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Job Introduction

Kilkenny House is a sheltered housing scheme based in Westcroft Milton Keynes. We have 40 flats which consists of single and double dwellings. We provide 24-hour care for our tenants who are frail elderly people with a care need.

The care we provide is person-centred to the individual and enables them to live independently in their own flats with the support of our care team.

We’re seeking someone who is caring, compassionate and a good communicator to join us as a Care Assistant.

If you want a rewarding and varied role in supporting vulnerable adults in our service, we want to hear from you.

We are proud of the service we provide at Kilkenny House and support everyone in our team to do a brilliant job. We offer excellent training, opportunity for progression, a varied benefits package and competitive pay including additional payments for non-standard working patterns.

Role Responsibilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Assist with personal care delivered in accordance with the agreed care plan.
• Ensure clear, concise, and accurate records are kept of each visit.
• Medication administering.
• Always being aware of health and safety and following the risk assessment to ensure tenants and carers safety and report any concerns to manager, team leaders and night seniors.
• To focus on enabling individuals to maintain or regain skills where appropriate and in partnership with other agencies.
• Encouraging social interaction.
• End of life care.

Ideal Candidate

• Able to work alone or as part of a team.
• Supportive towards team members and tenants and a flexible approach.
• Be able to work in partnership with others.
• You'll have a can-do attitude and will be caring and compassionate towards others.
• Able to work alone or as part of a team.
• Can commit to undertaking mandatory training and is willing to learn new skills.
• Able to speak and write good English.
• Previous applicants need not apply

About The Company

Milton Keynes is a diverse, welcoming, and expanding place, built on smart ideas with even bigger plans for the future. We have world class attractions, beautiful open spaces, and a great standard of living.

Milton Keynes City Council is one of the largest employers in the region, making a difference every day for local people. We’re responsible for all local government services in MK including education, housing, highways, and social services - around 240 services in all.

Our values are to be dedicated, respectful, and collaborative. If this sounds like you, join us for a stimulating and fulfilling career measured on results, and a rewarding work-life balance.

Package Description

We are really proud of the benefits we are able to offer our staff here at Milton Keynes City Council, including:-

• Local Government Pension Scheme, excellent pension scheme widely regarded as one of the best available.
• 28 days annual leave per year in addition to statutory and public holidays, rising to 32 days after 5 years.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Our Professional Development Centre provides access to courses such as in-house management development programmes endorsed by the Institute of Leadership, coaching and mentoring and access to our Smarter Learning portal
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Health Cashplan.
• MK Advantage benefits package – a range of savings on a wide range of retail, leisure and entertainment products and services such as Pizza Express, M&S, B&Q, John Lewis and Arriva Travel.
• Blue Light Card - Employees working within Social Care can qualify for a range of discounts from national retailers to local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and much more!
• SmartGo – Aimed at encouraging low-carbon transport and healthy lifestyle with discounted travel e.g. Halfords, Arriva, Europcar, National Railcards and Stagecoach.
• Homebuy Scheme (for eligible roles).
• Smarter working which provides the opportunity to work from various locations including from home for a proportion of your role (subject to business needs).
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity entitlements.
• Childcare Subsidy.