Care Assistant / Support Worker
HCPA
- Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
- £11.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Herts Rewards (Vivup)
- XO Student Discount
- Access to TOTUM Student Card - usually exclusive to university students!
- Rewards Gateway: Discount codes, cashback and savings on over 800 UK retailers including Sainsbury’s, Argos, Boots, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, John Lewis/Waitrose, Apple, Pizza Hut and many more.
- Discounts on travel including bus ticket discounts, reduced servicing, and car leasing.
- Sleep ins are payed at £30.24
- HealthShield - health cash plan
- 4 levels of cover to choose from, Level 1 is paid by Look Ahead
- Additional contributions via payroll deduction
- Online Members' Area - check benefit allowances, amend personal details and download claim form education having treatment
- No medical required to join and no GP referral required before
- Dependent children covered up to the age of 18 in full-time
- At another member of the family for £1 per month
- Occupational sick pay (following successful probation)
- Employee Assistance Help Line - First Assist Services
- offers telephone counselling, lifestyle, health and legal assistance and can refer you on to services
- fully confidential to you,
- Eyecare Voucher
- if using IT regularly for the job can claim these with Vision Express
- Employee discount scheme
- Reward Gateway - through the Look Ahead Hub
- staff can access the UK’s largest employee discount scheme, offering discounts in over 1300 retailers and cash-back options.
- Quarterly Staff Recognition Scheme
- Flexible Annual Leave
- Professional Qualification and Development Sponsorship (criteria apply)
- Other learning and development opportunity's
- Secondments as advertised internally, across all areas of Look Ahead
- Potential in Hertfordshire services to work across service and develop to a more senior role
- Ride to Work Scheme
- Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS)
- Is available to all employees via salary exchange. This means the amount of salary exchanged is exempt from National Insurance.
- The scheme includes a Death in Service lump sum of 3 x your annual salary.
- Supporting the person to lead a full and active life and do things they enjoy, sensitively and persistently trying to new things to open up new opportunities for the person;
- Developing the person’s independent living skills and involving them in aspects of maintaining and developing their home, including cooking, shopping, cleaning and decorating;
- Supporting the person in their sensory routine, trialling and testing new sensory experiences;
- Supporting the person to communicate their wants and needs and develop new ways of doing this, communicating with them in a person-centred way;
- Supporting the person to manage their anxieties, using Positive Behaviour Support and Autism-specific approaches;
- Collating a range of behavioural data and essential paperwork to be analysed within our local management structure;
- Driving the person’s (manual) vehicle to support them to go about their daily life;
- Communicating with a range of other key stakeholders including social work, psychology and commissioning teams;
- Acting in accordance with the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care & Support plus those specific to the service including any statutory requirements;
- Consistently reviewing the person’s life goals and their progress towards achieving them, in partnership with them and those important to them;
- Supporting the person with personal care;
- Reporting any observations relating to the person's welfare;
- Maintaining records as required at the project;
- Participating in team meetings/reviews, support planning, risk management and the general development of the service;
- Undertaking any other duties as requested by management.
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in with the hobbies and interests of the person and is able to facilitate connections with new people and places;
- Has a reasonable level of physical fitness and is able / likes to participate in active pursuits such as running and swimming;
- Is confident enough to try new things and take positive risks on a regular basis;
- Exudes a warm friendly and fun presence;
- Prefers working as part of a group or team;
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement;
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised;
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments;
- Is persistent and determined in adverse circumstances;
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in the style of communication;
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can-do attitude;
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour.