Complex Care Support Worker
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Kent, TN24 8TB |
| Company: | Home Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 24732 |
Summary
Complex Care Support Worker
Kent
Permanent, Full Time and Part Time hours available (37.5 hpw if FT)
£24,664 p.a. pro rata (£12.61 per hour) including sleep-in enhancements.
Plus, Great Benefits including Health Cash Plan!
Home, a place where you belong
We are looking for experienced support workers to work with our brilliant customers in Kent, all of whom have complex needs and challenging behaviours. Living across Ashford, Snodland, Gravesend, Rainham and Broadstairs you will support our wonderful customers, helping them live fulfilling lives within their own homes as well as within the local community.
You will work together as a team using our positive behaviour support model, promoting independence and social inclusion through person centred support. Monitoring mental and physical health and recognising their strengths and abilities to help them take small steps at their pace, whilst never losing sight of their dreams and aspirations.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!
You Have
- Experience in a complex care setting, with a level 2 Diploma in Adult Health and Social Care or are prepared to work towards it.
- Worked as a Support Worker, supporting people with complex needs, or behaviours of distress.
- A patient and calm approach, able to adapt your style to their needs, as well as the specific occasion and circumstances, even when they challenge us.
- Experience of positive risk management, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of customers and colleagues.
- The ability to drive a vehicle. Due to some of the customers needs you may need to drive a car.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.
Job Details
You’ll be working alongside our fabulous team of Support Workers and Team Leaders who are all really passionate about being there for our customers.
- You’ll take your turn with your team working on a rota. Shifts available include days, evenings, weekends, bank holidays or waking nights. You may also be required to do sleep ins in which an enhancement will be paid.
- You’ll work primarily with them in their own home, as well as supporting them in the community. You will be allocated to one customer but there may be opportunities to work with our other customers in Kent when cover is required.
- We’ll make sure you have a fantastic induction with ongoing learning support.
- Ability to use technology to update and create support plans, communicate with colleagues, and complete online learning.
- You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done – we pay for that.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
- 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays and a me day to take off for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39 days. You can also buy 5 more. You can have time off for volunteering too.
- Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
- Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
- We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
- Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
- Explore our benefits in detail on our website.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our PBS Support Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
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