Hours
36/48
Salary
£12.80 to £12.80 Hour
Role Details
The role consists of shift work and weekends on a rota basis. The job offers flexible positions to fit around personal commitments. Shift patterns include overnight, day and evening shifts and weekends as required.
Key Duties
* Providing personal care – including bathing, toileting, dressing and help with feeding
* Medication administration
* Assisting and getting involved in residents' daily activities, hobbies, or outings
* Following care plan guidance alongside company policies and procedures
* Developing an open, honest, and considerate working relationship with residents
* Maintaining written daily records
* Attending and completing training, as required
Personal Attributes
Being patient, reliable, flexible, a team player and a good communicator are key characteristics of a successful Social Care Worker.
What are the benefits?*
* Learning Academy – Adult Care Worker Level 2 and Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 qualifications for all staff
* Holiday entitlement – starting from 28 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
* Sick pay entitlement
* Employee Assistance Programme – comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
* Refer a Friend scheme – enjoy a payment of £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
* Choiceversary – staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years to celebrate their commitment to Choice Care
* Christmas bonus – vouchers for all staff members
* Life insurance
* Annual staff awards – this year each winner received £400 and we had over 30 winners in total
* Complex in‑house training – includes an Advanced Management Development Programme for managers in the making and a Foundation Management Development Programme for rising stars
* A paid day off on your birthday
* Free monthly prize draw – all frontline care colleagues are automatically entered into a monthly prize draw. Three winners, selected randomly, receive £500 each, tax‑free
* Blue Light Card eligibility
* Reclaim prescription costs for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and access free feminine hygiene products whilst on shift
* Stream – a financial wellbeing app that enables you to track your earnings, save with high‑street beating interest rates, choose to access your earnings ahead of pay day with flexible pay, receive discounts with hundreds of retailers, learn with financial coaching and education, and much more
*minimum service periods and apprenticeship funding eligibility applicable to some benefits
Where will you work?
Opened in December 2016, Oakley Lodge in Basingstoke is a purpose‑built, residential community home for 12 residents of varying ages with learning disabilities, autism and associated complex needs, including those people who present behaviours that challenge. Oakley Lodge has its own Day Activities Coordinator, responsible for developing individual and group activity programmes. A tailor‑made activities building provides a dedicated space for arts and crafts, and skills development.
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