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Active Support Worker

  • Plymouth, Devon
  • Permanent
  • Up to £12.10 per hour + Sleepovers 70,00£/night + others on description
  • Carer for Corey
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Job Overview

Corey is looking for a motivated and resourceful individual with a good sense of humour to join his team who will brave the snakes, offer some banter, support with kayaking, and help engage Corey in new opportunities as they arise.

Contract hours: 11hrs per week

Closing date: 24/09/2024

Reference Code: CB/RI

Essential: Must have a full driving licence as you will need to drive a mobility vehicle. You must be comfortable working with a small child.

Corey can have a good but dark sense of humour and likes to have a bit of banter with his team. He needs someone who can help encourage him back to having an active lifestyle, such as attending the gym and building his confidence with kayaking. Corey plays wheelchair rugby and also enjoys growing plants, listening to music, playing the guitar, PlayStation, and watching a variety of shows and documentaries. Corey likes reptiles and has some pet snakes which he will need help to clean out.

Corey requires the use of a wheelchair and at times needs support with planning due to an acquired brain injury, he also needs some support with personal care. Corey also has a daughter that he visits so you need to be willing to work with a young child and have a playful attitude without taking over.

Corey is looking for someone who is dynamic and sees possibilities over obstacles. So, if you are someone who is comfortable with snakes, is energetic, and looks for opportunities, this could be the role for you.

Ideally you will:

  • Have similar interests to Corey
  • Be self-motivated
  • Put Corey at the centre of his support
  • Have good communication skills for Corey and the team
  • Have a good sense of humour and not be easily offended
  • Have a positive attitude
  • Have a non-judgemental attitude
  • Value the principles of inclusion
  • Be flexible with your shifts

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 difference to someone's life

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 (6 months).