Senior Care and Support Assistant

Senior Care and Support Assistant

Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, GB, IP32 7ER

Hilltop House, 3 Hilltop, 2 Heldhaw Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7ER

£14.06 per hour

30 hours per week

Your role

• Lead a team of Care and Support Assistants to ensure customers receive the best support
• Provide personal care and encourage independence by building confidence and self-esteem
• Promote safe practices, complete risk assessments and manage safeguarding to keep customers safe
• Build positive relationships with customers and colleagues
• Carry out team supervisions
• Create and update electronic care and support plans

Qualifications

• Experience supervising people is desirable
• Recent experience supporting vulnerable people in a similar role
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or willingness to work towards it
• Personalised approach to care with strong interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic and flexible approach
• Strong organisational skills and basic literacy and numeracy
• Proficient technology/IT skills (Microsoft Office and similar)

Rewards

• Health and wellbeing support - including Aviva Digicare+ with virtual GP appointments, plus an Employee Assistance Programme offering medical, financial, and legal advice, as well as short-term counselling
• Company paid life insurance
• Parental leave arrangements and annual leave purchase scheme
• Company funded training and ongoing career development opportunities
• Flexible working options and an inclusive culture where everyone belongs, supported by our staff networks including PRISM, Disability, Race Equality and Parent networks
• Exclusive retail discounts, Cycle to Work, and salary sacrifice arrangements

Some rewards are subject to a qualifying period or other criteria - visit our website for more information.