Senior care and support worker

An outstanding job opportunity has arisen for a committed Senior Care and Support Worker located in Hereford. Salary GBP26000 - GBP27400 Hours of work 37 hours a week. Hours of work are based on resident requirement on a rota basis, including early and late shifts across 7 days including working every other weekend. Experience, Skills and Ability bull; Minimum 2 years care experience bull; Ideally in residential care setting bull; Level 3 or working towards level 3 Health and Social Care qualification bull; Driving licence preferred bull; Great team working - can do attitude Based at long term residence facility in Hereford, you will be supporting young people with complex disabilities to live their lives to the full. From personalised care to simply being there, you will support the residents to pursue their hobbies, learn life skills such as cooking and laundry and lead a busy and active life. Your first-class people skills will help you to lead a team of care workers, working together to provide a high standard of individualised care, promoting, and encouraging our residents #39; personal independence. We rsquo;re anticipating that you will have at least two year rsquo;s care experience, ideally with people with a learning and/or physical disability. However, it rsquo;s not a deal breaker if your care experience has been working in other care fields and you want to take your career in a different direction. It is likely that you will have a Level 3 in Health and Social Care, or a Level 2 and be studying towards your Level 3 qualification. The post requires shift work, with early shifts starting at 7am and late shifts ending at 10pm and 11pm with alternating weekend working. We are not able to provide sponsorships. For more information, please call LKA Recruitment on (phone number removed) option 3 or email your CV to (url removed)