Care Assistant - Litslade Farm

You ll be empowering our service users to lead the life they want and you ll support them to get involved with the community and maintain relationships with their friends and families. They enjoy visiting the local cinema, attending church and taking part in activities at the local leisure centre.

You ll join a strong, supportive team who are great communicators and able to engage with our residents who are mainly nonverbal or who have limited verbal communication skills. As part of the role you will be required to provide personal care and support with eating and drinking. It is a challenging but rewarding role where you can really be the difference to someone s life. To be considered for this role you will need to have the right to work in the UK and have a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes. Additionally you will be comfortable with providing personal care for our residents (toilet/dressing etc).

At Hightown, we re a housing charity that builds homes and support people. In Newton Longville, near Bletchley, Milton Keynes we provide high-quality care and support to adults with learning and physical disabilities.

We re keen to recruit individuals who care regardless of qualifications or experience. We care more about you sharing and demonstrating our values, which are:

• Putting our residents and service users first
• Treating people with respect, promoting independence and choice
• Developing passionate and committed teams
• Being cost effective without compromising standards or safety
We will give you all the training and support you need to do the role including a qualification in health and social care, if you don t already have one. If you share our values, we d love you to work for us. We have full and part time roles available (22.5 hours, 30 hours & 37.5 hours per week). Typical shift rotas are 0700 to 1500 / 1400 to 2200 including some weekend working., In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a benefits package which includes:
• Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including statutory bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service
• 12 per hour / 23,400 per annum (for full time / pro rata part time)
• Mileage paid for car usage
• Fully paid DBS
• Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
• Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
• Regular support from your line manager and colleagues
• Commitment to health and wellbeing with the Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Ongoing professional development and support to deliver outstanding care
• Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
• Employee assistance helpline
Appointment to this position will be subject to satisfactory right to work, enhanced DBS, reference and medical checks. To stay safe in your job search we recommend that you visit SAFERjobs, a non-profit, joint industry and law enforcement organisation working to combat job scams. Visit the SAFERjobs website for information on common scams and to get free, expert advice for a safer job search. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.