The vacancy
Domestic Assistant (Assistant Cook)
Based - Amberley Nursing Home, Calow, Chesterfield
Hours hours per week
Salary - £12.21 per hour
The role
We are now seeking a Domestic Assistant (Assistant Cook) to carry out all domestic tasks including cleaning and kitchen/cooking duties at Amberley Nursing Home in Chesterfield.
Amberley Nursing Home is a 12 bedded purpose-built nursing home for older people who have a learning disability, dementia, complex needs and physical disabilities. It is staffed 24 hours a day by Staff Nurses and Home Support Workers and is situated in Calow, Chesterfield.
This role requires flexibility to work shifts, weekends and bank holidays and involves daily contact with service users. An understanding or awareness of supporting people with learning disabilities would be beneficial however not essential. You will also be required to complete mandatory training.
About Us
EMH care & support focus on putting people first. We provide excellent housing and support services for those with a learning difficulty, a disability, mental ill health, or for other vulnerable people such as older people, victims of domestic violence and homeless people.
Our work allows service users to live an enjoyable, independent life by advocating on their behalf, and by providing activities, support, and housing that match their needs.
EMH care & support are part of EMH group which includes EMH homes, Midlands Rural Housing and EMH sharps gardening services. Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country, leading the market as service provider and employer.
The ideal candidate will:
* Have good knowledge and awareness of statutory regulations, HASAWA 1974, COSHH regulations, and use of PPE.
* Be willing to complete mandatory training including safeguarding, moving and handling, food safety/hygiene training.
* Be aware that they may be in contact with clinical waste, bodily fluids and may be required to do some moving and handling which may include using equipment.
* Have an awareness of Equal Opportunities when supporting people with learning disabilities.
For further information about the role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Our Values
Our Values are important to us and we're looking for people who can help live our Values of Integrity, Diversity, Openness, Accountability, Clarity and Excellence.
Please note: We reserve the right to close these vacancies prior to the application deadline once a sufficient number of applications have been received, so recommend early application.
We ask all candidates to evidence their right to work status during the recruitment process. Please click here for a list of Sponsor Licence holders in the UK and information on the types of roles that are eligible for sponsorship.
About us
emh care & support is part of emh which provides affordable homes and related care and support services to communities across the East Midlands.
Enabling better lives is at the heart of everything we do. We help vulnerable people live an enjoyable, independent life by advocating on their behalf or by providing activities, support, care, and housing that matches their needs.
We also provide diverse housing and supported living services to a range of people whose circumstances have made their lives or their housing vulnerable, such as teenage parents, older people, and homeless people.
The people we support can access daytime activities through an exciting programme that takes place at venues across Derbyshire. We also work with the community, such as universities and doctors, to provide better access to information for our client groups.
Working with us
We employ a wide range of people with a diverse range of skills. What could you bring to our team? Watch our brief video below, to get a flavour of what it is like to work for us.