insulin controlled, she wears a monitor which sounds an alert if the glucose levels are out of the safety parameters. Nicola is a full-time wheelchair user and is dependent on others to meet her care needs. She requires support with personal care, moving and handling, assistance with eating and drinking, meal preparation, administration of medication, management of low-level behavioural issues and regulation of emotions. She communicates verbally (with a limited vocabulary), and has the cognitive ability to make simple choices on a daily basis.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Supporting with all care requirements to include personal care
- Managing her diabetes
- Providing companionship
- Guidance from her therapists to support with exercise programmes
- Maximising Nicola’s independence in all activities of daily living
- Client related domestic tasks
- 2:1 care for all transfers (this may change in the future)
- Sourcing and implementing meaningful activities
- Completion of care notes
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:
This role requires:
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
- Satisfactory references, including from your most recent employer
- Enhanced DBS check (A conviction will not necessarily prevent employment)
Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.
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.