This position has a “genuine occupational requirement” covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, therefore only female applicants can be considered.
Job Title; Support Worker
Vacancy Location; Whitehaven
Salary / Rate of Pay; £12.82 - £14.50 – shift dependant
Contract type; Part Time: 16 hours per week.
Shift pattern(s) available; Thursday and Friday – 09:00 – 17:30 (overtime shifts also available)
Essential Criteria; Drivers with access to their own car due to social community elements in some of the role and also, given location of cases, there are sometimes limited public transport services in the area.
The above hours would be working across the below care packages:
M at Hensingham; This role would be to support a lady with a brain injury who lives independently in her own home with her pet dog. Care needs required for this individual is to encourage and assist with daily basic hygiene needs, basic medication administration and management, meal preparation, weekly shopping and social support. This lady has a passion for sports, enjoys trips out to her local pubs to see old friends and trips to the arcades and also attends bingo twice a week. Applicants are requested to have an open-minded approach, down to earth personality who ideally shares similar interests or is respectful of them and consider and support in situations with difficulties experienced due to her brain injury and encourage social activities during session times
A at Lowca; This role would be to support a lady in her own home to maintain independence while working from home. She works for a travel agency specialising in accessibility-focused travel.
Additional info: Occasionally, drivers may need to undertake tasks such as picking up prescriptions or delivering samples to the GP. Mileage and expenses for these tasks will be reimbursed. Any transport costs incurred for community outings with the lady will also be covered, we pay mileage at 0.45p per mile.
The goal of these bespoke packages of care is to support the ladies to live independently in their own homes. A range of person centred tasks will be required from you including; medication management, social support, moving and handling and clinical support.
Applicants must have an adaptable approach to meet the needs of the personalities of all those we support
Who we’re looking for: It’s important that we share the same values. While we don’t ask for prior care experience, we do ask that the following matters to you:
- Making a positive difference: you love knowing that what you do and how you do it matters.
- Taking pride in your work: you aspire to deliver quality in everything you undertake.
- Relationship building: you love taking the time to get to know people, their interests and aspirations. Building respectful and meaningful relationships is important to you.
What benefits will you receive?
- A contract that works for you; fixed hours or more flexible zero hour available
- Paid Annual Leave; 5.6 weeks annual leave if you are on a fixed hours contract or, for those who choose our flexible zero hour contract, you will accrue12.07% on all hours worked. Funds can be drawn at your discretion.
- Training, Mentoring and Shadowing programmes; inhouse with our own RGN, Occupational Therapist and trained Psychologists
- Time and a half for bank holiday working
- Paid Enhanced DBS check
- Colleague Referral Scheme - £200 incentive bonus (T&C’s apply)
- FlexEarn; which is a simple and safe way of accessing the wages you’ve already earned
- Blue Light discount card; giving you BIG discounts at major retailers
- Employee of the month scheme; winners receive a monetary voucher
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
KEYFORT Group is committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, communities and lived experiences, including those from under-represented groups.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and employment, to ensure everyone can perform at their best.
Next Stage
All applications will be assessed against the role requirements. Candidates who are successful at this stage will be invited to share their interview availability. If you have not heard from us within 7 days of the advert closing date, unfortunately on this occasion you have not been successful.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £12.82-£14.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- This position has a “genuine occupational requirement” covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, therefore only female applicants can be considered. Please confirm your gender.
- For non British applicants; You must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Due to shift requirements, we regret we cannot accept CV’s from Skilled Worker VISA applicants as this role requires working above 20 hours each week. Please confirm you VISA Type / Status, thank you.
Licence/Certification:
- UK Driving Licence with access to your own vehicle (required)
Work Location: In person
