Support Worker- *Female Only

As a Support Worker with Leonard Cheshire you will become part of a fantastic team. Every day is different, but here are just some of the duties you will do :

• Assistance with daily life tasks including personal care, medication and mealtimes.


• Escort and assist in and around the service, at external events and appointments.


• Supporting our Person Centred approach, encouraging maximum independence for our customers and helping to achieve individual aspirations.


• Maintain up to date and accurate records.
  
  Care Assistant, Support Worker or similar experience is desirable but not essential. We offer an excellent training and induction programme for everyone!, Have good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.


• Work flexibly and creatively with customers and their families.


• Ideally have personal care experience (not essential).


• Be able to work under pressure and as a team.


• Flexibility to work within rostered hours / prepared to participate in an on-call rota where required.
  
  A night enhancement of £1.00 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday Thursday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend enhancement of £1.


00 per hour will be paid from 8pm Friday to 7am Monday (this does not apply to sleep-ins).

Are you an experienced care worker or would love to start a career in care?

If so, we would love to hear from you! Apply now, helping us to continue our great work making a positive impact every day on the lives of people with a disability.

At St Helens , we offer supported living options for people with varying abilities to live wherever and however they choose.

Our services support people with physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries, sensory impairments and learning disabilities to live independently in their own home.,
• Free Blue Light Card.


• Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.


• Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.


• Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.


• Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.


• Free DBS check.


• Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!


• Because of the personal services provided an occupational requirement applies to this post, under the Equality Act 2010