Senior Care and Support Assistant
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, GB, IP32 7ER
Hilltop House, 3 Hilltop, 2 Heldhaw Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7ER
£14.06 per hour
30 hours per week
Your role
- Lead a team of Care and Support Assistants to ensure customers receive the best support
- Provide personal care and encourage independence by building confidence and self-esteem
- Promote safe practices, complete risk assessments and manage safeguarding to keep customers safe
- Build positive relationships with customers and colleagues
- Carry out team supervisions
- Create and update electronic care and support plans
Qualifications
- Experience supervising people is desirable
- Recent experience supporting vulnerable people in a similar role
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards it
- Personalised approach to care with strong interpersonal skills
- Enthusiastic and flexible approach
- Strong organisational skills and basic literacy and numeracy
- Proficient technology/IT skills (Microsoft Office and similar)
Rewards
- Health and wellbeing support – including Aviva Digicare+ with virtual GP appointments, plus an Employee Assistance Programme offering medical, financial, and legal advice, as well as short-term counselling
- Company‑paid life insurance
- Parental leave arrangements and annual leave purchase scheme
- Company‑funded training and ongoing career development opportunities
- Flexible working options and an inclusive culture where everyone belongs, supported by our staff networks including PRISM, Disability, Race Equality and Parent networks
- Exclusive retail discounts, Cycle to Work, and salary sacrifice arrangements
Some rewards are subject to a qualifying period or other criteria – visit our website for more information.
