Position Overview & Specifications
We are NOT able to support international candidates requiring VISA sponsorship for this role. You must already have the right to work in the UK.
For genuine occupational requirements we require female candidates for this client.
Would you like to do live in care, staying within your local county of Essex?
Would you like a job where you work an assignment for 2-4 weeks and then have a break?
Would you like a rewarding role in which you can support a client one to one in their own home?
Come and join the UK's largest provider of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.
We are Active Care Group, the leading provider of complex care. Within the Care in the Home division, we support clients with spinal cord injury to live independently in their own homes.
We'd like you to join us as a Live In Support Worker in the Essex area.
What you'll be doing:
Our clients have spinal cord injury. You will move into the client’s home and support them with personal care (including washing, dressing and toileting), moving and handling, domestic tasks and social activities.
Professional care experience required, however full specialist training is provided.
When you'll be working:
- Assignments between 2-4 weeks long
- Regular consistent work with set rolling rotas - minimum 2 weeks on
- 14 or 21 day a month contracts available
- Zero hours contracts also available
- You must commit to working regularly each month to enable continuity of care for our clients
What you'll have:
- Kind and caring nature
- Flexibility & reliability – continuity of care is imperative for our clients
- Good communication skills
What to look forward to:
- £107.50 per day contracted or £95 per day on zero hour contract
- Regular consistent work with set rolling rotas - minimum 2 weeks on
- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata)
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
- Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
- A Nest Personal Pension account
- Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
- ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group
- Please note that these enhanced benefits don’t apply to zero hours contracts
Active Care Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. However due to the nature of the position there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement to recruit Female Personal Healthcare Assistants.
We want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.