Care Support Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you caring, compassionate and would like to make a difference to someone’s life?  Then come and join us for a rewarding career in care. 

We are looking for a Care Support Assistant to come and join our team to support a client based in Kent.

Full training will be given to set you on your path to being a Care Support Assistant, where you will be paid a competitive rate of pay of £14 per hour after completion of training. 

This job is a part-time role consisting of one 10 hour waking night shift per month with the requirement to cover holidays and sickness throughout the year.

You will be supporting a young female with physical disabilities including complex health needs.

We offer excellent benefits such as:

• Good Rate of Pay
• Paid annual holiday leave
• Pension scheme entitlement
• Full training
• Confidential employee assistance helpline
• Opportunity to gain qualification in Health and Social Care
• Career progression 
• Blue Light membership for exclusive discounts with 15,000 brand partners
• Refer a friend scheme
• Online employee portal - where information and self-service is available
• Employee feedback surveys and recognition

Your responsibilities as our Care Support Assistant will include:  Personal care, Continence care, Moving and handling – repositioning / transfers using hoist, Epilepsy management, Medication administration, Management of skin integrity, Maintaining a safe home environment.

Skills and Experience required of our Care Support Assistant: 

You are required to have good communication skills and have a desire to care for others. Having some care previous experience would be advantageous in addition to experience with children.

Your Life Your Way are committed to conducting a Safer Recruitment Process to protect the people we support. Please be aware that all our vacancies are subject to pre-employment checks e.g. DBS and references. A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role.

If you would like to apply to become our Care Support Assistant, please fill in our short application form and upload a copy of your CV.

Person Specification

Care Support Worker

Essential

• Previous experience in care.

Desirable

• Previous experience in care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

YOURLIFEYOURWAY

Address

Kent

Tunbridge, Kent

Kent

CT21 4AE

Employer's website

https://ylyw.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)