Snap Care

Postal Address: 44 Cissbury Avenue, Peacehaven, BN10 8TW

Phone:

Position: Support Worker

Nearest Tube/Station: Oxshott

Wage/Salary: Monday to Saturday, Daytime: £19.91, Admin hours: £16.33. All Nights: £21.95, Sundays and bank holidays: £22.36 gross per hour. A minimum of £41,091.96+ gross per annum.

Driver Essential? Yes - own car needed to drive to client's location. Automatic SUV to drive on duty.

Essential: Solid support worker background with experience supporting clients with complex care needs, basic knowledge of MAR Charts, and administrative skills. Experience of working with controlled medication, mental health knowledge, and managing seizures. This role is open to female candidates only. Non-smoker/vaper. Fluent English.

Start Date: ASAP

Days & Hours: 36 hours over 2 consecutive days starting at 9.30am through to 9.30pm, the next day. This includes an on-call night. Once the team is established, it will be possible to have the days of work set. An additional 3 hours (approximately) of Team Leader/Admin duties. As Team Leader, extra hours will be needed to cover sickness and holidays if other team members are unavailable.

Accommodation: A carer's bedroom and bathroom are available to use on shift.

Recruiter: Natasha

About this client: Zoe, 41, enjoys cross stitch, music, meditation, Jellycats, online shopping, films, and Grey's Anatomy. She has Ehlers Danlos syndrome with multiple co-morbidities, including PTSD, seizures, cranial cervical instability, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, and a lung condition. Zoe receives hospice care for pain management and lives with her parents. Mostly bedbound due to pain and fatigue, she can transfer with light support and needs help with personal care, including a daily bed bath and commode use. Zoe often experiences severe pain and may become upset or angry.

Overview of role: The Team Leader will provide 1:1 support and manage Zoe's small home care team. Key duties include rota planning, timesheet collation, booking appointments, staff supervision, and maintaining care plans. Nights involve on-call seizure monitoring - some nights are quiet, others more active. Zoe usually wakes after 2:00pm; mornings allow for rest and light tasks. She experiences pain and can be irritable, so staying calm and knowing when to step back is vital. No scented products or peanuts, onions, fish, or shellfish due to allergies. Strong organisation and respect for Zoe's DNR wish are essential. Full details for shortlisted candidates.

Who this job would suit: A positive, resilient, emotionally robust, confident and empathetic professional with solid experience as a Professional Support Worker. You will be dedicated, committed and enjoy working as part of a team. Comfortable with clinical procedures such as administering injections (training provided). Due to Zoe's needs, the Team Leader must be a native English speaker or fluent in English, and female.

What's great about this job: This is a role in which you can utilise your skills to really make a difference and help create a positive, effective team providing the best care for Zoe.

Who is recruiting for this role? Snap Care will be carrying out all recruitment including shortlisting, recruiter interviews and arranging employer interviews. Please note, unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for any of our vacancies.

When a specific gender is essential, it is considered a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, for a female or male worker to work with our client.

Source: Agency

Job reference: 2988:NC1:KT11

Region: South East (Excluding London)

Area: Surrey

Location: Oxshott

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary: £41,091.96+ gross per annum.

Hours: Full time role - please see job description for days and hours.

Qualifications required: Not specified

DBS checked: Required

Required language: Not specified

Experience required: Please see job description for essential experience required.

Driving license required: Yes

Employment type: Full time

Duration: Permanent

Live in / out: Live out

• female candidates only. Non-smoker/vaper. Fluent English., Who this job would suit: A positive, resilient, emotionally robust, confident and empathetic professional with solid experience as a Professional Support Worker. You will be dedicated, committed and enjoy working as part of a team. Comfortable with clinical procedures such as administering injections (training provided). Due to Zoe's needs, the Team Leader must be a native English speaker or fluent in English, and female.
  
  Wage/Salary: Monday to Saturday, Daytime: £19.91, Admin hours: £16.33. All Nights: £21.95, Sundays and bank holidays: £22.36 gross per hour. A minimum of £41,091.96+ gross per annum, Start Date: ASAP
Days & Hours: 36 hours over 2 consecutive days starting at 9.30am through to 9.30pm, the next day. This includes an on-call night. Once the team is established, it will be possible to have the days of work set. An additional 3 hours (approximately) of Team Leader/Admin duties. As Team Leader, extra hours will be needed to cover sickness and holidays if other team members are unavailable. Accommodation: A carer's bedroom and bathroom are available to use on shift Recruiter: Natasha natasha@snapcare.co.uk About this client: Zoe, 41, enjoys cross stitch, music, meditation, Jellycats, online shopping, films, and Grey's Anatomy. She has Ehlers Danlos syndrome with multiple co-morbidities, including PTSD, seizures, cranial cervical instability, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, and a lung condition. Zoe receives hospice care for pain management and lives with her parents. Mostly bedbound due to pain and fatigue, she can transfer with light support and needs help with personal care, including a daily bed bath and commode use. Zoe often experiences severe pain and may become upset or angry.