Care & Support Worker – Extra Care Service

Do you want a job that really makes a difference? We now have fantastic opportunities for Care & Support Workers to join our Extra Care older person Service at Poppy Court, Coventry. We have part time 28 hour positions available so this offers all the flexibility that you would need.

Care & Support Worker
Ref: 2812
Location: Bevan Court, Coventry
Salary: £15,454 per annum (Full Time Equivalent)
Hours: 28 Hours per Week (Full Time)
Contract Type: Permanent

Working in Extra Care, you are responsible for the day to day Care & Support of our Older People, ensuring that individuals needs are assessed and met through a person centred care and support plan whilst maximising independence and quality of service.  As a Care and Support Worker, you will provide personal care, carry out domestic duties, activity planning and involvement, updating care and support plans and will provide an active support to our customers. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, work well as part of a team and understand the issues and requirements of older people. 

This role does involve shift work including weekends and bank holidays and shifts can be allocated at various locations across your locality and will also be rota based.

We are looking for people who:

• Have a passion and enthusiasm for delivering quality services to vulnerable people.
• Are able to demonstrate empathy whilst enabling people to maximise their independence
• Able to offer close personal care, for example assistance to support bathing

If you are supportive, dedicated, customer focused and want to make a difference in your local community, then we would love to hear from you. 

In return we offer:

• Free Disclosure and Barring Service check
• A competitive salary which is regularly reviewed and benchmarked with the market
• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays rising to 30 days after qualifying period
• Company pension
• Childcare vouchers
• Shopping & leisure discounts
• Regular tailored training & personal development plans

Closing date: 4 June 2017

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to our website. There you can download the role profile and complete the application form.

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

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 our 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.

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

No agencies please.