Night Support Worker

Leonard Cheshire; Penzance; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonard Cheshire is seeking a Night Support Worker to join their team at a well-rated care home. You will assist adults with physical disabilities in daily tasks, ensuring their personal care and promoting independence while working in a flexible and supportive environment. Excellent training and development opportunities are available, making it an ideal role for both inexperienced and seasoned care workers.

Benefits

Wagestream

Free Blue Light Card

Company pension scheme

Cash Health Plan

Apprenticeship schemes

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Free DBS check

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
• Work flexibly and creatively with customers.
• Ideally have personal care experience (not essential).

Responsibilities

• Assistance with daily tasks including personal care and medication.
• Escort and assist in various settings.
• Support customers' independence and aspirations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

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Night support worker- 2 X 34.5 hours per week

A night enhancement of £1.50 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday – Sunday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend day enhancement of £2.00 per hour will be paid from 7am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday.

St Teresa’s is a single storey home for 27 adults with physical disabilities.

We are amongst the highest rated providers of care and supported living services in the UK, with 87% of our services rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by regulators.

Are you an experienced care worker or would love to start a career in care?

If so, we would love to hear from you! Apply now, helping us to continue our great work making a positive impact every day on the lives of people with a disability.

Care Assistant, Support Worker or similar experience is desirable but not essential. We offer an excellent training and induction programme for everyone!

As a Support Worker with Leonard Cheshire you will become part of a fantastic team. Every day is different, but here are just some of the duties you will do:

• Assistance with daily life tasks including personal care, medication and mealtimes.
• Escort and assist in and around the service, at external events and appointments.
• Supporting our Person Centred approach, encouraging maximum independence for our customers and helping to achieve individual aspirations.
• Maintain up to date and accurate records.

Please see the job description (link below) for more details.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
• Work flexibly and creatively with customers and their families.
• Ideally have personal care experience (not essential).
• Be able to work under pressure and as a team.
• Flexibility to work within rostered hours / prepared to participate in an on-call rota where required.

We offer a wide range of employee rewards to include:

• Wagestream, option to withdraw up to 40% of your pay before pay day (click here for more details).
• Free Blue Light Card.
• Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
• Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.
• Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.
• Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.
• Free DBS check.
• Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!

If you have any questions or further enquiries, please contact [emailprotected] or call 0750 002 7146

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please *