Job Overview
Singing in the rain or dancing to the greatest showman, Lou loves musicals and pantomimes. She is also a big fan of Harry Potter so much so she named her kitten Harry.
Essential for this job:
This position has a 'genuine occupational requirement' covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and therefore only applications from females are requested.
Date Applications Close: 08/03/2025
Contract hours: FT
Salary: £12.10/hour + Sleepovers (£70 per night)
Reference: DL/LS
As a support worker for Lou you will work hands on supporting her on her continued journey to independence. Lou is in a blossoming relationship but needs support at times to manage her feelings around this. Lou is very sociable, she likes to spend time with her team but she also likes some independent time as well.
When supporting Lou you might be hunting out bargains in a charity shop or singing and dancing with her to musicals. Lou has a great sense of humour and so you will be guaranteed some fun and she loves a practical joke.
At times she can struggle to manage her feelings and so you will use your skills to provide emotional support, showing patience and kindness when she needs it. Your job will be to provide emotional security and support to Lou to begin to understand and manage her feelings and emotions.
Lou is looking for someone who can be a bit of a motherly figure, someone mature with some life experience.
There may be times when Lou feels overwhelmed and she can engage in behaviours that are risky. You will need to present confidently, with a calm persona to give Lou the reassurance she needs. Working as part of a small team we can offer you career development, good quality training and a range of company benefits.
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
Ideally you will:
- Have some similar to interests to Lou
- Have a good sense of humour
- Be a good listener
- Be self-motivated
- Be able to think on your feet
- Be resilient
- Be committed to the values of inclusion
- Want to make a real difference to Lou'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).
