Job Overview
WANTED: A Senior with common sense and a questionable sense of humour. Must be capable of helping to lead a team, taking a joke and occasionally behaving like a responsible adult.
Contracted hours: Part time: 15hrs per week
Essential: Must have a full driving licence as you will need to drive a mobility vehicle. You must be comfortable with personal care, working with a small child and be okay around snakes.
Zack enjoys dark humour, sarcasm and a decent bit of verbal abuse disguised as affection. He’s looking for someone who knows when to banter and, more importantly, knows when to shut up and get on with it. If you would rather do arts and crafts and puzzle books, this isn’t the gig for you.
Zack is a wheelchair rugby player, gym-goer, intellectual conversationist, and a documentary watcher. One minute he could be discussing something fascinating and the next making a joke that could get you escorted out of a family restaurant. He is also a reptile guy, and no he’s not part of the Lizard People Conspiracy, he’s the snake owning kind.
He uses a wheelchair and has an acquired brain injury, so needs support with some personal care, planning and organising. He’s perfectly capable of running his own life. You’re there to help him do it, not stage a hostile takeover. Zack’s also a dad. His young daughter regularly spends time with him, so you’ll need to be playful, comfortable around children and capable of recognising that he is the parent. You’re not auditioning for Mary Poppins.
This is a Senior position, which means alongside the banter, you’ll be expected to demonstrate competence in leadership and paperwork. Shocking, we know. You’ll work one shift a week plus additional management hours. Zack has four hours of unsupported time each day, so you’ll need to be flexible rather than having a complete existential crisis when plans change.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Creating monthly rotas that work around Zack’s needs and don’t have the team giving you daggers.
- Keeping timesheets up to date. See point above.
- Keep paperwork up to date and to a good standard. If this makes you yawn, close this page.
- Supporting a team of actual human beings, with their own personalities, opinions and occasional moments of spectacular nonsense.
- Keeping Zacks goals at the centre of everything. Yes. EVERYTHING. He is the reason the team are here.
- Working alongside the Service Leader in leading the team.
Ideally, you will:
Have similar interests and be fond of animals
Be able to support with gym equipment, especially weights
Have a person-centred approach and be flexible around Zack ’s needs
Have good computer skills and see the importance of good documentation
Have a good sense of humour and not be easily offended
Be flexible around shifts as this will require weekend working
Be open to giving and receiving feedback
Have leadership experience and be able to support the development of the team
Benefits:
We reward our staff with competitive salaries
We offer an Award-Winning Pension Scheme
We have a company sick pay scheme
Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
Critical illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
Life insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
A really good mandatory induction
Ongoing high-quality training
Career development opportunities
A real chance to make a diference to someone's life
No Sponsorship available
We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee; however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (3 months).