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Carers required brain injury client advert

Role overview

Summary

This role is for care professionals at Home Instead who support individuals living with brain injuries and learning difficulties. You will help clients live independently, engage with their community, and achieve personal goals.

Qualifications

  • Experience supporting people with brain injuries and/or learning difficulties.
  • Full UK driving licence.
  • Kind, patient, creative and engaging personality.
  • Confident with medication administration.
  • Preferred: Comfortable playing computer games.

Responsibilities

  • Provide personal care and medication support
  • Encourage independence and community engagement
  • Drive the client's vehicle when required
  • Build a positive and trusting relationship

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Compassion
  • Reliability
  • Patience
  • Creativity
  • Relationship Building

About the company

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Home Instead UK

  • Home, Senior & Disability Care
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Here at Home Instead, our mission is to expand the world's capacity to care. Across the globe we care for thousands of older adults, helping them live well at home for longer. In the UK, we’re reaching more older people than ever with an expansive network of 240 independently owned and operated franchise offices who play a key role in their local community.What we doOur quality, award-winning home care services support wellbeing and allow older people to live independently at home in familiar surroundings. From personal care, companionship and home help to specialist dementia, end of life and Parkinson’s care, our CAREGivers can support a wide range of needs. Join our networkOwning a Home Instead franchise offers a truly rewarding opportunity in a growing market. We’re with you every step of the way guiding each franchisee throughout their journey, enabling them to grow a successful home care business that really does make a difference. Find out about our care services: www.homeinstead.co.uk Find out about our franchise opportunity: www.homeinstead.co.uk/franchise/

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Job description

Company Description

Home Instead has a genuine passion for making a difference to peoples lives. We are a worldwide family of caring and compassionate people who believe that our older generation have the right to live in their own home for as long as they can, if they so wish.

Job Description

Home instead is looking for compassionate, reliable and fun care professionals to support an individual living with a brain injury and learning difficulties. This is a rewarding opportunity to help some to live independently, enjoy the local community, and achieve their goals. 

You will be:

  • Providing personal care and medication support
  • Encouraging independence and community engagement
  • Driving the clients vehicle when required 
  • Building a positive and trusting relationship
  • Respond appropriately to changes in wellbeing and emergencies

We are looking for someone who, has experience supporting people with brain injuries and/or learning difficulties, you will be kind, patient, creative and engaging. You will enjoy storytelling and imaginative conversations, you will be comfortable playing computer games. 

You will be confident with medication administration, and you must hold a full UK driving licence. 

Hours available:

12:00pm - 5pm Saturday

5pm - 10:00pm Saturday

8am - 3pm Sunday

Saturday sleeping night

Please note:

Contracted hours are available. Applicants do not need to be available for all of the above. Please also note these are ALTERNATE weekends. 

Qualifications

MUST HAVE FULL UK LICENCE 

Additional Information

What we offer

  • Fully paid comprehensive training and ongoing development
  • Career progression opportunities
  • Employee benefits programme
  • Competitive rates of pay 

Be part of the Home Instead community and work with friendly like-minded people who share your values. Whether you already have experience in the care sector or are looking for a new career, we would love to hear from you!  Click apply today or call us at 01827 431002 to learn more.

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