Job Introduction
Gray Healthcare are recruiting a new team within the Preston Area to support a Lady in her 40's who has a diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia, EUPD and Learning Disabilities who be living independently within her own bungalow having 2:1 support 24 hours a day. She will be supported by a mixed gender team on mixed shifts of days and waking nights. We will need drivers for this role as the individual we support will have a mobility vehicle to access the community.
The lady we will be supporting is looking for individuals with a good sense of humour, someone who isn’t too serious and has an interest in cooking, bingo, and activities such as swimming and outdoor walks.
Gray Healthcare are an award-winning provider of complex care, providing a clinically informed approach and extensive, tailored training. As a new provider to this lady, we are taking a collaborative approach to his support to ensure the best outcome.
The 2-week training will include:
- Company Induction – Live online session
- Trauma Informed Care – Live online session
- Medication Compliance – Live online session
- Autism Awareness – Live online session
- Epilepsy Awareness – Live online session
- PROACT-SCIPr-UK™ - a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint-dominant approaches. 2-day in-person course
- First Aid at Work – 1-day in-person course
- Person Centred training – in-person course specific to the person you will be supporting.
Our Psychologically Informed Therapist, alongside our specialist Occupational Therapists and Clinical Lead will also be working closely with the individual and his team to provide guidance, informing care plans and additional support.
You must have experience of providing support to a person with mental health conditions and behaviours that may be perceived as challenging within the UK and have experience of understanding and implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
We typically have 12-hour shifts but there can be flexibility around this dependant on needs and requests. We have the following contracts available:
- 08.00am – 20.00pm Day Shift
- 20.00pm-08.00am- Waking Night Shift
We typically offer contracts of 24, 36 or 42 hours per week.
About you
- We are looking for people who have worked in social care previously, ideally with Mental Health/schizophrenia experience.
- You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.
Recruitment Process
- Telephone interview with specialist recruiter to go through the role in more detail and find out more about you and why you have applied.
- Assessment Day with key team members including clinical and current support staff. This is a valuable opportunity to really find out more about the role and Gray Healthcare.
- Compliance & Background checks including employment references, Right To Work checks and Enhanced DBS.
