Learning Disability Support Workers – Peterborough

Better Healthcare Services are a friendly, independent care agency with over twenty years' experience of providing quality temporary staffing to the care sector.

At Better Healthcare, we truly believe that caring is a vocation not just a job. We understand the pressures of the role so ensure that all of our care workers are valued, respected and supported

We are currently recruiting for Support Workers to provide care and support to Adults and Young Adults with learning disabilities in a variety of settings including; Residential, supported living and outreach services in Peterborough.

Temporary, flexible shifts are available to cover for our new and major clients working in supported living for Young Adults and Adults with learning disabilities. If you have at least 6 months experience and looking to make a difference in care to Young Adults and Adults with learning and physical disabilities this is the role for you.

Responsibilities:

• Providing personal care, domestic tasks and housing related support
• Providing boundaries and direction around positive behaviours.
• Promoting choice and independence.
• To support individual to live a life as full as possible and to engage with the community.
• Provide physical and emotional support, ensuring that respect, dignity and confidentiality is maintained at all times.

Requirements:

• Experience of providing care and/or support to vulnerable people.
• Possess excellent people skills.
• Have a passion for supporting adults with learning disabilities.
• Be able to develop and maintain good working relationships
• Be able to demonstrate positive personal authority.
• Have great communication skills.

Benefits:

• Excellent rates of pay.
• Ongoing training & development
• Holiday Pay
• Flexible shift patterns to suit your lifestyle
• Recommend a friend scheme.

Better HealthCare adhere to equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in-service delivery. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.