We are looking for a Care & Support Worker to join us here at Southern Housing on the Isle of Wight!
You will work as part of a team providing personalised care and support to residents and people who use our services in line with established care and support plans. You will work with older people, frail elderly, people with a learning disability and autism, people with mental health issues and people with complex needs.
The Care & Support Worker role provides services in supported housing schemes, extra care schemes and community-based services.
You will need to work flexibly to cover evenings and weekends as required to meet the needs of the service. In this role, you may be required to undertake sleep-in duties and may be required to be on the On-call rota.
Please note, this role is permanent and part time, contracted 25 hours a week
Provide care to residents and people who use our services, as identified in their person-centred care plan. This may include some intimate personal care.
Deliver care in a way which promotes independence, rights, choices, and inclusion in the community.
Practice within the criteria set out in the Care Quality Commission standards ensuring residents have an up-to-date care plan and risk assessment which reflects their individual needs and wishes.
Hold 5 GCSE passes at grade "C" or above (or equivalent Grade 9-5) inc Maths & English
Driving licence and access to a vehicle
Understanding of the requirements of CQC
As a trusting and competitive provider of care and support services on the Island, we can provide you with paid travel time, generous mileage and holiday allowance, paid DBS and training as well as health benefits package. And if you're interested in career progression, then we are the employer for you!
The ability to buy extra leave and discount cards
Flexible working hours - covering weekdays, evening & weekends
Employee referral scheme
Cash claim-back on medical treatments
Full training provided at no additional cost
Additional payment for sleep-in duties, where applicable
Discounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, give as you earn, critical illness and travel insurance
To ensure fairness and transparency in our recruitment process, we discourage candidates from using artificial intelligence in their applications and ask that submissions are personally written and not generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
To ensure fairness and transparency in our recruitment process, we discourage candidates from using artificial intelligence in their applications and ask that submissions are personally written and not generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
Pension
Healthcare cash plan
Eyecare & dental
Retailers discounts
annual leave
Season ticket loan
In-house academy & career development
Flexible working
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