Full time, 37.5 hours per week.
In our Supported Living home in Hitchin, we support people with learning disabilities to live a full and independent life. Our customers each have their own self-contained flats within the building.
A night enhancement of £1.00 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday – Thursday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend enhancement of £1.00 per hour will be paid from 8pm Friday to 7am Monday (this does not apply to sleep-ins).
You must have a UK manual driving licence so that you can drive our customers' cars when the need arises.
Are you an experienced care worker or would you love to start a career in care? If so, we would love to hear from you! Apply now and help us continue our great work making a positive impact every day on the lives of people with disabilities.
Care Assistant, Support Worker, or similar experience is desirable but not essential. We offer an excellent training and induction programme for everyone!
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.
To be successful in this role you will:
* Have good interpersonal skills and the 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.
* Have the flexibility to work within rostered hours and be prepared to participate in an on-call rota where required.
We offer a wide range of employee rewards to include:
* Wagestream, option to withdraw up to 40% of your pay before payday.
* Free Blue Light Card.
* Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
* Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.
* Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.
* Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.
* Free DBS check.
* Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!
If you have any questions or further enquiries, please contact Harinder.Athwal@leonardcheshire.org or call 07925 302 565.
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