Housing and Care Assistant - Beechwood Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Newcastle under Lyme
Hours of Work: Various hours available, covering a 7 day rota
Shift Pattern: 06:45 to 15:00 or 15:00 to 22:00, option for long days available
Salary: £13.00 per hour
The role:
Are you looking for a fresh challenge where you can showcase your caring and understanding nature? Our ShireLiving or supported housing facilities provide people over 55 years old a safe, secure, and caring environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity where you will become a key part of the team to deliver care and support to our residents. At Beechwood, we support approximately 23 people in one building who have active and independent lives, go out and about on their own or request support sometimes. We also have a lot of fun activities such as bingo, or coffee mornings depending on the interests of our residents.
No two days are the same in this role where you will be involved in meal time support, personal care, administering medication, tenant support, health and safety checks, welfare checks, maintain all areas clean and well-presented according to individual care and support plans.
Benefits:
In return, we offer you a rewarding opportunity within a supportive team of experienced mentors and peers, ensuring you thrive throughout your career.
Continuous professional development with training, coaching, and mentoring
Enhanced maternity, shared parental, and adoption leave
Free onsite parking
Paid Carer’s leave
You will have access to our comprehensive training platform
Access to a number of fantastic rewards including free and discounted tickets to popular destinations
Access to our discounts and cashback app Rainly from day one
Access to Blue Light Discount
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
What you will be doing:
Delivering the best possible levels of care and tenant support to the people you support, to help the individuals to achieve their personal goals and live as independently as possible
Assisting potential residents with booking and coordinating viewings
Respond to planned and emergency care requirements via alarm system
Everything you do within your role will provide flexible services that meet people’s needs, and support them to have choices about their own lives
About you:
You will enjoy working in harmony with the team proactively and collaboratively for positive outcomes for our residents
You will be someone who would embrace processes and procedures along with adding in a good measure of your creativity
You will be open to new ideas and thinking out of the box
As the shift patterns are based on our resident's changing needs, flexibility is required
About us:
The Wrekin Housing Group is a socially minded organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives. We support adults with learning disabilities to live their best life possible by promoting their personal development and independence. We are looking for people who are caring, compassionate, and align with our values. Our values are 'Communicate Clearly', 'Work Together', 'Everyone Matters' and 'Inspire Positive Change'. Through our values, we strive to make a difference to everyone's lives.
Made With Care’:
We've linked up with the Governments recently launched ‘Made With Care’ campaign which means if you join Choices, you will be part of the biggest reform of adult social care in a generation.
There is record funding being invested to support the new social care sector including for staff training and development and if you have the values we're looking for - kindness, compassion and resilience -you will be joining a workforce dedicated to helping others and build a career that helps people live happy, healthy lives.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/adult-social-care-campaign-to-build-bigger-and-better-workforce
Our Inclusive Culture:
We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. All applications are considered on the requirements of the role regardless of gender identity, nationality, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief or background. Please refer to our Equal Opportunities Policy below for further information.
Next Steps:
To apply for this role, please send an up-to-date CV and the completed application form to recruitment@wrekin.com
This position does not offer sponsorship, and successful candidates will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK.
This role requires an Enhanced DBS Check
Ref : CHO2362. Closing Date : 17/07/2024
- Interview Date : 24/07/2024