Night Support Worker - Limewood Permanent
Location: Limewood, Residential Care Home, Stafford ST16
Hours of Work: Full time and Part-time positions available, covering a 7 day shift rota
Rate of pay: £11.34 per hour, plus benefits
The Organisation:
Choices Housing Association works in partnership with The Wrekin Housing Group to provide quality services that make a difference to people’s lives.
Choices have agreed the sale of our Specialist Dementia Care Home – Limewood to Willinbrook Healthcare, a sister company to Care Concern Group. Willinbrook have an excellent track record and are committed to delivering award winning specialist care and support. We remain committed to recruiting excellent employees to support the services provided to all of our residents at Limewood, until the sale is finalised. As a result of this sale, you should be aware that if you apply and are successfully appointed to any role at Limewood prior to the transfer date, your employment will be subject to a formal legal TUPE process (Transfer of undertakings, protection of employment – Regulations 2006). Therefore, your relevant terms and conditions with Choices will remain the unchanged, however your employment will transfer to Willinbrook Healthcare with effect from the agreed transfer date.
Limewood:
Our dedicated Dementia Support Centre. Limewood is a purpose built centre specifically for people living with Dementia.
Limewood is a forward thinking and fresh approach to dementia care for every stage and every age.
Based in Stafford, the purpose built centre delivers a seamless service, from early diagnosis to end of life care. Relatives and residents benefit from the quality of care and expertise offered whilst experiencing familiar, safe and comfortable surroundings.
With 59 en-suite bedrooms, offering nursing care for people with dementia – each cluster of 8 bedrooms has its own open-plan living area, kitchen, dining area, quite room and assisted bathroom. The clusters are arranged around an internal courtyard garden, with bright and airy spaces throughout.
Limewood also features a realistic, ‘High Street’, featuring a pub, hairdresser, cinema and snug, to make our residents as comfortable and content as possible.
(For Further details please visit our Website www.Choiceshousing.co.,uk)
The Role:
As a Support Worker, you will become a key part of a team to deliver care and support to residents living in Limewood. This is an immensely rewarding role, you will have daily opportunities to make a difference to people’s lives.
You’ll provide a variety of care and support service that including cleaning, personal care, medication management and other support as outlined in each individual care and support plans. As well as helping people to live as independently as possible in a safe, caring and inclusive community.
Successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check
(For further details please read the Full Job Description)
What you will need:
As a Support Worker, it is not essential for you to hold a formal qualification although an NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social care is desirable. However you must be willing to work towards obtaining a relevant qualification and passionate about delivering a quality service to our tenants.
Given the environment you will be working in, you must be able to demonstrate effective communication, strong team working, organisational, interpersonal skills and maintaining high levels of confidentiality at all times. Taking responsibility for your own personal development, sharing knowledge and skills and learning from others within your team.
You will be expected to promote a positive, friendly and understanding attitude towards our customers and other colleagues in order to achieve consistency with the high levels of performance, efficiency and quality that is expected of our Employees.
(For further details please read the Full Person Specification)
Benefits:
In return, we offer you a rewarding opportunity within a supportive team of experienced mentors and peers, ensuring you thrive throughout your career.
Should you want to develop further, we’ll invest in your future by offering fully-funded training.
All employees are covered by our life assurance scheme and have access to a variety of other employee benefits including free on-site parking, and dedicated volunteering leave for up to 16 hours per year .
To apply for this role, please complete the attached application form and send, along with your up to date CV, to Recruitment@ Wrekin.com. We will not be accepting online applications for this role.
Ref : CHO2161. Closing Date : 30/10/2023
- Interview Date : 01/11/2023