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Residential Assistant

Employer
Essex County Council
Location
England, Essex, Basildon
Salary
£18029 - £20604 per annum
Closing date
24 Feb 2021

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Residential Assistant

Permanent, Part Time

£18,029 - £20,604 per annum

Location: Basildon

Closing Date: 10th February 2021

***Please note - this job is part time working 21 hours per week. You will be required to work shift work including every other weekend and some nights. Annual salary will be on a pro rata basis***

About the Role

This role will be focused on being a committed, flexible and passionate member of a team working within a residential/short break service to ensure the provision of a high quality service for adults. The role will work collaboratively with adults, their families and other professionals in a residential home environment.

The role will support adults in accordance with their care plans and ensuring access to social and leisure activities according to their needs and wishes. The role also includes the continuous monitoring of individuals emotional and general wellbeing.

Further duties include:

  • You'll provides support to individuals to ensure they are able to reach their optimum independence and can exert control in their everyday lives, in accordance with the care plan.
  • Supports individuals/groups to access social and leisure activities which may include college classes, resource centres, community access and other activities.
  • Monitoring individual emotional and general wellbeing on a daily basis and ensure the protection of adults from abuse, reporting any concerns to senior managers.
  • Support individuals to make choices in a way that always respects their dignity and privacy and promotes their choice in accordance with the care plan and any other key documents.

About Us

With us, you can achieve more - for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We encourage our teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we'll empower you to make the most of your experience as an Residential Assistant within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services.

About You

You will be educated to RQF Level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience with a willingness to achieve the award within 24 months of starting the role.

You'll also require experience within a social care setting and working within a team environment. Great communications skills and the ability to engage with diverse groups of individuals is also essential.

What we offer in return

We'll support you to be to your best, with the resources, training and development to empower you. With flexible working options and other lifestyle benefits, we'll enable you to make the most of your life outside work, too.

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here.

Apply now at WorkingForEssex.com

If you have any questions about the role, or working with us, please contact our Resourcing Team on 0333 013 5888.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service.

Essex County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. More information can be found on https://www.workingforessex.com/benefits.

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