Buddy/Support Worker(Female only) – Formby

13 year old young lady, with a zest for life, looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible ‘Buddy’ to work within their home and in the community.

This young lady has Moebius Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Global Development Delay (GDD).

She has some difficulties with her speechbut does like to socialise, so needs a support worker to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

She requires ‘top-up’ fluids which are administered via her PEG, and requires some assistance with maintaining personal hygiene (although I am working on this), so previous health care experience is essential.

She can become overwhelmed and anxious in unfamiliar situations and will require careful and sensitive reassurance.

She does not have any road safety awareness, so the person supporting her needs to manage her road safety when out in the community.

She has a fantastic sense of humour and is an absolute joy to be with.

She regularly likes to link arms when walking along as it helps her to feel safe.

She loves to sing and dance, and is a “chatterbox”. She enjoys activities such as, watching YouTube videos, TV programmes, playing the guitar, horse riding, Arts & Crafts and baking.

She is keen to commence an exercise regime to aid her mobility and fitness, but will require a lot of motivation and encouragement to engage in these activities; it will be important to make them fun and be creative.

She has a team of therapists working around her; full training will be provided to any successful candidate to enable them to support her to achieve her rehabilitation goals and any clinical needs.

You will be well supported and supervised by the management team at Complex Case Management. They provide bespoke rehabilitation and personal care services to clients in the community, throughout the North West and are recruiting for this post on behalf of the finance deputy.

It is anticipated that a successful candidate will have the following skills and attributes:

· A good temperament and patience, to be able to manage the client’s sensitive / neuro diverse needs.

· The enthusiasm and energy to motivate and support the client to undertake a physiotherapy program and fitness training.

· Suitable skills to be able to identify risks and dangers to the client, together with responses (dynamic, where needed) to prevent her from injury or harm.

· An attentive attitude and the ability to listen and understand the client’s sensitive needs, with good patience and reassurance skills necessary to provide the correct response.

· Ability to be able to support the client with some of her personal hygiene issues, such as washing her hair and helping her with her clothes when dressing.

· The ability to facilitate the correct use of a feed pump to deliver fluids via the client’s ‘mic-key button’ and also to be able to apply eye drops carefully, as and when necessary.

The post requires that you:

· Are female (Due to personal care)

· Non-Smoker (my request)

· PEG Feeding experience (Preferred)

· work independently to a great extent

· work and conduct yourself in an acceptable manner

· can cover weekdays; and weekends

· can work flexibly, along with the ability to work additional hours as required

The post is part time, permanent- Alternate weekend work preferred but can be flexible

1 position available: average of 7 hours per week

Rate of pay:

During 6-month probation period, weekdays paid at £13.50 per hour and weekends paid at £14.50 per hour; plus £10 travel costs per shift

Once probation has been passed, the rate will go up, weekdays paid at £15.00 per hour and weekends paid at £16.00 per hour; plus £10 travel costs per shift

An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Specific:

· Maintaining the young person’s mobility and fitness

· Maintaining the young person’s general health

· Maintaining the young person’s personal care to include:

Washing /Bathing

Dressing

Personal Hygiene

· Maintaining the young person’s nutrition

· Maintaining the young person’s physical management

· Supporting the young person’s therapeutic engagement

· Providing appropriate leisure activities for the young person

· Supporting the young person on family holidays (may be required)

· Maintaining the young person’s safety in all environments

General:

· Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the workplace.

· Promote effective communication and relationships.

· Contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse.

· Establish and maintain a trusting, therapeutic, working relationship

· Be responsible for the young person’s personal welfare

· Travel to hospitals or elsewhere for therapeutic care

· Liaise with other agencies as required

· Complete daily records as advised including; time sheets, daily record sheets, medication sheets, petty cash sheets and critical incidents.

· Attend Team Meetings/review meetings with the CCM and other persons as nominated by the employer

· Attend for regular Formal Supervisions and Annual Appraisal

· Attend training sessions as arranged

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

All our support workers make a huge difference to our client’s lives, so if you can help to make their lives better, please contact Alison Grace on 0161 762 1421 for further details and to request an application pack, quoting reference IS/SW/25.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.50-£14.50 per hour

Shift:

3/4-hour shift

Day/evening shift

Experience:

Support Worker: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation: United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Formby, L37(In person)

Reference ID: IS/SW/25