Life Practitioner NEW Posted today £32,051.64 – £34,494.60 per year Surrey

Kisimul Group; England; Remote; GBP 40,576,000 - 43,670,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Genuine Career Development

Fully Funded Qualifications

Blue Light Card

Refer a friend

Financial Benefits

Health & Wellbeing

Job summary

Kisimul Group Ltd's Adult Residential Home in Surrey is seeking Life Practitioners to join our team at Keyll House. You will provide essential support to individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs, helping them live fulfilling, independent lives by assisting with daily activities and joining them on community trips.

A company vehicle is available for transporting service users; you must hold a full UK driving licence (or have been driving in the UK for 2 years).

Qualifications

• Compassionate and enthusiastic care mindset.
• Strong team player with collaboration skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication abilities.
• Computer literacy required.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential support to individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs.
• Assist with daily activities to promote independence.
• Accompany individuals on trips into the community.
• Help with transport using the company vehicle (driving license required).

Skills

Compassionate

Team player

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Job description

Our AdultResidentialHome is looking for Life Practitioners to join our team at Keyll House, based In Surrey.

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic, and a dedicated Life Practitioner to join our team. As a Life Practitioner, you will provide essential support to individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs. You will play a key role in helping them live fulfilling, independent lives by assisting them in daily activities and accompanying them on trips into the community.

We provide a company vehicle that can be used to transport the people we support to community activities such as shopping, meals, appointments, and outings. To drive the company vehicle, you must have held a full UK drivers licence or have been driving in the UK for 2 years or more.

Starting rates are £14.17 and for those with experience it’s £15.25

Level 1 - £14.17, Level 2 - £14.71, Level 3 £15.25

You will have the opportunity to enhance your skills through our competency framework, unlocking pathways to increased hourly rates of pay.

Benefits

• GenuineCareer Development: Opportunitieswith transparent pay grades (find out more here – Kisimul | Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)


• Fully Funded Qualifications


• Blue Light Card: Which gives you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide


• Refer a friend: Earn up to £500 for every successful hire.


• Financial Benefits: Life Assurance of 1x your annual basic salary. Access to salary sacrifice pension scheme, withdraw a percentage of your wages as you earn them before payday with Stream. Access to Discountsfrom over 150 retailers.


• Health & Wellbeing: From access to an online GP, confidential telephone counselling, dedicated internal wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme that truly makes a difference.


• Flexible Working Patterns: We recognise that not everyone celebrates the same occasions, so colleagues have the option to work on bank holidays and take the time off at another point that’s more meaningful to them.


• Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary-deducted bikes to save money.


• Free DBS Check: We cover the cost so you can start worry-free.

Find out more about Meaningful Life Model: https://youtu.be/XWo2VXzeGIg

About the Candidate

What experience and qualifications do you need:

• A genuine passion for care and to be motivated by contributing to the progression of others.


• A strong team player


• Resilient and confidence to ask for support as needed


• Excellent written and oral communication skills


• Computer literacy


• A Level 3 in Health & Social Care or a willing to work towards

What will you get in return:

• A competitive salary.


• Extensive training packages with time rostered out of your work rota to attend.


• Pension


• Life Assurance


• Genuine career development opportunities for those who want them.


• A beautiful home and grounds to work within.


• Fully funded DBS checks

About Kisimul

Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.

We are proud to be awarded an outstanding company to work for as voted in our most recent companies employee survey

Kisimul is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

At Kisimul, we’re committed to creating a workplace that celebrates and welcomes diversity in all its forms. We believe that varied perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply — your unique background, perspective, and potential might be exactly what we’re looking for

Due to current UK Government guidelines, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Sponsorship is restricted to eligible colleagues who are already employed by the organisation. Please be aware that Children’s Homes positions are not eligible for sponsorship.

All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check. If you’re ready to invest in your future and make a meaningful impact,