Night Care and Support Assistant - Part-Time in Freshwater, Isle of Wight

We are looking for a Care & Support Worker to join us here at Southern Housing on the Isle of Wight. You will work as part of a team providing personalised care and support to residents and people who use our services in line with established care and support plans. You will work with older people, frail elderly, people with a learning disability and autism, people with mental health issues and people with complex needs.

The Care & Support Worker (nights) role provides services in supported housing schemes, extra care schemes and community-based services. You will need to work flexibly to cover evenings and weekends as required to meet the needs of the service. This role is a permanent and part-time position, contracted 30 hours a week.

Our CQC Registered Office is in Newport, however this is a role that is based in our services across the Island delivering care and support to residents living in our schemes or in their own homes.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide care to residents and people who use our services, as identified in their person-centred care plan. This may include some intimate personal care.
• Deliver care in a way which promotes independence, rights, choices, and inclusion in the community.
• Practice within the criteria set out in the Care Quality Commission standards ensuring residents have an up-to-date care plan and risk assessment which reflects their individual needs and wishes.

Requirements:

• Hold 5 GCSE passes at grade C or above (or equivalent Grade 9-5) including Maths & English.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Understanding of the requirements of CQC.

As a trusted and competitive provider of care and support services on the Island, we can provide you with:

• Paid travel time, generous mileage and holiday allowance.
• Paid DBS and training as well as a health benefits package.
• The ability to buy extra leave and discount cards.
• Flexible working hours covering weekdays, evenings & weekends.
• Employee referral scheme.
• Cash claim-back on medical treatments.
• Full training provided at no additional cost.
• Additional payment for sleep-in duties, where applicable.
• Discounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, critical illness and travel insurance.

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

Benefits include:

• Pension.
• Life assurance.
• Healthcare cash plan.
• Eyecare & dental.
• Birthday leave.
• Cycle to work.
• Buy & sell annual leave.
• Season ticket loan.
• In-house academy & career development.
• Flexible working.

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