Support Worker - Nights

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.
  
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Are you caring, motivated, and friendly?

Do you have a passion for enabling vulnerable people to live the life they choose? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Our service is located in the rural village of Staplehurst, Kent where we actively involve its service users in their local community and take part in a wide range of activities using local resources.

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.
  
  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!


A night enhancement of £1.50 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday - Sunday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend day enhancement of £2.00 per hour will be paid from 7am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday.