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Welcome to Southend Care! We deliver high quality care and a range of support services to the local community. We truly want to make a difference to people’s lives!
By investing in the learning and development of our staff, paying a good salary and offering substantial benefits, we are the ideal organisation to join if you want to be a part of helping and changing people’s lives as well as working within an inclusive and supportive culture.
It’s exciting times for us here at Southend Care as we take on new teams of people that we can train, support and develop to flourish in the roles of supporting and caring for the community. We can offer flexible shift patterns ranging from a bank contract up to 36 hours per week which will suit individuals needing flexibility. Our Community Carers work 6 hour shifts 7am-2pm and 4pm-11pm, including bank holidays and weekends. However, we able to offer a range of flexible working rotas. Our rotas are set out 14 days in advance and we try to allow for every other weekend off.
A Day In The Life Of...
George Brown – Community Carer
Raymond Doran – Community Carer
About us
Southend Care values launch
Southend Care is a company set up to deliver high quality care and support services that began in 2017. Since the start, we have developed a strong track record as a local care provider working in close partnership with Southend Borough Council, the NHS and the local community. Our people are at the heart of everything we do and we are looking to grow our teams focussing less on existing experience and more on people’s personal passion and motivation to help people.
Southend Care has four main aims:
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Delivering effective outcome focused services – We are committed to continuously improving the quality of our services ensuring all of them have a positive and measurable impact on peoples’ lives.
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Establishing and maintaining an empowered and effective workforce – As a relatively young company we are ambitious in the continuous development and support of our staff which is the life blood of our care and support services.
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Being forward thinking, proactive and innovative – We want to be at the forefront of innovation including advances in technology and new models of care, continuously learning, challenging and generating ideas that bring value to peoples’ lives now and for the future.
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Developing and growing in a sustainable way – We are committed to developing in a responsible and considered way, building our reputation as a high quality provider of care and support services.
Benefits
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Training & development, included for people without care experience
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Great salary
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Discount at Local shops/Pubs and Restaurants
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Brand-new building as the base-site
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Free DBS
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Free Uniform
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Paid business mileage – 45p per mile
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Nest Pension Scheme
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‘Refer a friend’ scheme
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Death in Service Benefit
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Employee Assistance Programme
Diversity and inclusion
Southend Care Ltd is committed to provide equal opportunities in employment and in the service that we offer to our service user.
Location
One of the delights of this role, is that it is hugely varied in terms of location as it truly is a community-based role within the Southend Borough. You will be re-reimbursed for your travel and enjoy meeting residents in their homes as well as in community facilities. Southend-on-Sea is a culturally rich, vibrant place with its own personality and a strong entrepreneurial spirit. It is a stones throw away from London, with excellent transport links into the capital. Along with award-winning parks, vibrant shopping and night-time economy, not to mention numerous cultural and leisure facilities, Southend-on-Sea is a truly great place to be.
Community Carers
The Role:
You will be providing person centred care and support to help individuals regain skills to live independently and safely in their own home. This will include working independently in carrying out care plans, rehabilitation, administering medication, providing emotional support and delivering all aspects of personal care. You will have the opportunity to work with a variety of different people on a daily basis providing hands-on assistance, however the emphasis to your role will be to enable people to be independent out in the community.
You will be given training and support to ensure you are able to work in accordance with the required processes, procedures and policies to be a care worker.
Patients
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To enable patients to maintain their everyday personal skills such as eating, dressing, washing, and hygiene. This may at times include hands-on assistance; however, the emphasis is on independence.
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Using appropriate moving and handling techniques or assessed/provided equipment as necessary to meet the assessed needs of each individual, at all times respecting their need for independence, dignity and privacy.
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To support patients with varying health conditions, working in partnership with internal and external agencies, ensuring that individual needs are assessed and met.
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To enable patients to manage their own medication and be aware of procedures available to assist with this.
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To be aware of individual goal setting by therapists at MDT and how this contributes towards enabling independence.
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To use a creative approach in helping people to retain or regain their leisure, social skills and interests in line with the care plan. This includes enabling patients to maintain or regain contacts with relatives, friends and the local community, including being involved in sporting, cultural and religious activities.
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To offer support and encourage patients to enable decisions based on informed choice and to promote self-advocacy or the use of an advocate, aiming at all times for them to achieve maximum independence.
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To liaise while on duty with Senior Team regarding any changes to caseloads
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To observe, record and report, any changes in individual conditions and circumstances and ensure that they are reported to senior staff without delay.
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To undertake risk assessments before providing assessments to ensure that the individual is able to participate and able to continue with goals set.
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