Support Worker

Hours of Work:35-40hours per week. Most support workers work three long days (11.5hrs) per week shifts in a week (not usually planned consecutively) with 1/2 hour per week set aside towards your monthly training/staff attendance, this constitutes a 35hr week.

About the Person:The kind of person TRACSCARE is looking for is someone who is positive, supportive, hardworking and caring. Experience in care is not essential, simply a desire to support individuals to maximise their independence and live as fulfilling a life as possible is all you need............ All who work for TRACSCARE are important, none more so than direct support staff, who are the vehicle of our quality provision.

As a company we are committed to training and developing each individual to do their job effectively. You will therefore be offered a high level of training and development opportunities. We value our staff and recognise potential, many of our Home Managers and Directors started life with TRACSCARE as support staff.

We provide a comprehensive training and development programme which includes a twelve week induction programme followed by six month foundation training, this will include training to cover first aid, food hygiene, manual handling, clinical induction, training on managing challenging behaviour. You will also receive client specific training e.g. brain injury, autism, relevant to the client group you will be working with.

There are also opportunities to complete NVQ levels 2, 3 and 4 to assist you within your role along with additional training days provided by TRACSCARE.

About the Company: It is widely accepted that a person with a disability should be able to live a normal life. At TRACSCARE we aim to provide a normal life style for our clients, where each person is able to enjoy choice, freedom, independence and an environment conducive to continued development towards self reliance. We feel that a person with a disability needs a more structured life to be able to develop towards maximum ability. To this aim, a person centred care plan is written for each person. The client, together with his/her relatives and others, are welcome to take part in care plan meetings and reviews