Location: Bedford
Hours: Flexible
Salary: £10.00 per hour, plus 30% weekend enhancement
Are you passionate about empowering individuals with mental health issues & learning disabilities, to live more independently? Want to build a career in care?
Then you will be perfect for this role!
As we expand we are looking for female workers to work with a female client within a dedicated team.
If you are sociable, understanding & reliable with great communication skills, and hold similar values to us, we want to hear from you.
- Caring: show a willingness to care for the other person with patience
- Compassionate: care about acting with kindness, empathetic & a willingness to help others.
- Competent: strive for self-improvement by acquiring the knowledge & skills to do your job
- Mindful of equality & diversity
- Innovative: embrace new ways of working & learning from experience
- Professional: take accountability & act in a professional manner
- Honest, open & transparent
All that we require from you is that you are flexible & adaptable and have experience of working with adults who have complex mental health & learning disabilities.
Sounds like you? Then you would be a highly valuable member of the Adult Enablement Units.
Your role will involve providing practical & emotional support to adults with various mental health conditions. You’ll be working within our Adult Enablement Units, with a small group of adults and a wonderful staff team.
You’ll make a huge difference to our client’s life by aiding them in basic duties, including:
- Supporting the client to access & engage in their local community
- Accompanying them to appointments, on walks, activity programs etc.
- Administering medication/supporting medication management
- Budgeting
- Enhancing their living skills
- Providing an evening meal from a set menu
- Crisis planning/care planning
Fantastic Benefits:
- Flexible working hours to suit you
- Increased weekend pay
- Pension Scheme
- Paid travel time & expenses (where applicable)
- Childcare vouchers
- Permanent contract
- Free extensive training
- 28 days of annual leave
- £300 ‘refer-a-friend’ scheme
- Dedicated & friendly employee support service
- Staff recognition & awards
- Highly supportive team
If you’d like to become part of the FHHC family, then just submit your CV & we’ll take care of the rest!
Feel free to contact Naomi Coombes on 07970 546799 for more info or an informal chat.