Job Overview
Are you a night owl? Are you at your best during nighttime hours? Ben is looking for a waking night support worker to join his team to keep an eye on him at night due to his additional needs.
Essential for this job:
- Be flexible to cover sickness or annual leave when needed
- Be able to complete personal care and support a person with Epilepsy.
- Full UK drivers licence not essential but would be necessary for the ocasional day shifts
Ben is a great young man and has a committed team around him, he is currently looking to add a waking night staff member to his team. He lives in his own home and is usually active during the day, he enjoys a drive in his car, the outdoors and loves exploring new places.
The nights will be quieter with Ben as he is a good sleeper but has Epilepsy so will need staff to keep an eye on him at night. Whilst supporting him overnight there will be some light housework and paperwork tasks to undertake. There will always be two people working with Ben. Ben likes to be independent but his team will need to help him with some personal care and keeping his home the way he likes it.
Ideally you will:
- Be positive and motivated
- Be able to provide consist
- Be reliable and flexible
- Work well as part of a team
- Be comfortable with a level of autonomy
- Have good communication skills
- Be robust, resilient and emotionally intelligent
- Have a positive attitude and be keen to make a difference to Ben's life
Benefits:
- We reward our staff with competitive salaries
- We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme
- We have a company sick pay scheme
- Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
- Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
- Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
- A really good mandatory induction
- Ongoing high quality training
- Career development opportunities
- A real chance to make a difference to someone's life
"Sponsorship is currently not available"
We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Choose Care, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).