Bank Care Assistant

Location Suffolk
Discipline: Care and Support
Job type: New
Salary: £11.44
Contact name: Sonia Abban

Contact email: sonia.abban@ambient.org.uk
Job ref: 004282
Published: 13 days ago

Bank Care Assistant

 

Peppercorn House

 

Ipswich, Suffolk. IP2

 

£11.44 Per Hour

 

0 Bank Hours - Covering all shift patterns.

 
 

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, enabling them to gain greater independence and improve their well-being?  If the answer is yes, read on! 

Who are Ambient Support? 

Ambient Support, a registered UK charity with over 25 years’ experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with a mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.  

Our Peppercorn House service has 23 self-contained one bed apartments arranged over three floors, offered to over 60’s who wish to live an independent life but may require some additional care and support at times.   

We are situated in the Stoke area of Ipswich, within easy reach of the transport facilities and wide range of facilities in central Ipswich. 

 

The role of our Care Assistant:

*       Providing social and emotional support, either at home and/or in their local community 

*       Supporting residents with their personal care including personal hygiene needs if required. 

*       Building/maintaining relationship with friends and family of our residents  

 

Skills and attributes of our Care Assistant:

  • Experience of supporting adults in a care setting or in the community.
  • An awareness and understanding of high-quality home care.
  • Good communication skills, patience, and flexibility.
  • An understanding of safeguarding and person-centred support.
  • A flexible working pattern and able to do shift work.
  • Alternate weekend working pattern.
  • Experience is desirable, however, is not essential, as we offer full training for all our Care Staff.

 

Becoming part of the Ambient family brings benefits too!

  • Flexible working, enabling work-life balance. 
  • National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s. 
  • Training and development  
  • ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme. 
  • ‘Season Ticket’ loan & ‘Bike to Work’ scheme. 
  • Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff) 
  • Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme 
  • Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme 

 

Do you want to take your first steps towards a new rewarding career?  If the answer is yes, then we’d love to hear from you.

 

We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone. 

 

We are committed to Safeguarding.  An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

 

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