Support Worker
Servoca Nursing & Care
- High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
- £10.00-13.00 per hour
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Providing emotional support to individuals and their families.
- Providing practical support for individuals and their families, such as helping with household tasks, personal care and paperwork.
- Supporting and monitoring their healthcare needs, including administering medication and temperature checks.
- Supporting them to pursue hobbies and interests.
- Supporting the learning of new skills or gaining employment.
- Teaching life skills, such as budgeting and paying bills.
- Helping with everyday tasks such as meal preparation, writing a shopping list, going shopping or maintaining their housing tenancy.
- Helping them to access community facilities and be included in community groups.
- Understanding their communication needs and adapting your communication to each individual, e.g. sounds, tones, body language.
- Working with other professionals, such as doctors and therapists, to ensure consistency of support.
- Analysing an individual’s needs and drawing up a focused support plan.
- Becoming both a role model and companion to the individual and uncovering shared interests, such as hobbies and outings.
- Advanced block booked shifts.
- Large choice of and Care homes and supported living units
- Competitive pay rates
- Optional workplace pension scheme
- ID badge and DBS
- Flexible hours to suit your other commitments.
- Blue light discount scheme
- Weekly pay
- £75 Joining bonus T&Cs apply
- £150 refer a friend care workers / £250 for nurses T&C’s apply
- Your own dedicated consultant
- On hand support 24 hours per day.
- Free Mandatory training
- Employee of the month scheme
- Opportunities to learn new skill set
- Proven experience as personal care assistant in private or NHS settings
- Caring and positive/ compassionate attitude
- Committed to health & safety
- Well-organized and reliable
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong ethics
- Physical stamina
- CPR certified