Support Worker
Support Worker
A fantastic and exciting opportunity for a motivated Support Worker who works with adults who have emotional, behavioural, and learning difficulties has recently become available. If you want to make a difference on a daily basis by assisting adults in living as independently as possible, look no further! Thornbury, Gloucestershire, is the location of the service.
My client is well established, and their services are managed to a high standard and they are looking for Support Workers with the confidence and ability to make a difference. You will need to support service users and colleagues in the service and further improve and maintain the high standards that are embedded throughout their values and service delivery.
This is a great opportunity and will not be around for long!
- Salary –£19 240 per annum bigger payment for overtimes
- Hours – 37 hours
- Shifts – Long Days (Flexible working)
- Area – Thornbury, Gloucestershire,
Responsibilities – Support Worker
- Support new Team Leaders and care staff in the completion of induction programs, training and competency assessment.
- To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which service users can feel secure and free from harm.
- Establishing positive relationships with service users and always offering them unconditional and positive regard.
- Helping service users gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
- Ensuring that each person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs.
- Attending to practical matters in relation to helping service users to cook, clean and personal care.
- To act as a key worker or co-worker for the service user to ensure that their young care plans are up to date and that all their care needs are being met.
- To provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance, and assistance where appropriate.
Skills required – Support Worker
- To be successful you will need to have a genuine interest and passion for working within the health and social care industry, being someone who prides themselves on the care and support service you are providing, always striving for continuous improvement in your approach.
- Being a team player is a must! Although there will be times that you may be working alone you will be a part of a larger care and support team made up of Support Workers, Senior Support Workers, RMNs and members of the Management team therefore it is essential that you are a team player who works with a collaborative approach.
- You should either reside in or be able to travel to the Littlehampton, West Sussex area – Although a driving license would be beneficial, it is not crucial and so long as you can commute to the service area it is non-essential.
- My client’s team are incredibly empathetic, and all come together to support one another however there will be times when the position can be tough and challenging (although the good days far outweigh the tough ones) therefore resilience is an essential skill.
- The successful candidate will require excellent English skills (both written and verbal), as you will be using these every day! Whether you are interacting with families, writing care notes, updating internal systems, or speaking with other healthcare professionals and more, these skills are imperative for long term success in the role.
Benefits – Support Worker – Learning Disabilities
- Competitive salary – £19 240 per year
- Excellent training opportunities (both internally and externally provided).
- Fully funded DBS at time of appointment.
- Fantastic overtime opportunities available.
- Refer a friend scheme
- Holyday payment
- Flexible working
The position of Support Worker – Mental Health and Learning Disabilities is an extremely rewarding one in which you can make a difference every day you come to work. If you believe you are qualified for the position and are willing to travel to Thornbury, Gloucestershire, or if you require any additional information, please contact Gergana Atanasova at our Peterborough office on 01733 606 240 or email her at gergana.atanasova@gap-healthcare.com.
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Support Worker
gap healthcare are now recruiting permanent and temporary healthcare assistants for full time and part time hours, working directly in services within Witham and surrounding areas. Majority of our services are close public transport, have onsite parking and within the town centres.
We have ample work opportunities with a variety of shifts available including long days, sleep ins and nights across a variety of services including mental health serivice, private hospitals, nursing homes, day centres and Residential homes.
Benefits of being a temporary worker with gap healthcare:
- Competitive pay rates
- Flexibility to choose shifts that suit your lifestyle via our app
- Free ongoing training
- Full time or part time hours to suit
- Temp of the month reward scheme
- Support from out of hours service
- Access to permanent opportunities
- Weekly pay
- Enhanced pay rates for weekend and Bank Holidays
- Paid annual leave and pension contribution
- Quick registration process via our online portal
If you have previous experience working as a HCA/Support Worker within similar environments and you are passionate about delivering excellent care, please apply today!
If you have any questions about this position, please call gap healthcare on 01702 987 908 and ask for Ash.
Assistant Service Manager
Assistant Service Manager
Are you looking for an opportunity as an Assistant Service Manager where you can obtain career progression while making a difference to the lives of others? Are you living around West Malling, Kent?
An exciting opportunity has become available for Assistant Service Managers to join our team at Margate, it is a Supported living 7 adults with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours that challenge. Individuals need support to enable them to participate in activities around the home and within the community such as swimming, bowling, visiting parks, home visits and weekly shops. This position is a fantastic opportunity to work for a company that truly values their employees and will invest in your professional growth and development!
Overview:
- Salary – £25,877 per annum benefits
- Hours of Work – 39 hours per week
- Area – West Malling, Kent
- Shifts - Shift patterns: Monday to Sunday - shifts vary from early mornings to late shifts depending upon the needs of the service users. Occasional night work may be required (subject to change).
Responsibilities of Assistant Service Manager:
- Work with your Service Manager to use management information to make sound business decisions to encourage a solution led culture.
- Inspire and motivate the team to provide high quality support.
- Maintain a practical knowledge of policies and procedures and ensure appropriate usage
- Effectively recruit, develop, and manage employees in a fair and consistent manner.
- Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
- Rota management.
- Managing the team with annual leave, sickness management and training requirements.
- Providing bespoke person-centred support whilst on shift and advocating for the people we support.
- Lead shifts, administer medication, update care plans, risk assessments and record and monitor daily logs.
Skills of Assistant Service Manager:
- Experience supporting individuals who have disabilities and behaviours that challenge
- Have experience of supervising/managing a small to medium team
- Ideally hold a full valid driving licence and have access to your own vehicle
- To be able to support people with personal care
- Ability to manage own time and able to work under pressure
- Share Avenues values
- To be flexible and be able to work shifts required
Benefits for Assistant Service Manager:
- Paid enhanced DBS.
- Early Pay access.
- E-learning/classroom training/diplomas.
- Blue Light Card and The Bene its website access.
- Recommend a friend - earn up to £500.
- Paid annual leave.
- Flexible working.
- Support with your wellbeing!
The position of Assistant Service Manager is an excellent opportunity where you will be making a difference every day you go to work. If you feel you would be right for the position or would like any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Gergana Atanasova in our Peterborough Office on 01733 606 240 or email her on Gergana.atanasova@gap-healthcare.com for a confidential chat, but the position is based in West Malling, Kent.
Assistant Service Manager
Assistant Service Manager
Are you looking for an opportunity as an Assistant Service Manager where you can obtain career progression while making a difference to the lives of others? Are you living around Sevenoaks, Kent?
An exciting opportunity has become available for Assistant Service Managers to join our team at Margate, it is a Supported living made up of 3 different bungalows all to which have their own staff team including Assistant Service Manager Support Workers. The three separate properties come under a single CQC Registration for older adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and complex health needs as well as Autism. The property is situated close to Sevenoaks Town Centre and within a ten-minute walk of Sevenoaks train Station.
This position is a fantastic opportunity to work for a company that truly values their employees and will invest in your professional growth and development!
Overview:
- Salary – £25,877 per annum benefits
- Hours of Work – 39 hours per week
- Area – Sevenoaks, Kent
- Shifts - Shift patterns: Monday to Sunday - shifts vary from early mornings to late shifts depending upon the needs of the service users. Occasional night work may be required (subject to change).
Responsibilities of Assistant Service Manager:
- Work with your Service Manager to use management information to make sound business decisions to encourage a solution led culture.
- Inspire and motivate the team to provide high quality support.
- Maintain a practical knowledge of policies and procedures and ensure appropriate usage
- Effectively recruit, develop, and manage employees in a fair and consistent manner.
- Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
- Rota management.
- Managing the team with annual leave, sickness management and training requirements.
- Providing bespoke person-centred support whilst on shift and advocating for the people we support.
- Lead shifts, administer medication, update care plans, risk assessments and record and monitor daily logs.
Skills of Assistant Service Manager:
- Experience supporting individuals who have disabilities and behaviours that challenge
- Have experience of supervising/managing a small to medium team
- Ideally hold a full valid driving licence and have access to your own vehicle
- To be able to support people with personal care
- Ability to manage own time and able to work under pressure
- Share Avenues values
- To be flexible and be able to work shifts required
Benefits for Assistant Service Manager:
- Paid enhanced DBS.
- Early Pay access.
- E-learning/classroom training/diplomas.
- Blue Light Card and The Bene its website access.
- Recommend a friend - earn up to £500.
- Paid annual leave.
- Flexible working.
- Support with your wellbeing!
The position of Assistant Service Manager is an excellent opportunity where you will be making a difference every day you go to work. If you feel you would be right for the position or would like any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Gergana Atanasova in our Peterborough Office on 01733 606 240 or email her on Gergana.atanasova@gap-healthcare.com for a confidential chat, but the position is base in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Registered Manager
Registered Manager
Want to make a difference? Come and make your mark in Care?
We are looking for confident, positive, and enthusiastic Registered Manager to supporting 18 male and female adults across three bungalows in a quiet cul-de-sac who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and communication difficulties, and who may display behaviours that challenge. You will be working with, and leading, a large team of Support Workers as well as two Assistant Service Managers to support you in managing this service 24/7. The service is close to Sevenoaks train station and provides good local bus routes. The local town centre is within walking distance and there are numerous local supermarkets.
It is very important for the new Registered Service Manager to have a fun, positive and can-do attitude!
Overview:
- Salary - £32 528 per year
- Location – Sevenoaks, Kent
- Hours per week- 39 hrs
- Shifts – Monday to Friday
Key Duties of Registered Manager
Learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and communication difficulties, and who may display behaviours that challenge in all aspects of daily living.
- Deliver a high level of quality support to service users, ensuring each service is safe, effective, caring, and always responsive to the service users’ needs
- Manage and monitor staff of the services, ensuring effective utilisation of resources to enable the provision of good quality, safe and effective services.
- To ensure that all statutory, regulatory and company Policy requirements are monitored, managed, and achieved.
- To ensure that the assessment process of new customers is carried out promptly and effectively, by appropriate team members, ensuring the effective completion of their placement and transition and that the required liaison with commissioners, staff, and others is completed.
- To participate in events, meetings etc., where the intention is to publicise the organisation, and to support the marketing of available services.
- Encourage innovative practices and approaches throughout the organisation, working with senior management, and other managers to identify areas of diversification that may provide value to the organisation, and those who use our services.
Skills Required for Registered Manager
- Holding a registration with CQC and maintaining a minimum rating of good practice leading
- Report writing
- Ensuring the health and welfare of the individuals in your responsibility and ensuring policies/procedures and systems are in place to safeguard individuals from abuse
- Regular Audits
- Leading regular meetings and reviews
- Ensuring the service is safe and that all Health and safety requirements are maintained
- Medication ordering, storing, monitoring etc.
- Staff supervisions, appraisals, managing staff performance and general observations
- Managing finances and completing monthly returns
- Monthly reporting
- Completion of rota's
- IT skills and completing Organisational systems such as people planner and care planning
- Communicating and liaising with outside professionals and agencies
- Conducting investigations where required
- On call duties
Benefits for Registered Manager
- Paid enhanced DBS.
- Flexible working.
- Up to 28days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
- Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
- Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal and employee assistance programme.
- Blue Light Card and The Benefits Website access.
- Recommend a friend - earn up to £500.
The position of Registered Manager is very rewarding and makes a difference to the quality of life for residents on a daily basis. If you feel that you are the right person for this great opportunity, then please contact Gergana Atanasova at the Peterborough Office on 01733 606 240 or email her on Gergana.Atanasova@gap-healthcare.com for a confidential chat. Please note that the vacancy is located in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Registered Manager
Registered Manager
Want to make a difference? Come and make your mark in Care?
We are looking for confident, positive, and enthusiastic Registered Manager to support very established team of 10 staff members and is made up of male and female staff. There is 1:1 support for 3 people living at the service during the day and shared support at night. The service users have Physical and Complex health needs, some minor challenging behaviours, autism, some health-related issues such as dysphagia, this service is a residential service and therefore the successful candidate will be required to hold a registration with CQC. The service is located in Eastry, East Kent.
Overview:
- Salary - £32 082 per year
- Location – Eastry, East Kent
- Hours per week- 39hrs
- Shifts – Monday to Friday
Key Duties of Registered Manager
Physical and Complex health needs, some minor challenging behaviours, autism, some health-related issues such as dysphagia in all aspects of daily living.
- Deliver a high level of quality support to service users, ensuring each service is safe, effective, caring, and always responsive to the service users’ needs
- Manage and monitor staff of the services, ensuring effective utilisation of resources to enable the provision of good quality, safe and effective services.
- To ensure that all statutory, regulatory and company Policy requirements are monitored, managed, and achieved.
- To ensure that the assessment process of new customers is carried out promptly and effectively, by appropriate team members, ensuring the effective completion of their placement and transition and that the required liaison with commissioners, staff, and others is completed.
- To participate in events, meetings etc., where the intention is to publicise the organisation, and to support the marketing of available services.
- Encourage innovative practices and approaches throughout the organisation, working with senior management, and other managers to identify areas of diversification that may provide value to the organisation, and those who use our services.
Skills Required for Registered Manager
- Holding a registration with CQC and maintaining a minimum rating of good practice leading
- Report writing
- Ensuring the health and welfare of the individuals in your responsibility and ensuring policies/procedures and systems are in place to safeguard individuals from abuse
- Regular Audits
- Leading regular meetings and reviews
- Ensuring the service is safe and that all Health and safety requirements are maintained
- Medication ordering, storing, monitoring etc.
- Staff supervisions, appraisals, managing staff performance and general observations
- Managing finances and completing monthly returns
- Monthly reporting
- Completion of rota's
- IT skills and completing Organisational systems such as people planner and care planning
- Communicating and liaising with outside professionals and agencies
- Conducting investigations where required
- On call duties
Benefits for Registered Manager
- Paid enhanced DBS.
- Flexible working.
- Up to 28days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
- Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
- Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal and employee assistance programme.
- Blue Light Card and The Benefits Website access.
- Recommend a friend - earn up to £500.
The position of Registered Manager is very rewarding and makes a difference to the quality of life for residents on a daily basis. If you feel that you are the right person for this great opportunity, then please contact Gergana Atanasova at the Peterborough Office on 01733 606 240 or email her on Gergana.Atanasova@gap-healthcare.com for a confidential chat. Please note that the vacancy is located in Eastry, East Kent
Service Manager Profound Learning Disabilities
Service Manager Disabilities and Complex Care
Are you an established leader who strives for excellence in all aspects of your working life? If so then look no further! A great and exciting opportunity has just come available for a Registered Manager Disabilities and Complex Care based near to St Margaret’s at Cliffe near Dover, Kent for an established service supporting service users with Autism and challenging behaviour and profound L.D.
My client is well established and has achieved a good rating from the CQC in other services. They are looking for a Service Manager – Disabilities and Complex Care to oversee the service, maintain the high standards that are embedded throughout their values and service delivery.
Salary – Up to £31,582 per annum
Hours – Monday – Friday 0900 – 1700 but will need to participate in the on-call rota
Area – Located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe near Dover, Kent.
Position - Permanent position
Responsibilities – Service Manager Disabilities and Complex Care
To manage all aspects of the home and to ensure that CQC regulations and policies are adhered to at all time.
To oversee the financial budgets and staffing for the home.
To ensure that the safety and dignity of service users is upheld at all times.
To oversee staff supervisions and staff development.
To enable service users to live as independently as possible.
To promote values and standards of the service provider.
Skills required – Service Manager Disabilities and Complex Care
You will need to have previous experience as a Manager or a similar senior role within the care industry.
This role requires a minimum of an NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Health & Social Care qualification.
Completed, working towards, or willing to achieve their NVQ/Diploma Level 5.
The position requires the candidate to be computer literate, good numeracy and literacy skills, with strong interpersonal and customer service skills, and as well as being confident and reliable, they must have a strong desire to succeed.
Experienced in supporting service users with Autism and that display challenging behaviour
Must be a commutable distance from St Margaret’s at Cliffe near Dover, Kent.
Benefits – Service Manager Disabilities and Complex Care
Pension
Competitive salary – Up to £31,582
Long term employment due to continued growth
Competitive holiday entitlement
Motivated management and employees
The position of Service Manager Disabilities and complex Care is very rewarding and makes a difference to the quality of life for service users on a daily basis. If you feel that you are the right person for this great opportunity then please contact Matt Duffy at the Peterborough Office on 01 7 33 606 2 40 for a confidential chat. Please note that the vacancy is located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe near Dover, Kent.
Support Worker
gap healthcare are recruiting temporary and permanent Residential Support Workers for full time and part time hours to work directly in services within Brixton and surrounding areas.
We have ample work opportunities with as variety of shifts available including days and nights.
In addition to the above roles we are also recruiting support workers and care assistants to work across a variety of services including supported living, mental health support services, Young people services and Learning disability services.
Benefits of being a temporary Support Worker with gap healthcare
• Flexibility to choose shifts that suit your lifestyle via our app
• Free ongoing training
• Full time or part time hours to suit
• Temp of the month reward scheme
• Support from out of hours service
• Access to permanent opportunities
• Weekly pay
• Enhanced pay rates for weekend and Bank Holidays
• Paid annual leave and pension contribution
• Quick registration process via our online portal
Competitive pay rates from £10 to £15 per hour
If you have previous experience working as a Support Worker within similar environments and you are passionate about delivering excellent care, please apply today!
If you have any questions about this position, please call gap healthcare Southend and ask for Pete Gloster
Support Worker
gap healthcare are recruiting temporary and permanent Residential Support Workers for full time and part time hours to work directly in services within Hackney and surrounding areas
We have ample work opportunities with as variety of shifts available including days and nights.
In addition to the above roles we are also recruiting support workers and care assistants to work across a variety of services including supported living, mental health support services, Young people services and Learning disability services.
Benefits of being a temporary Support Worker with gap healthcare
• Flexibility to choose shifts that suit your lifestyle via our app
• Free ongoing training
• Full time or part time hours to suit
• Temp of the month reward scheme
• Support from out of hours service
• Access to permanent opportunities
• Weekly pay
• Enhanced pay rates for weekend and Bank Holidays
• Paid annual leave and pension contribution
• Quick registration process via our online portal
Competitive pay rates from £10 to £15 per hour
If you have previous experience working as a Support Worker within similar environments and you are passionate about delivering excellent care, please apply today!
If you have any questions about this position, please call gap healthcare Southend and ask for Pete Gloster
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