YO31 Support Worker / PA

Richmond, England, gb

Title: Support Worker
Location: YO31, York
Wage/Salary: £27,918 gross per annum, plus pension
Driver Essential? Yes, On shift, adapted vehicle
Essential: Experience supporting young people, DBS, ability to travel, and a valid passport. This role is open to *female applicants only.
Highly Desirable: Graduate
Start Date: November 2023
Days & Hours: 35 waking hours per week, plus weekend and overnight on a rota basis
Family/Client Pets : None
Accommodation: Own bedroom and bathroom when on night shift
Recruiter : Janet MacLennan

About this client:
Eve is a phenomenal young woman with a zest for life. Besides studying Eve regularly speaks at conferences and workshops about life with a communication impairment and physical disability. No two days are the same, Eve leads a busy life, she loves traveling (passport required), keeping fit, socialising, and enjoys entertaining. Eve has a complex physical disability and communication relies on hearing aids and lip reading throughout her waking day. In addition, she has dysarthric speech which means her verbalisations are unclear except to those who know her well. This means she uses an electronic communication aid for many interactions. Eve’s physical disability means you will provide academic and administrative support as directed, as well as personal care, whilst on shift.

Overview of role:
You will be joining a dedicated team of 5 Support Workers who enable Eve on a 1-1 basis around the clock (including at least one sleeping night per week), for some activities you will also work with another team member. You must love food and cooking! Eve lives in her own home which you will help to keep running smoothly. There is a rota published and sent out well in advance and flexibility to hours, days you are available gross per hour overnight plus a weekend supplement.

Who this job would suit:
*female Support Worker with a great sense of humour, patience, and enthusiasm. Your verbal and written communication skills must be excellent. What is also important is your personality! You need to be calm, patient, and level-headed, love to laugh, have a sense of adventure, want to be busy, and be willing to facilitate and empower Eve to have the life she wants.

What’s great about this job:
It will be an absolute privilege working alongside Eve; accompanying her to her many inspirational talks on the power of AAC ( Augmentative and Alternate Communication ). You will have the continuous support of Eve’s team and her incredible mum! If you are a person who sincerely wants to find a long-term role, championing a young woman’s journey in educating other young people, PLEASE APPLY!

Who is recruiting for this role?
Our client is using our Advertising Package. The client will be carrying out all aspects of the recruitment process and will contact you directly if they would like to progress your application. By applying for this vacancy, you agree to our client having access to your CV. for more information.

Please note:
*Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for female or male worker to work with our client.