Female Support Worker (Internally known as an Enablement Assistant)
Location: Bournemouth
Hours Per Week: Part time day hours and Full time wake nights
Hourly Rate: £13.00
Driver required with full UK Auto Drivers Licence (Client has her own car that you will use)
About You
You would need to be a calm, fun individual that can swim and like the outdoors. The person you would be supporting is very much an outdoors person, who works on a farm 3 days per week and likes to go for long walks on the weekends. She also loves swimming, so you must be a good swimmer.
You would need to be a competent driver with a full UK driver’s licence, as the person you are supporting has her own car which you can use to take her out and to the farm.
You would also need to be a good and clear communicator as the person you are supporting has a communication disorder.
Experience of autism/learning disability/sensory processing difficulties would be an advantage, although training will be given.
About the role
Jane is a 27-year-old young adult female with autism, learning disability and sensory processing disorder. She currently lives in the family home in Bournemouth but will be moving out into her own home very soon within the BH postcode area. She is very active and is a fun individual who is a joy to be around. She is happy, interactive and has a wicked sense of humour!
She loves visiting local areas including the New Forest and the beach and has regular access to leisure activities including swimming, bowling & golf at the weekends.
She also enjoys listening to her music, watching Disney and thoroughly enjoys food!
There is personal care duties required within this position including helping with bathing and hair washing and applying creams, etc.
Clear structure, routine and full support with accessing a varied activity schedule is required to help her respond well.
Her communication style is using objects of reference, certain key words Sign along and her iPad.
The support ratio is 1:1 at all times along with helping her use public transport with her own bus pass.
She really enjoys swimming, walking and trampolining every week and requires team members to share her interests especially the love of being outdoors.
Some of her favourite past times is going out to coffee shops, along with going out for lunch to KFC/McDonalds.
Janes week also includes going to a day service 2 days per week and attending the working farm 3 days per week.
She also has a small job which is currently supported by her parents that she does every month delivering magazines in her local area, which enables her to earn some money.
Why work for us?
• Be listened to and have your direct experience and expertise valued
• Have support from an experienced management and clinical team
• Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support
• Have training opportunities that enhance your career development
Benefits include: 29 days annual leave (pro rata), rising to 30 days annual leave (pro rata) as of the 1st April, following your 1-year anniversary with PBS4., in-house paid induction training, followed by 12 weeks blended e-learning, coaching, and mentoring. Additional training opportunities following probation, DBS check payment, Legal & General company pension, employee recognition scheme, earned wage access, and access to various other benefits through our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme. Refer a friend and receive £300.00 for every successful person you refer.
About PBS4
PBS4 is a values led social care organisation, providing Neurodisability Services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism and/or behaviours that may challenge. We support people living in their own homes, with their own tenancies, and we utilise Positive Behaviour Support as the framework for the support we provide.
We are a medium-sized organisation supporting people across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, and Oxfordshire and with a workforce of around 350 employees.
The people we support overcome huge challenges every day to achieve exciting things. Some may be big, some may be smaller, but we are committed to celebrating all of these! We are committed to leading by example in how 21st Century clinical support for people with learning disabilities should look. We aim to raise the bar of Positive Behaviour Support in social care!
Be the change!
People with learning disabilities should have the same right to an ordinary life as anyone else. They need support from people like you to help them achieve this. If you are passionate about helping people to achieve the life they deserve and thrive of seeing others succeed, then a career with PBS4 is the career for you. We value experience in supporting others, but we warmly welcome people without experience who share our values.
We want to create new ways of working, led by passion and drive for doing what is right, and promote innovation from our teams. Join us on our mission to disrupt social care!
* “Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010”
