Care Support Worker
Hours : Full & Part Time Hours Available
Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, enabling them to gain greater independence and improve their well-being? Who are Ambient Support?
Ambient Support, a registered UK charity with over 25 years’ experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with a mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.
Our team provide support to individuals with a diverse range of needs, from low level support including supervision/prompting with medication, domestic tasks, shopping right through to full support with all aspects of day to day living which will include supporting someone with their personal care needs and the cooking and preparing of meals.
The role of our Care Support Workers:
* Providing social and emotional support, either at home and/or in their local community
* Supporting residents with their personal care including personal hygiene needs if required.
* Support with their shopping and assisting with budgeting.
* Building/maintaining relationship with friends and family of our residents
* Going out for walks, meals and other activities that supported individuals may want to experience.
Skills and attributes of our Care Support Workers:
* Ideally you will have experience supporting adults with Learning Disabilities including Autism. However, please do still apply even if you have limited experience in these areas as full training will be provided.
* Computer Literate
Car driver desirable but not essential
Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
~ Training and development
~‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme.
~‘Season Ticket’ loan & ‘Bike to Work’ scheme.
~ Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff)
~ Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
~ Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.
We are committed to Safeguarding. An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post.