Care and Support Worker

Care & Support worker

Nottingham

Fixed Term - 12 Months

£24,784.50

This Role:

Caring is at the heart of what we do at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing. It is an integral part of the company and something we pride ourselves in as being the best. If you are a caring individual, one who wants to support people to live the best lives they can, then this is the role for you.

We have an amazing opportunity for a Care & Support Worker working in one of our services. This is for a bank worker within our service.

In this position you will support people with various Learning Disabilities to remain as independent as possible within their homes. You will be responsible for delivering person centred support and following individuals support schedules, and liaising with others that support our customers on a day-to-day basis. Support is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Subsequently, this role does involve shift work and sleep ins.

MTVH are able to provide full training to you if you have the desire and compassion to take up this role. This training will ensure you provide personalized care and support services to our customers with dignity. This role does require you to work flexibly to ensure individual needs are met while maximizing independence, choice, privacy and well-being, in collaboration with the support workers/team leaders.

What you`ll need to succeed:

To be successful in this role, previous experience is ideal. We are seeking individuals who can provide a caring and supportive service to our customers whilst helping them feel dignified throughout. You will demonstrate you understand what good support looks like appropriate to the age, gender, disability, race, religion, and sexuality of the customer to improve their quality of life and independence.

To meet our commitment to providing safe, high-quality services to our customers we will complete an enhanced background check with the Disclosure and Barring service, which will include a check of the Adult Barred list once an offer of employment is made.

Metropolitan Thames Valley provides affordable housing for people living in London, the South East, East Midlands and East of England.

We also offer a range of care and support services. Our specialist areas include older people, mental health and transitional services which provide intensive support to marginalised or vulnerable people.

We deliver training programmes, events and activities for our residents, designed to boost employment opportunities and foster stronger communities.

A member of the National Housing Federation the G15 ? which represents London?s largest housing associations ? we influence policy for the benefits of our residents and the wider sector.

In October 2018 like minded housing associations Metropolitan and Thames Valley Housing formally completed a partnership to form Metropolitan Thames Valley. We came together because we want to improve the services we provide and do more in our communities. We?ll do this by listening to our customers and working alongside them.

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