Female Support Worker
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Location
Manchester
Position
Carer/Support Worker/Client Recruitment
Remuneration
- £13.12 per hour (Monday to Friday)
- £15.37 per hour (Weekends & Bank Holidays)
- £12.21 per hour (Sleeping Nights – National Living Wage for age 21+)
- Pay Review Pending
- Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)
- Interviews: Ongoing via Microsoft Teams
Advertising End Date
Not Specified
About The Role
Location: Worsley, Manchester (near to the Trafford Centre)
Hours: Permanent, 17.5 hours per week. Additional hours may be available. Bank shifts also available.
Days: Monday to Friday, 4:00pm – 7:30pm
You’ll work closely with her family and Case Manager to ensure she receives the best possible care and support. Following a severe brain injury, our client now uses a wheelchair and requires full support with daily routines, personal care, and therapy sessions. She has a real zest for life and enjoys lunches out, trying new activities, and going on mini-breaks.
What We’re Looking For
- Essential: A genuine passion for helping others and supporting people to achieve their goals. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from our client and gain insight into the challenges of living with an acquired brain injury.
- Desirable: Previous care experience, experience supporting adults with physical disabilities, an interest in therapy, and a willingness to try new things.
- Driver: Desirable but not essential.
- Vehicle Use: May involve driving a wheelchair‑adapted vehicle or occasionally using your own car.
What You’ll Receive
- Ongoing training and support (including The Care Certificate)
- 5.6 weeks annual leave (pro rata)
- Pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Sick pay entitlement
- Free enhanced DBS check
- Regular supervision and support from the Team Leader, Case Manager, and HR team
Our Values
- Supportive – We work together and lift each other up
- Client‑Centred – You’ll help our client live life to the fullest
- Positive – We focus on what’s possible
- Quality‑Focused – We aim for excellence in everything
- Act with Integrity – We’re honest, respectful, and dependable
Important Information
- We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
- You must be eligible to work in the UK
- Employment is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check
- A criminal conviction will not necessarily prevent employment
If this sounds like the role for you, our client would love to welcome you to her team. Apply today and let’s make a difference together!
About You
- Female applicant required – due to personal care needs.
- Comfortable and respectful working in the client’s own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of the family.
- Willing to learn new skills including hoisting, feeding, and personal care routines (training provided).
- Physically able to follow a Handling Management Plan, which may involve bending, kneeling, squatting, or lunging to maintain good posture during handling tasks.
- Genuine interest in working with individuals with complex needs.
- Flexible and able to use your own initiative.
- Patient and tolerant.
- Proactive and encouraging approach.
- Responsible and dependable attitude.
- Cheerful, caring, and positive outlook.
- Reliable, trustworthy, and an effective communicator.
- Willing to assist with a variety of care tasks, always promoting the client’s dignity and wellbeing.
- Confident using I.T.
- Comfortable in and around water.
- Basic understanding of rehabilitation principles.
- Proactive in developing a suitable range of activities.
- Willing to participate in various outdoor activities.
- Able to maintain confidentiality and respect the client and their family’s privacy.
- Open to learning new things in line with the client’s rehabilitation programme.
- Flexible with start and finish times, according to the client’s needs.
- Strong literacy and numeracy skills.
- Consistent in your approach to care.
- Willing to travel.
- Comfortable around dogs (the client has one pet dog).
- A full driving licence (any endorsements must be disclosed) is desirable.
- An interest in fashion, clothing, hair, and make‑up would be an advantage.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. Applications are encouraged from individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnership, or religion and belief. Where a specific gender is stated as essential, this is considered a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
About Us
ILS Case Management is the UK’s leading independent nationwide Case Management company. When a person’s life has been changed by injury, we address the practicalities. We work with children and adults who have had moderate or catastrophic, complex injuries. We assess individual needs and are able to provide a comprehensive Case Management designed to maximise independence. We are CQC registered and compliant with their standards. Our Case Managers work closely with our Clients, and we carry out all the recruitment processes on behalf of our Clients; and will support you, from your initial telephone interview right through to arranging employer interviews, trial shifts and placement. If you are successfully recruited, you will be employed directly by our client or their Deputy appointed by the Court of Protection. However, ILS will manage your day‑to‑day employment, providing you with the support you need to carry out your role. Working as a Carer or Support Worker for an ILS client means that you will have a dedicated Case Manager to oversee your client’s care needs.
For more detailed information about working as a carer or support worker for ILS, please visit: https://www.indliv.co.uk/careers/work-as-a-carer-support-worker
Our Company Values
- Supportive – It matters to us that our clients and staff know that we care.
- Integrity – We can be trusted to work in a professional, honest and transparent way.
- Client Centred – We put our client’s aspirations at the centre of everything we do.
- Quality Focussed – We set high standards and aim to exceed them.
- Positive – We Find Solutions And Empower Others.
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