Care and Support Assistant

Sanctuary; Prenton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Sanctuary Supported Living is hiring a Nights Care and Support Assistant for a part-time position in Prenton. This role involves providing sensitive care, encouraging resident integration, and ensuring safety. Join our team and make a positive impact in the lives of our customers while enjoying comprehensive training and rewarding benefits.

Benefits

At least 25 days paid holiday

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Variety of online discounts and rewards

Health and well-being plans

Life assurance

Flexible working opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Wide range of learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar care-related role preferred.
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sensitive care and expert support to customers.
• Encourage resident integration and inclusion.
• Manage and implement safeguarding principles.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Organizational Skills

Flexible

Can-do Attitude

Education

NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care

Job description

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Job description

Nights Care and Support Assistant

Tollemache Respite, 31-33 Tollemache Road, Prenton, CH43 8SU

£12.60 per hour

20 hours per week

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Nights Care and Support Assistant at our CQC Registered,Learning & Physical Disabilities Service, Tollemache Respite Service.

At Sanctuary Supported Living, 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 organisation, but we're not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We're committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job - delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams - your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn't just another job. It's rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people's lives. Plus, we'll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

The role of Care and Support Assistant will include:

• Delivering sensitive care and expert support to our customers
• Encouraging resident integration and inclusion into the community
• Promoting a positive culture by engaging with residents to prevent social isolation
• Promoting safe practices and undertaking risk assessments
• Managing and implementing safeguarding principles to ensure the safety of our customers
• Sleep-ins (as and when required)
• General cleaning and cooking
• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records

Skills and experiences:

• Personalised approach to care, ideally with experience of working in a similar, care related role
• Enthusiastic and flexible with a strong "can-do" attitude
• Strong organisational skills as well as functional literacy and numeracy
• Ability to react quickly to changing priorities whilst working to deadlines and targets
• NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care, or willing to work towards

Are you ready to be your best?

Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we'll reward you:

• 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: 224861

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.

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 know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary's commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

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 in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of 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.

Job Segment: Home Care, Healthcare

Industry Construction, Architecture, Property & Facilities Services

Job Sector Social Work

Job Position Support Worker Supported Living

City/Town Prenton

Postal Code CH43 8SU

Address Tollemache Rd, Birkenhead, Prenton CH43 8SU, UK

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