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Care Support Worker
Service:Sycamore Close, 1, Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincs. - NG33 5HP
Salary: £12.21 Per Hour
Hours: Full and Part Time Hours Available
Do you want to make a positive difference to people's lives, enabling them to gain greater independence and improve their well-being? If the answer is yes, then read on!
Who are Ambient Support?
Ambient Support a registered UK charity with over 25 years' experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.
Our Colsterworth service has a collection of five homes situated in their own cul-de-sac in the village offering domiciliary care to individuals with learning disabilities. The residents are all very able and interact with the other houses creating a lovely community atmosphere. They enjoy visiting the local shops and pub as well as travelling to the nearby town of Grantham. We practice active support to enable people to live as independently as possible and promote great quality of life.
The role of our Care Support Workers:
* Providing social and emotional support, either at home and/or in their local community
* Supporting residents with their personal care including personal hygiene needs if required.
* Support with their shopping and assisting with budgeting.
* Building/maintaining relationship with friends and family of our residents
* Household tasks including cooking, cleaning and laundry.
* Going out for walks, meals and other activities that supported individuals may want to experience.
Skills and attributes of our Care Support Workers:
* Ideally you will have experience supporting adults with Learning Disabilities including Autism. However, please do still apply even if you have limited experience in these areas as full training will be provided.
* You need to be a very calm, caring individual with a positive outlook.
- Empathy, caring and sensitivity to the needs of others.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Computer Literate
Becoming part of the Ambient family brings benefits too!
- Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
- National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s.
- Training and development
- `Refer a Friend' bonus scheme.
- Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff)
- Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
- Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.
We are committed to Safeguarding. An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will also be obtained for all roles.
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