Care and Support Assistant

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Job description

Care and Support Assistant

The Gables, Redcar

£9.79

37.5 hours per week, including evenings, nights and weekends

Are you looking for a rewarding and varied role where no two days are the same? Are you passionate about supporting people?

We are seeking a Care and Support Assistant to make a real difference to the lives of our residents. Our Redcar and Cleveland Services support adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues. This a great opportunity for enthusiastic and positive people to join our like-minded, hardworking and client-focused team.

The role of Care and Support Assistant will include:

Providing a high quality, personalised care and support service
Delivering expert support to residents including the sensitive delivery of personal care, whilst ensuring their privacy, dignity and independence is maintained
Assisting residents to become a part of the wider community, by supporting regular social and leisure activities and opportunities
Encouraging residents to lead fulfilling lives
Promoting safe practices and undertaking risk assessments
Implementing safeguarding principles to ensure the safety of our residents

Skills and experiences:

Experience of working in a similar, care related role is desirable
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

Why work for Sanctuary Supported Living?

We support vulnerable people to live as independently as possible, by building their confidence and skills to realise their potential.

We are a national organisation but we think locally. We support people through supported housing, move-on accommodation, CQC registered services, floating support and telecare services. We specialise in services for young people, homeless families and individuals, people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, people with mental health needs and older people.

Ready to join Sanctuary Supported Living?

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, we offer you access to a range of great employee benefits and the opportunity to develop and progress within your career. Benefits include:

A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years service (plus public holidays)
Life assurance
Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
Health and well-being plans
A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
A wide range of learning and development opportunities
£9.79 effective form 01 January 2022

We are proud to support the Department of Health and Social Care's 'Made with Care' campaign to encourage more people to apply to work in adult social care. If you're considering a caring career, we have many rewarding roles at Sanctuary Supported Living. For more information on the campaign click here

Read the full job profile here

Closing Date: 22 December 2021

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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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.