Care & Support Worker - Young People

CARE AND SUPPORT WORKER - YOUNG PEOPLE

£12.00 - £12.50 PER HOUR

£23,400 - £24,375 PER ANNUM

PERMANENT – FULL TIME – PART TIME – BANK AVAILABLE

MUCH HADHAM OR BISHOPS STORTFORD BASED

Could you become one of our care heroes?

St Elizabeth’s

First things first, let us tell you very briefly about St Elizabeth’s (there is plenty more information on our website, just give us a quick search).

Based across 60 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children and young people aged 5 – 25 years old with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions, the severity of which impacts upon their health, social, behaviour, learning and emotional development. We also have a Supported Living Service in Windhill, Bishops Stortford, just a short walk from the town centre. Windhill offers 9 self-contained flats which is supported by our Domiciliary Care Agency.

But we are not the real heroes, so we don’t want to dwell on us for too much longer. We want to talk to future care heroes like yourself!

Your role as a Care & Support Worker

Working across our Supported Living Service in Much Hadham or Windhill (Bishops Stortford), you will play a vital role in ensuring that our young people have every opportunity to flourish in all aspects of life. You will ensure care and trust are at the heart of our practice, enabling us to provide the highest standards of care and education to those that call St Elizabeth’s Home. An important part of the role is encouraging learners to develop independent living skills. You will support them with tasks that are vital to maintaining a clean and tidy home environment, along with giving personal care, administering medication and promoting fun social and learning activities.

What do I need to have?

If you are caring and passionate about working with young people, ideally with some previous experience of working in care or education, can commit to being dedicated, motivated and adaptable, then you are just the hero we need!

You will need a valid UK driving licence to work at our site in Windhill.

What’s in it for me?

We can offer you employment on a full-time or part-time basis. If you are looking for super flexible hours, we can offer you the opportunity to join our Bank as well.

Shift times are: 7.15am – 2.45pm (early) and 2.15pm – 9.45pm (late)

We will provide full training, so no experience is needed. We are proud if our training and induction, which includes:

• Two-week paid induction - including shadow shifts
• QCF enrolment (Level 2 or 3 in Adult Health & Social Care)
• Comprehensive learning and development plans designed for you
• Ongoing refresher training

Location

We are located in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire and are in easy reach of the M25, M11 and A10, although we are not on a public transport route. We do however have a subsidised staff transport service from Bishops Stortford, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Hertford and Ware that runs in line with care staff shift patterns. Our Supported Living service in Windhill is centrally located in Bishops Stortford and can be accessed via public transport.

Benefits

In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits:

• From 35 days’ holiday (including bank holidays)
• 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for allocated roles
• Life assurance
• Free on-site parking
• Paid for DBS
• Casual dress
• High street retail/leisure discounts
• Discounted gym membership
• Recommend a friend payment of £1000! (T&Cs apply)
• Confidential employee assistance programme
• Contributory pension scheme - eligible employees are automatically enrolled after 3 months at 5% (3% employer contribution)

How can you find out more?

Please submit an application form, which can be accessed via our website, and upload a copy of an up to date CV. If you need assistance applying, visit our main website for our direct contact details and we will do our very best to accommodate your requirements.

All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Salary is based on full-time hours and dependent on skills, qualifications and experience.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Diversity & Inclusion

At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity in all of its forms and 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. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community. St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant 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.

Registered Charity 1176777