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What we’re looking for:

We do not offer visa sponsorship here at Peabody. All applications will be automatically declined if candidates require sponsorship.

Candidates must hold a valid UK driving licence to assist customers in driving to some locations. Applications will automatically be rejected if you do not hold a UK driving licence.

Peabody have multiple vacancies for Care Support Workers in Colchester, supporting people with learning disabilities and some complex health needs.

Are you caring, motivated and determined to make a positive difference every day for the people we support?

Can you promote person centred working focusing on helping people become more independent and living their life the way it most matters to them?

If this sounds like you, then this could be the role for you!

A bit about the role:

As a Care Support Worker you will support people to live a fulfilled life with new opportunities. You will support people with kindness and compassion ensuring that they are assisted to make choices and be involved in all aspects of their life. Some of the key results for the role include:

• Providing social, practical and emotional support to customers so that the individual supported can achieve their personal goals and aspirations.

• Where required support people with all activities of daily living including providing personal care in a way that respects their dignity.

• Participating actively in personalised support planning, ensuing that the person we support has maximum choice and control in their life

• Bringing ideas and enthusiasm to your role, search out new and innovative opportunities with the people you support.

• Protecting the safety of the people you are supporting, following all management plans consistently including those relating to health, diet, medication, finances and behaviour.

This role will require an Enhanced DBS check.

A bit about us:

Peabody are one of the largest housing associations in the UK, and we’ll be even bigger when our merger with Catalyst is complete in April 2023. Our mission is to help people flourish and an important part of this is to ensure that our organisation reflects the wider communities we serve. We want to attract recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our residents and customers.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• 25 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays
• Paid travel expenses, including mileage
• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
• Paid DBS check
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
• Spot bonus awards
• Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1
• Refer a friend bonus scheme

Are you ready to apply?

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to [email protected] and one of our team will be in touch.

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