Relief Care and Support Worker
Based: Springfield’s, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire
Hours: Various hrs and shifts available
Salary: £12.94 per hour
Position: x2 Relief positions available
Are you passionate about delivering excellent care? Do you want to make a difference to people’s life’s everyday? Would you thrive in an environment that supports their employees to reach their full potential? Yes, then this is the role for you!
The development of Springfield’s consists of 65 beautiful supported living apartments is situated in the heart of the National Forest. The Service provides extra care housing, alongside 24hour care and support services. The people living at the service will predominantly be adults aged over 55 years, although there will also be a small number of working aged adults with care and support needs. The scheme will be a mixed tenure of shared ownership and rented properties.
This development is designed to provide a range of services to meet the needs and aspirations of the people that live there. The scheme has staff on duty 24 hours of day who deliver packages of care to meet people assessed needs, and a management team to ensure that the scheme remains safe and compliant and works to achieve outstanding results for the people that live there.
We are seeking a Relief Care and Support Workers who are passionate about supporting the needs of older people and/or those with learning difficulties. The Relief Care and Support Worker will be responsible for providing outstanding levels and high standards of integrated, person centred care. This will meet the needs, aspirations and ambitions of the people we support, in line with CQC Regulations and company policies and procedures. You will promote individual rights and personal dignity for service users and provide them with every opportunity for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
If you feel that you would welcome a challenge, if you feel passionate about making a difference and feel that you could lead forward an innovative scheme that has the ability to change lives and achieve outstanding outcomes this is the job for you.
Do you have?
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Good knowledge base of the needs of older people and/or those with learning difficulties/ disabilities.
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An understanding and awareness of health and safety issues.
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A good awareness of Equal Opportunities when supporting people with complex needs.
About us
emh care & support provide a range of specialist housing, support, and registered care services to meet the needs of vulnerable people and the majority of our services are based in and around Derbyshire and Leicestershire. We employ over 500 people and are ambitious about growing the business across the whole of the East Midlands.
https://www.emhcareandsupport.org.uk/
Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country, leading the market as service provider and employer.
Our values are important to us and we are looking to recruit people who can help us live our values of integrity, diversity, openness, accountability, clarity and excellence.
This is fantastic opportunity for the right person to work with a team of passionate individuals in leading the development of our care and support business.
Company Benefits
Our generous package includes:
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Pension Plan
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Flexible working
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A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation).
“We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application”
We ask all candidates to evidence their right to work status during the recruitment process. Please click here for a list of Sponsor Licence holders in the UK and information on the types of roles that are eligible for sponsorship.
emh care & support is part of emh which provides affordable homes and related care and support services to communities across the East Midlands.
Enabling better lives is at the heart of everything we do. We help vulnerable people live an enjoyable, independent life by advocating on their behalf or by providing activities, support, care, and housing that matches their needs.
We also provide diverse housing and supported living services to a range of people whose circumstances have made their lives or their housing vulnerable, such as teenage parents, older people, and homeless people.
The people we support can access daytime activities through an exciting programme that takes place at venues across Derbyshire. We also work with the community, such as universities and doctors, to provide better access to information for our client groups.
