Overview
Care and Support Assistant role located in New Milton, Old Milton Road, 98 Old Milton Road, New Milton, BH25 6EB. Salary: £13.23 per hour. Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Sanctuary Supported Living is recruiting for a Care and Support Assistant at our CQC Registered, Learning and Physical Disabilities service in New Milton, Hampshire. We specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible. We’re a national not-for-profit organisation focused on putting customers at the heart of what we do and helping them on their pathways to independence.
Nothing in this role is “just another job”; your work makes a difference every day and we support you with comprehensive training and benefits to help you reach your aspirations and career goals.
Responsibilities
* Providing support to encourage customers with learning and physical disabilities to maximise their own potential and independence
* Key working with individuals to support them in setting out a care and support plan
* Following care plans and writing comprehensive care notes
* Providing a high quality, personalised care and support service including the sensitive delivery of personal care and managing medication
* Helping customers to get up, washed and dressed
* Supporting customers to engage with the local community (e.g., visits to shops and cafes, visiting friends, and attending GP appointments)
* Promoting a positive culture by engaging with customers to prevent social isolation
* Working with customers and other staff to ensure a clean and comfortable environment
* Promoting safe practices and undertaking risk assessments
Skills and experience
* Prior experience delivering personal care is desirable
* Ability to work well both as part of a team and on own initiative
* Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing needs of customers
* NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards, is desirable
Benefits
* At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus public holidays) pro rata
* A pension scheme with employer contributions
* A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
* Health and well-being plans
* Life assurance
* Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
* Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
* A wide range of learning and development opportunities
Job Reference: 226380
We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.
If you are applying internally, don’t forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application.
We might get a lot of applications, so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.
Equality and Diversity
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and will make adjustments throughout your application process in line with Sanctuary’s Disability Confident employer status.
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. We work closely with the Home Office to prevent illegal working. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary for a successful application, which we will pay for. Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.
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