Job Introduction
Gray Healthcare are looking for Support Workers to support a gent who has diagnosis of Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia and COPD. He lives alone in his own property in Witham St Hughs, Lincoln.
The person we support is a 42 year old male who is supported on a 1:1 basis. He enjoys chatting with his Support Team, watching films, loves listening to music and DJ'ing on his own decks!. He enjoys going out into the community do his weekly food shopping and visit local pubs for a coffee. As he is gaining more confidence with accessing the community we are looking someone who is encouraging that can support the gent to attend more activities that are community based.
The vacancy is 36 hours per week - 3 x 12 hour shift, 8am-8pm plus a minimum of 1 sleep in.
Drivers are preferred for this role, due to the gent having a mobility vehicle.
Training
We don’t expect you to know everything when you join Gray Healthcare! We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training (company induction, systems, meds etc.) followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint-dominant approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. This could be PBS, epilepsy, ligature etc. and finally, you’ll complete shadow shifts.
Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.
Hours
We are looking for people to work the following shift patterns:-
12 hour shift- 08.00am till 20.00pm followed by a sleep in.
All shifts include sleep in's which will be paid at set rate of £100.
The Ideal Candidate
About you
- We are looking for people who have worked in social care previously, ideally with Mental Health 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.
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.
- TEAMS or Face to Face interview with Community Support Manager
- Compliance & Background checks including employment references, Right To Work checks and Enhanced DBS.
