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Support Worker

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Job Introduction

Support Worker opportunity in Whitegate, Cheshire for 36 hours/week

Gray Healthcare has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support Worker to join their team in Whitegate, supporting a lady with a mild learning disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder and ADHD.

The person supported has a great sense of humour, loves chatting and spending time with people.   She especially enjoys shopping, particularly to charity shops and car boot sales as well as making things, arts and crafts, colouring and framing photos.

The support is provided in a bungalow in Whitegate Village, Cheshire and the team is 2-to-1 support by a mixed team of both male and female Support Workers.  

The vacancy is for 36 hours comprising 3 x 12 hour day shifts, 8am to 8pm plus 1 x 12-hour sleep, 8pm to 8am.

The sleep pay is around £116 for 12 hours (2 hours at £10.70 and 10 hours at £9.50/hour)

The candidate

We are looking for experienced Support Workers for this team who have a manual driving license to drive the mobility vehicle.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience as a Support Worker within Autism, Learning Disabilities, ADHD, Mental Health.

 

You will have an interest, motivation and enthusiasm to develop experience and skills to work with people with complex needs. Ideally you will have at least Level 3 in Health and Social Care or a willingness to work towards the qualification within Gray Healthcare.

 

You will be able to manage difficult situations calmly and work within agreed evidence based PBS plans. You be able to complete good quality support records, detailing the activities of daily living. You will need to be resilient, emotionally, and physically fit to do this role.

 

The company

Gray Healthcare is the UK's leading specialist provider of individually tailored community-based support. Here at Gray Healthcare we believe that no person should remain in an acute or long stay hospital environment for a day longer than is necessary. We do not discriminate with risk history; we work beyond the label and prioritise the individual and their right to live in the community.

We are a company passionate about delivering truly person-centred support and we are guided by our values in all that we do. Have a look at our website to understand our values, see the benefits that we offer and spend a few minutes watching our staff talk about working for Gray Healthcare: https://www.grayhealthcare.com/work-with-us/

 

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