Brain Injury Support Worker - Bank Staff

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Job responsibilities

Brain Injury Support Worker – Bank Staff

Location: Kingsteignton, Devon (near TQ12 3AF) Hours: Minimum 48 hours per month + additional holiday cover Shift Pattern: 24-hour shifts (08:00–08:00) including sleep-in shift Accommodation: Staff ensuite bedroom provided Salary: £14.79 per hour

Make a Real Difference – Join Our Team at Libertatem! Are you a compassionate and dependable support worker looking to make a meaningful impact? This is a rewarding opportunity to provide one-to-one care for an active client living with a brain injury, both at home and in the community. Your support will help maintain independence, safety, and quality of life.

• Provide 1:1 care in the client’s home and during community activities
• Support daily routines (including some assistance with showering)
• Attend local day centre (board games, cooking, social activities)
• Assist with food shopping, meal planning, and cooking together
• Support attendance at rehab therapies (trekking, hydrotherapy – no pool entry required)
• Accompany client to family visits, gym, cafés, and restaurants
• Care for client’s pets (cat and two snakes – snake handling not essential)
• Overnight support is minimal, focused on fall prevention and safety
• Participate in personal and group supervision sessions

• Experienced in brain injury support
• Confident managing complexity and occasional challenging behaviour
• Dynamic, physically capable, and engaging – able to make activities fun
• Resilient, calm, kind, and assertive with clear professional boundaries
• Comfortable covering 24-hour shifts including overnight care
• Full UK driving licence and ability to drive an automatic car (vehicle provided)

Additional Info:

• Client uses an electronic wheelchair (no hoists required)
• Holiday cover and extra hours available

Ready to make a difference? Apply today!

Benefits:

• Access to our benefits and communication platform.
• Exclusive discounts at thousands of recognised retailers.
• Access to our Wellness Centre.
• Support with financial wellbeing.
• Discounts on gym memberships.
• Discounts on healthcare cash plans.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 

Libertatem's care philosophy is based on independence, communication and our people, we're dedicated to providing our clients with the best possible support and our people with the tools to achieve it. If you are looking for a rewarding role, where you can make a real difference in someone’s life, we would love to hear from you.

For more information contact zoe.sicolo@sonderwell.co.uk

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Our Safeguarding Commitment

Libertatem Healthcare Group recognise the benefits of people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect, whilst balancing the right to be safe with the right to make informed choices. At the same time, making sure that both adult’s and children’s wellbeing is promoted including taking into consideration their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action. With this in mind, we will work to adhere to the six key principles that underpin all safeguarding work.

The Libertatem Healthcare Group is rated OUTSTANDING with the Care Quality Commission and is a registered provider with CIW in Wales.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Experienced in brain injury support, confident in managing complexity and occasional challenging behaviour, dynamic and engaging, resilient, calm, kind and assertive with clear professional boundaries, comfortable covering 24-hour shifts including overnight care, full UK driving licence and ability to drive an automatic car.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Enviva Complex Care

Address

Libertatem Healthcare Group

Devon and Cornwall

TQ12 3AF

Employer's website

https://sonderwell.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)