AddressBank Care and Support Assistant
Wimborne House, Gravesend
£12.25 - Effective from 1 April 2024
Hours as when required
Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Bank Care and Support Assistant at Wimborne House, Gravesend.
At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, Care and Support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.
We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.
No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.
And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives.
Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.
The role of Wellbeing and Inclusion Assistant will include:
- Delivering a high level of personalised Care and Support and encouraging our customers to live as independently as possible
- Assisting customers with shopping, cleaning, and laundry tasks
- Helping customers to arrange and attend appointments e.g., with their GP
- Assisting and encouraging customers to access and maintain a level of integration into the wider community
- Promoting a positive culture by engaging with customers to prevent social isolation
- Keeping accurate and up-to-date records
- Carrying out security checks during the night within the building
- Assisting to customers’ care/support needs during the night where applicable
- Dealing with customer emergencies during the night and seeking appropriate medical support
- Carrying out archiving and other allocated tasks were applicable
Skills and experiences:
- NVQ2 in Health & Social Care, or willing to work towards is desirable
- Personalised approach to care, ideally with experience of working in a similar care related role
- Some experience of basic health Care and hygiene standards
- Enthusiastic and person-centred with a strong “can-do” attitude
- Strong organisational skills as well as functional literacy and numeracy
- Good communication skills with an approachable nature
Are you ready to be your best?
Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:
- £12.25 per hour, effective from 1 April 2024
- A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
- Health and well-being plans
- A wide range of learning and development opportunities
Closing Date: 1 April 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
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.
