Senior Care and Support Assistant

Overview

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Senior Care and Support Assistant at our CQC Registered Learning Disabilities Service, Skelton Court in Leicester.

We specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible. We’re a national organisation, but not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best as they support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. We’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

Role

The role of Senior Care and Support Assistant will include :

• Leading a team of Care and Support Assistants
• Working closely with staff to provide personal care and support to customers, encouraging them to enhance their independence and personal potential
• Safe handling of medication
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external customers
• Promoting safe practices and undertaking risk assessments as appropriate
• Managing and implementing safeguarding principles to ensure the safety of our customers

Skills and experience

Benefits

Job Reference : 226190

Location : Leicester, Leicestershire, GB, LE3 6UJ

Department : Health and Social Care (Qualified and Non-Qualified)

Operation : Sanctuary Supported Living

Closing Date : (not specified)

Salary : £13.52 per hour

Hours : 37.5 hours per week

We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

If you are applying internally, don’t forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application.

We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for. Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.

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