Care & Support Worker

Salary per annum: £24,102 - £25,608

Salary per hour: £12.36 - £13.13

Location: Much Hadham or Bishops Stortford

We are seeking committed and caring individuals with a passion for improving the lives of children and young people and adults! It is a very exciting time to join St Elizabeth's, as our charity grows with our admissions increasing for 2024 onwards.

What can you offer me?

- Full time, part time or Bank hours available – between two or five shifts per week.
- Mixed pattern of early and late shifts (07:00/ 07:15 – 14:30/14:45 and 14:15 – 21:45).
- Rewarding opportunities to support children young people and adult with complex needs and Epilepsy to “live life to the full”.
- From 23 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Career pathway including registration onto a Level 3 in Residential Childcare or Level 2 in Health & Social Care (fully funded by St Elizabeth’s).
- Onsite training and assessment team delivering a variety of learning and development opportunities.
- 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday.
- If you drive and are willing to support our service users to access the community, you could be eligible for a monetary voucher towards your Christmas shopping!
- For those that don’t drive or have access to a car, we offer subsidised staff transport service from Bishops Stortford, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth and Stansted Abbotts that runs in line with our shift patterns.
- Eligible for Blue Light card and other health and leisure discounts.
- Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen.

What will I be doing?

- Daily care and living support, including personal care.
- Promoting independence and learning in line with wellbeing.
- Encouraging fun leisure and social activities ensuring our service users are able to access the wider community.
- Ensuring a safe, secure and clean home environment.
- Food preparation and cooking meals.
- Administering medication (full training provided).

What are we looking for?

We are looking for individuals that are deeply passionate about supporting children, young people and adults to ensure they achieve their aspirations and forge brighter futures. Ideally, you will have some previous experience of working in care or education, but if you can commit to being dedicated, patient and adaptable with excellent communication skills, then you are exactly the person we need!

Calling all drivers! If you drive, we would especially love to hear from you. Our motto is to ‘Live Life to the Full’ and although St Elizabeth’s provides unique and tailored experiences to the people we support, we want to ensure our clients and learners can access every opportunity available to them within the local community and beyond to gain valued life experiences and continuously improve on their journey to independence.

If any of the above sounds like you, then come and join the St. Elizabeth’s community!

How do I apply?

Please complete an application form and upload an up-to-date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route, and so drivers are desirable. The salary range advertised is based on full-time equivalent and appointment on the scale is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience. Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply quickly. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

At St Elizabeth’s we aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. Additionally, we are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community; every addition to our centre is a valued one. Therefore, if you require any reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do not hesitate to contact us as soon as possible.

Safeguarding

St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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