Care & Support Worker

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We have fantastic opportunites for Care and Support Workers to join our Retirement Living scheme at Poppy Court, Coventry. This includes a number of day shifts (18, 21, 27 hours), night shift (27 hours) and also Bank (zero hour) contracts.

You will be working within our Older Persons Services, offering person centred care and support to customers based on their individual risk and needs assessment and care and support plan, both devised with the customer to promote choice, independence and empower them to live a fulfilled and active life.

You will be responsible for assisting customers with medication and liaising with other professionals to support the customer’s health and wellbeing. You will also be participating in the schemes activity planner, providing a range of social activities to our customers. 

We are looking for people who:

• Have a passion and enthusiasm for delivering quality services to vulnerable people.
• Are able to demonstrate empathy whilst enabling people to maximise their independence
• Able to offer close personal care, for example assistance to support bathing

If you are supportive, dedicated, customer focused and want to make a difference in your local community, then we would love to hear from you. 

The hourly rate for Bank workers is £7.62ph

In return we offer (subject to contract type):

• Free Disclosure and Barring Service check
• A competitive salary which is regularly reviewed and benchmarked with the market
• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays rising to 30 days after qualifying period
• Company pension
• Childcare vouchers
• Shopping & leisure discounts
• Regular tailored training & personal development plans

Please direct to the bottom of the advert to read the role profile in full, before you apply by submitting your CV and a short covering letter max one page.

Please note applications without a covering letter will not be accepted.

If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format, for example large print, please contact the HR department on 0845 850 1020 ext 5940

We reserve the right to close this advert before the advertised date if deemed necessary.

Midland Heart aspires to be a digital organisation that minimises its impact on the environment. Wherever possible, we will conduct transactions digitally rather than by paper and ask that current and future employees share this commitment. Where required, we will support colleagues to be digitally enabled.