Care & Support Worker - Extra Care

Our client now has a permanent position for a Care and Support Worker to join their team at their service in Coventry. This Extra care scheme provides 24 hour care and support to customers aged 55 years and over. Every customer has an individual care plan. Our client has a dedicated team of staff who are trained to provide a high standard of care.

Title: Care & Support Worker
Ref: 2539
Location: Coventry, CV3
Salary: Up to £15,111 per annum (Full Time Equivalent) after successful completion of probation period
Hours: Various hours per week
Contract Type: Various

Building relationships is at the heart of what our client does. So it’s no surprise they’re so passionate about their people. After all, they’re just as passionate about the communities they serve.

They are committed to becoming one of the most efficient providers of affordable housing and community investment services. And while they exist to put customers first, create opportunity and enthuse their customers, they also strive to create an ambitious, inclusive place to work, where they recognise that every single one of their staff makes a difference.

You will be working within our client's Older Persons Services, offering a person centered care and support to customers based on their individual risk and needs assessment and care and support plan, both devised with the customer to promote choice, independence and empower the individual to live a fulfilled and active life.

As a Care and Support Worker, you will provide customers with a quality service to maintain an independent lifestyle. You will be responsible for assisting customers with medication and liaising with other professionals to support the customer’s health and wellbeing.

You will also be participating in the scheme’s Activity Planner, providing a range of social activities to customers.

They are looking for a team player, with first class communication who has a real passion for delivering high quality care. They can provide full training to the successful candidate.

If you are looking for a new challenge and believe you have the ability to provide a personable service to our client's customers, they would like to hear from you.

Closing Date: 23rd October 2016

APPLICATION PROCESS:

To find out more information and apply for this position, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to the employer’s website.

All successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service check and costs will be met by the employer.

If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format, for example large print, more information can be found on the employer's website.

Please do read the role profile before you begin your application. CVs will not be considered, so please complete the application form in full.

Our client aspires to be a digital organisation that minimises its impact on the environment. Wherever possible, they will conduct transactions digitally rather than by paper and ask that current and future employees share this commitment. Where required, they will support colleagues to be digitally enabled.

No agencies please.