Peabody has an exciting opportunity for a Care Support Worker on a full time, permanent basis based in Laindon/Basildon. In return you will receive a competitive salary of £21,255 per annum.

About The Care Support Worker Role

This full time, permanent Care Support Worker role will include an element of personal care, helping to prepare food, support administration of medication and support with our customers Health and Wellbeing. You will also be required to support our customers to enjoy recreational activities and explore new adventures.

Driving is not essential, however you will be expected to support our customers locally on public transport.

This role will require an Enhanced DBS check.

What We're Looking For In Our Care Support Worker

This full time, permanent Care Support Worker role requires somebody who is positive, kind and caring to be focussed on encouraging choice, self-worth and supporting our customers to live their best life.

We are looking for people who can... work alongside our Peabody Values and support our customers who have a learning disability to enjoy their lives to the full and have the opportunity to fulfil all their dreams and aspirations.

This vacancy is based in one of our Essex Services which is based in Laindon/Basildon and does require you to be flexible enough to work across a 24/7 rota which does cover a 365 days a year.

Responsibilities As Our Care Support Worker
• Provide social, practical and emotional support to customers so that the individual supported can achieve their personal goals and aspirations.
• Where required support people with all activities of daily living including providing personal care in a way the respects their dignity.
• Participate actively in personalised support planning, ensuing that the person we support has maximum choice and control in their life.
• Support individuals to pursue hobbies and leisure activities at home and in their community.
• Bring ideas and enthusiasm to your role, search out new and innovative opportunities with the people you support.
• Protect the safety of the people you are supporting, following all management plans consistently including those relating to health, diet, medication, finances and behaviour.

Benefits You Will Receive As Our Care Support Worker
• 25 days' annual holiday plus bank holidays
• Paid travel expenses, including mileage
• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates?
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year?
• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
• Spot bonus awards
• Paid DBS check
• Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1
• Refer a friend bonus scheme

Closing date: 31st March 2023

If you feel have the skills and experience to become ourCare Support Worker, please click ‘apply' now!

At Peabody, where possible, we provide flexible working opportunities from day one to our employees, as we recognise the importance of a good work-life balance; and to improve our productivity and performance, we embrace agile working, which means if you are in a desk based role, that will be a hybrid of office and home working. If your role is in a client facing environment, appropriate base location will apply.

Our mission is to help people make the most of their lives and an important part of this is to ensure that our organisation reflects the wider communities we serve. We want to attract recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our residents and customers. We actively encourage applications from all groups and communities, as well as from BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled people
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