Personal Carer CILR / Dorset / 25 / 07 / 23

Please note, Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service.
We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community.
We are not the person that you will work for.
You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.

Are you trapped in a job in care rushing between an impossible number of calls a day?
Would you enjoy being part of a team providing meaningful care to just one person?
Appreciated for the care you provide and having fun with the person you care for and with his team?

We are looking for a personal carer to join a small, dedicated team working with a cheerful 55-Year-old man in his own home in Wareham.
He has mild learning difficulties, cerebral palsy, and in recent years has been diagnosed with MS.

Care experience is preferred but additional training will be provided for specific disabilities.
You must be able to build a relationship with the individual and with the rest of his support team
You must be able to relate to someone with difficulties and ideally
drive a manual car.

Pay: £12.75 per daytime hour and £70.00 per, mainly sleeping, night shift
earning £27,833 per annum rising to £29,000 once required standards achieved

The role is 31 hours per week or a job share - daytime & evening hours and two night shifts as follows:
Monday daytime from 8.30am (8 hours), Thursday late afternoon from 3.30pm & evening (6½ hours), Thursday Night (8 hours), Friday early morning to 9.30am (3½ hours).
Saturday afternoon from 3.30pm & evening (6½ hours), Saturday night (8 hours), Sunday morning through to lunch time 1.30pm (7½ hours).

Note: Nights are essentially sleeping nights. Evening hours paid as daytime.

Plus extra hours covering annual leave and occasional sickness of other team members and fully paid statutory annual holidays.

There may be a possibility of a part time role becoming available shortly.

You must be able to prove your right to work in the UK. No sponsorship is available.
Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check, your employer may also ask for you to supply references.