Support Worker

**Position**:Support Worker

**Location**:Hothfield, Kent

**Hours**:Full Time, Part Time and Bank. Days and Nights on a rota.

**Salary Details**:£9.09 per hour

We have an opening for **Support Workers** to join our team Working either Fulltime, Part Time or Bank. Are you a committed individual who wants to work with a company that understands how important **Support Workers** are to our Patient’s and resident’s recovery. You will be working with Young people and Adults with Mental health problems, Learning Disabilities and Autism at Cedar Bungalows.

**Essential**:

- NVQ/QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care (Not essential)
- Experience in a care setting (Not essential)
- Experience working with young people and/or adults with Learning disabilities, Autism and mental health problems (Preferred not essential)

**Role and Responsibilities**:

- Ensure the highest standard of care and support are delivered to our service uses
- Encompassing all activities of daily living
- Act as a role model and will be actively involved in engaging service users with daily activities, educational and behavioural support programmes and leisure/recreational activities
- Help with food preparations, medication, housework, laundry and shopping
- Assist service users to access the community, participate in hobbies and visit places of interest
- Be able to work a mixture of days and night shifts which will include weekend on a rota system

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties following appropriate discussion with their line manager.

**Benefits**:

- 2 weeks, fully paid Induction
- Free car-parking
- Free meals and drinks on duty
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Career specific development opportunities
- Sick pay (4 weeks full and 4 weeks half pay)
- Access to Occupational Health
- Staff referral scheme PLUS preceptorship programme
- Enhanced annual Leave (25days +BH)

**Who we are**

**Cedar Bungalows** is made up of residential homes and specialises in Learning difficulties, Autism and Mental health problems in young people and/or adults.

**Coveberry**, part of the **CareTech** family, are a leading specialist healthcare provider, with Hospitals and centres throughout England, delivering wide ranging services in Adult Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, SpecialistBrain Injury, Child and Adult Mental Health Services (CAMHS) including eating disorders, and social care for children with special needs.

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