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Form of work
SalaryBury has over 100 Care and Support services that work tirelessly to ensure vulnerable adults remain living and thriving independently in our communities.
We currently have a number of vacancies for Care and Support Workers who are keen to work within either residential, supported living and home-based services who provide Care and Support for adults with learning disabilities.
The types of services we recruit are Stepping Stones, Persona, KV Care, The Fed (Heathlands, Mediline and many others. We are keen to support your application if you are interested in starting or progressing you career within this sector. All of our positions are supported by training and thorough onboarding so you are invited into services aware of what the role involves and the skills and behaviours you will be required to offer.
We are looking for Care and Support Workers who:
- Enjoy supporting others and are able to demonstrate a kind, considerate and committed nature.
- Understand the practicalities of a position that genuinely supports other people’s lives.
- Understands person-centred Care and is able to demonstrate the values to working in the care sector.
- Can demonstrate courage and deal with the challenges of the nature of this work.
- You will need to have great communication skills and have native or fluent spoken and written English.
- Able to follow and articulate care plans and follow information and instruction from colleagues, service users and families.
- We would love you to be really proactive, be able to react on initiative and get stuff done well and in a timely manner.
- Be physically able to support others.
- Enjoy working as part of the sector and a valuable asset to a care provider business.
- Work hard and want to succeed and progress in this vocation.
Types of work you will do on a daily basis.
- Working in Care and Support will see you supporting people with a variety of activities such as managing their finances, cooking, cleaning and shopping. Some people also require support with personal care such as bathing, dressing and un-dressing, managing medication and Support with their mobility.
- In this position you will support people with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and long-term or chronic physical conditions. In your role, you will follow comprehensive planning and risk assessments, to ensure that the people you support achieve positive outcomes.
- There’s lots of fun to be had as we actively encourage people we support to engage in a variety of activities such as going on long walks, joining in with virtual activity sessions, baking and much more. We also like to support people to be active members of their local community, so you may be supporting people to go to the cinema, swimming, eating out and shopping etc.
Making a Difference
Care and Support work can be hugely challenging, but the outcomes are incredibly rewarding and make a significant difference to other people lives. People love this sector because it gives them a sense of purpose a “vocation” within a career. It’s quite unlike any other job because the reward is so emotive. If this sounds like something you would like to be involved with please apply.
Hours, Salary and Benefits
- Hours can range from PT to FT and vary from day to night work. We are keen to match your hours to those of the services we recruit for. Please always note that sometimes the hours that suit you, don’t always meet the needs of vulnerable people you are supporting so we always ask for flexibility and understanding with this.
- Hourly rates can range from £10.42 – £12.50 plus night work supplements on occasions.
- Benefits : these range between providers and we can supply additional information upon application and screening.
