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Posted 1 month ago
Job Title: Support Worker
Location: Westwood Extra Care Scheme
Hourly Rate: £10.90
Support Worker
Westwood Extra Care Scheme located in Eastwood Old Road, Leigh on Sea, are looking for a Support Worker who care about making lives better to join our team of existing staff to deliver high quality person centred and compassionate care.
As a Support Worker you will provide support and care to tenants living in their own flats, maximising their independence and health & wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities:
The role of the Support Worker may include but is not limited to:
* Personal Care / manual handling (full training will be provided)
* General household chores / Laundry
* Prompting and administrating medication
* Shopping for food, preparing and cooking meals
* Craft activities and games
* Accessing the Community – can include shopping, going for lunch, cinema, day trip to beach etc.
We are looking for an individual who has:
- A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our tenants
- Minimum of 6 months experience in care setting
- Level 2/3 in Health & Social Care Desirable
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to deal with sensitive issues.
Brook Meadows House are looking for a Catering Assistant to join their friendly team on a 22.5 hour contract
Posted 1 month ago
Job Title: Shift Leader
Location: West Street – Supported Living Scheme
Hourly Rate: £13.02
Job type: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week
Shift Leader
West Street Supported Living Scheme are looking for a Shift Leader with a 37.5-hour contract who cares about making lives better, to join our team to deliver high quality person centred and compassionate care.
The role will include supporting the Assistant manager in the day-to-day delivery of the service
* To lead each shift making sure the support delivered by Support Workers is safe, effective and complies with the Care Quality Commission
* To line manage and develop a well-trained solution-focused team of Support Workers
* To support the continuous improvement of the service
* To find solutions to service issues such as taking on new referrals that may present a challenge to other providers.
* To develop excellent working relationships with external stakeholders including social workers, health workers and other support agencies.
We are looking for an individual who has:
- A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our tenants
- Minimum of 6 months experience in care setting
- Level 3 in Health & Social Care Desirable
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to deal with sensitive issues.
Job Title: Shift Leader Location: West Street – Supported Living Scheme Hourly Rate: £13.02 Job type: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week Shift Leader West Street Supported Living Scheme are...
Posted 1 month ago
Brook Meadows House are looking for people who care about making lives better to join our team of existing staff to deliver high quality person centred and compassionate care.
As a Complex Healthcare assistant you will provide support and care to people, maximising their independence and health & well being.
Key Responsibilities:
- To assist the Team Leader with their day-to-day duties and clinical related tasks including administration of medication.
- To maintain and develop a high standard of care for our patients/residents by being aware of their individual needs and adhering to their care programme
- Encourage patients to develop their daily living skills and support them to continue to live as independently as possible.
- Be committed to a person-centred approach to recovery. Acting as the patient’s advocate, helping them to achieve the outcomes they desire and, in doing so, help promote their health, safety and wellbeing.
- Take ownership and accountability for the delivery of high-quality care and take appropriate action in reporting incidents or safeguarding concerns.
We are looking for an individual who has:
- A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents
- Minimum of 6 months experience in care setting
- Level 2/3 in Health & Social Care Desirable
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to deal with sensitive issues.
What we offer in return:
- Free DBS
- Free Uniform
- Training & development
- Nest Pension Scheme
- ‘Refer a friend’ scheme
- Blue Light Discount Card
- Death in Service Benefit
- Employee Assistance Programme
For a full job description and to apply please email: recruitment@southendcare.co.uk or telephone: 01702 534427
Our positions are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosures. Southend Care Ltd are committed to creating COVID-19 safe environments.
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Care Assistants required at Brook Meadows House, located close to Southend Hospital and Priory Park. Brook Meadows house is on major bus routes and within walking distance from Prittlewell Train Stati...
Posted 1 month ago
Job Title: Shared Lives Recruitment and Marketing Officer
Location: Southend-on-Sea
Hourly Rate: £15.18
Job type: Part time – 22 hours 30 mins - fixed term contract
Exciting New Opportunity
Our Shared Lives Scheme is growing and we are seeking a part time Shared Lives Recruitment and Marketing Officer to join our friendly team on a fixed term contact.
Southend Shared Lives is a flexible, creative, community-based service which provides long term accommodation, short breaks and day support to individuals who have been assessed as needing this unique and flexible type of support. The scheme recruits, trains and supports carers to provide quality placements for vulnerable individuals within their own family homes in the community, providing an alternative for people to the more traditional residential support.
The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to work with the team to develop and implement a recruitment and marketing strategy. To be successful for the role you will need to have experience of using social media to create marketing campaigns in order to raise the awareness of this unique service we offer and create a strong brand awareness. You will be tasked with creating and managing a proactive recruitment campaign in order to increase the recruitment of shared lives carers, by using marketing and advertising to reach a wider pool of applicants that are best placed to support our service users with their variety of needs.
What we offer in return:
- Free DBS
- Opportunities for career progression & development across the company
- ‘Refer a friend’ scheme – earn up to £250 per referral
- Blue Light Discount Card
- Death in Service Benefit
- Employee Assistance Programme
Job Title: Shared Lives Recruitment and Marketing Officer Location: Southend-on-Sea Hourly Rate: £15.18 Job type: Part time – 22 hours 30 mins – fixed term contract Exciting New Oppo...
Overview
For an exciting and rewarding career in social care, come and join our team. You will have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve helped to change someone’s life. And in return, we will help you build a fulfilling and worthwhile career in care with great developmental opportunities and lots of support along the way.
Why work for us?
Southend Care ltd are committed to providing excellent care and enhancing lives. To do this, we need the very best people. You don’t need qualifications as we use value based recruitment processes to find the right people. The kind of people we are looking for are caring, compassionate and with lots of common sense. Often people have developed valuable skills elsewhere that can be transferred to working in care.
Southend Care can offer you
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible hours
- Free uniform (if applicable to role)
- Free & Comprehensive Staff Health and Well being programme
- Staff Reward Portal with up to £1000 per year savings on essential shopping
- Free health checks including diabetes, blood pressure and lung age.
- Free Flu Jabs
- Spec Savers Free sight test and glasses (for eligible roles)
Overview
For an exciting and rewarding career in social care, come and join our team. You will have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve helped to change someone’s life. And in return, we will help you build a fulfilling and worthwhile career in care with great developmental opportunities and lots of support along the way.
Why work for us?
Southend Care ltd are committed to provide excellent care and enhancing lives. To do this, we need the very best people. You don’t need qualifications as we use value based recruitment processes to find the right people. The kind of people we are looking for are caring, compassionate and with lots of common sense. Often people have developed valuable skills elsewhere that can be transferred to working in care.
