Support Worker
Apr 30, 2025
Skills
Nursing Home Experience • Developmental Disabilities Experience • Direct Support • Computer Operation • Caregiving • Case Management • Special Needs • Training & Development • Child Protective Services • Experience with Children • Word Processing • Addiction Counseling
The Role
Nursing Home Experience • Developmental Disabilities Experience • Direct Support • Computer Operation • Caregiving • Case Management • Special Needs • Training & Development • Child Protective Services • Experience with Children • Word Processing • Addiction Counseling
This vacancy is for 3 x complex personal care assistants in the Worthing area.
The hours available are:
1) 2 x Monday to Friday 30 hours per week shifts between 08:00 20:00
2) 1 x Waking Nights 12hr shifts on a Thursday Saturday and Sunday 20:00 08:00
About the Client and Support Needed:
I am looking for exceptional dedicated skilled personal care assistants to join my existing team as I have complex care needs. I live independently in my own home with my wife who is my main carer.
As a member of our caring team youll be responsible for a wide range of tasks that can vary day to day so an amount of flexibility is required. Some of the main duties include:
Administration of medication
Moving and Handling with Hoist
Gastrostomy Care / PEG feeding
Personal Care
Assisting me in the community
Administrative duties
Light housework
Ideally you would also have previous experience with Status Epilepticus and practical experience of giving Buccal Midazolam and be able to identify and understand a medical emergency.
It is my wish that my support workers are nonsmokers.
Requirements
We provide the following CQC standard training specific to this client:
- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Moving and Handling with Hoist
- Gastrostomy Care / PEG feeding
Essential Requirements Identified for this Role:
- You should have excellent communication skills
- You will be friendly and dynamic with a strong personality and common sense
- You will have at least 6 months of complex care experience which will include dealing with seizures PEG feed catheter and administering medication
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect)
- Prepared to commit to long term care for one client in a personcentred way
- Willing to be trained to CQC standards to meet the clients needs
- Respect Company policies and procedures
- Be reliable / nonjudgemental / caring / responsible / compassionate
- Committed to confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and respect
Benefits
Contractual Benefits:
16.15 per hour for daytime Monday to Friday shifts / 19.23 per hour for waking nights
Company pension scheme
Enhanced bank holiday payments
Annual Leave is paid at 5.6weeks (prorata) per annum based on contracted hours
Support Provided:
Full support and supervisions from your dedicated Regional Care Lead
Training and full support from your local HCD Community Nurse Assessor
Career pathway options
A personal development plan
24hr oncall support
Employee Benefits:
A Blue Light discount card
Long service awards
Free wellbeing options and EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) provided by Spectrum Life
This vacancy is for a support worker / personal assistant to join our client s support package to support them in their own home. We will be your legal employer on behalf of the client and you will not be asked to support other clients. All of our contracts are for permanent positions with a 6 month probationary period
HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and industryleading specialist in the personalisation of care at home. Registered with the Care Quality Commission HomeCareDirect provides a personcentred approach keeping clients safe at home supporting with recruitment employment and training for their staff to the highest standards meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted selected trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe effective and compassionate care.
Care Experience, Communication Skills
