As a Support Worker with Leonard Cheshire you will become part of a fantastic team. Every day is different, but here are just some of the duties you will do:
* Assistance with daily life tasks including personal care, medication and mealtimes.
* Escort and assist in and around the service, at external events and appointments.
* Supporting our Person Centred approach, encouraging maximum independence for our customers and helping to achieve individual aspirations.
* Maintain up to date and accurate records.
Are you caring, motivated, and friendly?
Do you have a minimum of six months experience as a care worker?,
* Have good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
* Work flexibly and creatively with customers and their families.
* Ideally have personal care experience (not essential).
* Be able to work under pressure and as a team.
* Flexibility to work within rostered hours / prepared to participate in an on-call rota where required., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
A night enhancement of £1.50 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday - Sunday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend day enhancement of £2.00 per hour will be paid from 7am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday.,
* Free Blue Light Card.
* Free DBS check.
* Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
* Substantial and flexible annual leave, with the option to sell (salary sacrifice).
* Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.
* Comprehensive training relevant to your role.
* Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.
* Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.
* Access to cycle-to-work benefits (salary sacrifice).
* Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!