Care and Support Worker

Care and Support Worker, L'Arche Kent

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reports to: Locality Leader and Deputy Locality Leader

Hours of work: Full time, 40 hours per week (Hours will be worked flexibly across the week, including evenings and weekends. You may be required to provide some sleep-in and waking night duties)

Salary: £12.21 per hour. Wages paid monthly on or around 23rd of each month.  

Place of work: Wincheap Locality residential care home and Supported living house

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: Tuesday, 30th September at 9am

Notes: 

• This position does not offer sponsorship and is best suited for candidates already located in the Kent area.
• Ideally, you must be able to drive as part of your role.

Main purpose of the role:

As a Care and Support Worker, you will:

• Support 11 people with learning disabilities in a variety of settings in line with agreed support plans in all aspects of their daily lives.
• Promote and enable choice, independence, self determination to people with a learning disability through practical, physical and emotional support
• Contribute to creating a sense of community as a place of mutuality and belonging.

Person Centred Support

• Provide high quality support to people with learning disabilities in line with L’Arche values, policies and procedures

Support of people with learning disabilities

• Assist with the personal hygiene, dress and health needs of individuals in their home
• Facilitate individuals to meet their leisure, social, practical and spiritual needs
• Encourage individuals to in their ongoing development of independence

Building an atmosphere of mutual relationships

• Foster positive relationships with both assistants and people with a learning disability
• Assist in celebrations and support spiritual life so that there is an atmosphere of welcome and friendship

You can find more details about L'Arche Kent here.

Discover what makes L’Arche a rewarding place to work - explore our employee benefits here.

A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack.

To apply, please read the full job description and person specification and answer the questions on our online application form. 

The closing date is: Tuesday, 30th September at 9am

We encourage you not to wait until the closing date to submit your application, as we may begin interviewing strong candidates before then.
We also reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive enough suitable applications.

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