Priory Waking Night Support Worker

**Support Worker Waking Nights**

**Pay rate: £12.30 per hour**

**3 nights per week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday**

**Shift times 21.30 - 07.30**

**30 hours per week**

**Company Description**

Priory Adult Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist adult care services. Our aim is to provide the right support in the right home for all the individuals we accommodate. With community-based residential care settings, as well as a network of supported living services, we support adults over the age of 18 with autism, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge. We also offer a range of residential and nursing care settings for older people with varying levels of need.

At Priory, you'll have the opportunity to be part of something special. A closeknit, supportive and diverse team who help to make a real difference to people’s lives.

We offer full training and numerous career pathways, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program.

Our roles can be flexible around your lifestyle, either full or part time and with a variety of shift patterns including weekdays and weekends.

For further details on the site location and type of support provided, please review the additional information section.

Your positive attitude and passion for providing high quality care and support will be your key strengths, but you'll also have a friendly, patient and positive approach to work. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support.

You will provide support with day to day activities, whilst encouraging and promoting independent living. As part of our team, you’ll help people reach their potential, through both practical and emotional support, making a positive difference to their lives.

Our teams provide care and support for individuals with different conditions at Priory sites all across the UK.

It would be ideal if you have previous experience gained in a similar role. However whilst this is valuable, we are looking for individuals who display the right values and behaviours in order to make a difference to people’s lives. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support. Not only is full training provided, but there are numerous career pathways available to you, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program.

Benefits include:
A competitive salary

Enhanced disclosure cost coverage

Comprehensive induction and commitment to on-going training

Online benefits and cashback rewards

Cycle to work scheme

NEST pension option

**Responsibilities**:
Supporting with personal care tasks, such as washing, dressing, eating and personal care

Perform light housekeeping tasks, such as dusting, vacuuming, and changing bed clothes

Assist with safe lifting, transferring, repositioning and movement of individuals

Assistance and support to attend medical appointments

Observe, monitor, and record physical and emotional well-being, and quickly report any changes to senior staff

Encouragement to participate in social and recreational activities

Additional information

Ebbsfleet House is located in Ramsgate, in Kent. It offers residential support for five males and females, who or are autistic or have a learning disability. We are in a semi-rural location, off a main road, and surrounded by lovely views and beautiful countryside.

Our team are committed to empowering and encouraging the people we care for, enabling them to reach their goals and to develop their self-esteem and the skills they need to live as independently as possible. We want to improve the quality of the individual’s lives, both physically and emotionally by supporting them to attend activities and social events.

Disclosure

We are an equal opportunities employer.