Wellbeing Assistant

Bury Care Academy; Bury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Persona Care and Support is hiring a Wellbeing Assistant to join our Extra Care Schemes at Redbank in Radcliffe and Peachment Place in Bury. This permanent 20.5-hour-per-week role offers evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays work with pay of £13.91 per hour rising to £14.14 after training and probation.

You will support people with day-to-day living, including personal care, medications, and appointments, helping them live independent, fulfilling lives in their own homes.

Responsibilities

• You will be supporting people with day to day living, including personal care needs, administering medication, cleaning and attending appointments while recognising they live in their own homes.
• You will brighten people's days and support them when needed in an emergency, encouraging independence and helping develop friendships and social networks.

Job description

Wellbeing Assistant

£13.91 per hour rising to £14.14 after successful completion of training and probation period.

Various hours including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.

We are currently recruiting for a permanent role at 20.5hrs per week, based within our Extra Care Service at Persona Care and Support

We are currently recruiting to our Wellbeing Assistant team who work across our Extra Care Schemes at Redbank in Radcliffe and Peachment Place, in Bury. Whether you are looking to start your career in care, or looking for a new challenge, as long as you have a passion to care and always put the people we support at the heart of everything you, then we want to hear from you.

About you

You will have enthusiasm in everything that you do and the ability to develop strong effective working relationships with a range of people, to ensure a smooth, quality service that focusses positive outcomes for people we support.

You will be an enthusiastic, flexible person with a 'can do' attitude and caring nature and you will want to see people be the best that they can.

No one will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we're saying and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

About the role

You will be supporting people with day to day living. This will include personal care needs, administering medication, cleaning and attending appointments whilst recognising that they live in their own homes.

You will brighten people's days and support them when needed in an emergency. You will encourage people to live independent, fulfilling lives, developing friendships and social networks.

Further information about the role can be found in the job description below

In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career -

We provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

For more details on learning & development, click here. Find out about our values and our purpose here.

Click here for stories on working for Persona, from people who work for us and read FAQ about working in care here.

Persona is committed to being an inclusive employer and recognises the value of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We welcome applications from all people, irrespective of their personal characteristics or circumstances, and appointments are made objectively based upon talents, abilities and experience.

Where possible, we will support employees to work flexibly or with adjustments, so that they can perform to their best ability. We are committed to providing a working environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual skills and life experiences are valued.

Please note

Satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service is required prior to appointment.

Click here to read our policy on working in care with a criminal conviction.

Please note we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to workers.