Senior Care & Support Assistant (cm)
| Posting date: | 16 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13.00 to £16.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 October 2024 |
| Location: | Bury St Edmunds |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Personnel Solutions (Midlands) Limited |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
PS Limited are looking for a reliable, professional and flexible Senior Care & Support Assistants to work in residential care homes and the community based in and around Bury St Edmunds. We need experienced Senior Care & Support Assistants who are willing to take on work on an ad hoc basis.
This role involves:
• Providing a quality specialised person centred care and support service for service users’ with very complex needs in line with relevant regulations and business policies and procedures
• Supporting service users’ in maximising their independence and maintaining integration with the wider community to access social and leisure activities and liaise with external agencies to ensure that appropriate multi-disciplinary/specialised support is available
• Providing care and support as required to ensure service users’ personal hygiene, dietary needs and medication needs are met maximising their independence
• Ensuring the development and maintenance of specialist services based on best practice, placing service users at the heart of care and support provided offering choice and involvement in care planning
• Providing advocacy to support service users’ and their families when required, to maximise their independence and personal potential
• Promoting self-practices and undertake risk assessments within legislative frameworks and business protocols, escalating issues as appropriate
• Managing the implementation of safeguarding principles and responsibilities to ensure the safety of service users’ and to avoid potential risk
Shifts available:
• Nights
• Long days
• Earlies
• Lates
• Bank holidays
PS LTD benefits:
• Great rates of pay
• Holiday pay
• 24 hour out of hour’s service
• Consistent work
• Assigned to a dedicated consultant
• Free uniform and ID badge
• Online registration
Applicants require:
Essential:
• Literacy and Numeracy equivalent to at least GCSE Grade C English and Maths
• HVQ3 in Health & Social Care, or willing to work towards
• Minimum 1 years paid UK experience as a Senior Care & Support Assistant
• Enhanced DBS
• Basic Life Support Certificate
• Manual Handling Certificate
• Full Right To Work in the UK
• 2 references (must cover past 3 years)
Desirable:
• Full, current driving license (may be essential in some locations)
**Applicants must have an enhanced DBS which is on the updated service. If not, you'll have to be willing to apply for one**
**PS Ltd do not offer Visa Sponsorship**
This role involves:
• Providing a quality specialised person centred care and support service for service users’ with very complex needs in line with relevant regulations and business policies and procedures
• Supporting service users’ in maximising their independence and maintaining integration with the wider community to access social and leisure activities and liaise with external agencies to ensure that appropriate multi-disciplinary/specialised support is available
• Providing care and support as required to ensure service users’ personal hygiene, dietary needs and medication needs are met maximising their independence
• Ensuring the development and maintenance of specialist services based on best practice, placing service users at the heart of care and support provided offering choice and involvement in care planning
• Providing advocacy to support service users’ and their families when required, to maximise their independence and personal potential
• Promoting self-practices and undertake risk assessments within legislative frameworks and business protocols, escalating issues as appropriate
• Managing the implementation of safeguarding principles and responsibilities to ensure the safety of service users’ and to avoid potential risk
Shifts available:
• Nights
• Long days
• Earlies
• Lates
• Bank holidays
PS LTD benefits:
• Great rates of pay
• Holiday pay
• 24 hour out of hour’s service
• Consistent work
• Assigned to a dedicated consultant
• Free uniform and ID badge
• Online registration
Applicants require:
Essential:
• Literacy and Numeracy equivalent to at least GCSE Grade C English and Maths
• HVQ3 in Health & Social Care, or willing to work towards
• Minimum 1 years paid UK experience as a Senior Care & Support Assistant
• Enhanced DBS
• Basic Life Support Certificate
• Manual Handling Certificate
• Full Right To Work in the UK
• 2 references (must cover past 3 years)
Desirable:
• Full, current driving license (may be essential in some locations)
**Applicants must have an enhanced DBS which is on the updated service. If not, you'll have to be willing to apply for one**
**PS Ltd do not offer Visa Sponsorship**