Nights Residential Support Worker - Daisy Haye

Nights Residential Support Worker - Daisy Haye
Nexxus Care are recruiting for a motivated care assistant to come and join our team at Daisy Haye, Leek
Shift pattern is 10pm till 8am and alternate weekends
We have a 20 hour per week contract available

Daisy Haye is a extra care scheme consisting of 88 flats. We support and care for clients who live in their own home (without the travelling) . You will support with aspects of their personal care as well as ensuring they are remaining safe, comfortable and most importantly happy within their home.

Some duties may include:

• Provide personal care whilst maintaining independence, respect and dignity, following each individual care plan.
• Providing person centred care and completing care documentation correctly.
• Administration of medication following mar charts.
• Household duties within Daisy Haye, adhering to health and safety and Coshh regulations.
• Ensure all alarm bells are answered in a timely manner

Qualities we're looking for:

• Empathetic and compassionate – Going back to basics, we need individuals who are passionate about providing care and support to residents of all abilities
• Able to build rapport and relationships quickly
• Trustworthy and reliable – Are you punctual? Can you manage your time well?
• Resilience? – Care is extremely rewarding, but can you handle the challenges as well as the fulfilment
• Flexible – We try our best to ensure you can work the shifts preferred, but on occasions you may need to be flexible

What we need from you:

• Can you work between 10.00pm and 08.00am
• Desire to provide personal care and support services to residents which respect rights and choices
• Do you have the right to work in the UK with proofs? (i.e. passport, Visa)
• We’ll need to complete a DBS check if you’re successful, we will cover the initial cost of this – T&C’s apply
• Provide professional references – We’ll need at least 2 reference from you previous employers
• Complete mandatory 3 day classroom based induction held locally – You’ll be paid to attend your training, and our training and recruitment team are always available to help

As well as a competitive pay structure, Nexxus Care offer a wide range of benefits such as;

• Blue Light Card membership – This means you’ll get discounts from loads of high street store including JD Sports, New Look, River Island and more! You can also save money on your holidays!
• Job security - Work for a local authority owned company
• Refer a friend bonus
• Enhanced bank holiday rates
• Funded DBS*
• Classroom based training as well as care coaching - Paid in your first wage
• Career development and qualifications - We want you to progress
• 2 free uniforms

Nexxus care are a Staffordshire County Council owned company and our goal is to provide outstanding domiciliary, reablement, extra care and residential support to our clients, as we understand the importance of caring for people in the familiarity of their own home, we built our services around people, not processes or tasks.

• Our vision is to provide quality, cost effective and innovative care through a highly motivated and professional team enabling citizens to enjoy healthier, more fulfilled lives.
• Our values:
• We are ambitious, courageous and empowering
• We support and enable our staff to make things better
• We are open to doing things differently and will make best use of new technologies.
• We are bold and willing to take difficult decisions in a commercial operating context.
• We will make a contribution to tackling climate change