Care Assistant

Are you looking for your next job in care or social care? or maybe you are considering working in the care field for the first time? Do you want a rewarding job? Do you love making a difference to peoples lives? and would you like to work in a home from home environment with some really great people?

If you answered yes to any of the above, MacIntyre might have just what you are looking for! We have an amazing opportunity for you to join MacIntyre and work with 6 fabulous adult men in their home in Flackwell Heath area. You will care for, support and build long lasting relationships with Tom, Greg, Austen, Paul, Jim and Pete* and become part of our growing team for these gentlemen.

If you have little or no previous experience in care, we still want to hear from you! we will provide you with an extensive care training package whilst you are getting to know and work with these amazing individuals. If you care about having a positive impact on the people you work with, if you think you can be part of a team who will work together to create a warm, cosy and fulfilling home environment for Tom, Greg, Austen, Paul, Jim and Pete* we want to hear from you today!.

Who better to tell you more about this amazing role than Tom, Greg, Austen, Paul, Jim and Pete* themselves. We asked them what they want from their new support worker. Here's what they had to say.

Things that are important to us about our Support Workers :-

• Be nice, open and friendly
• Tell jokes – we all have wicked senses of humour!
• Make the effort to engage and communicate with us all
• Use Makaton signs, symbols and objects of reference so that everyone is included (MacIntyre provide communication training around all of these methods)

Support me to ;-

• Make a good cup of tea
• Connect with you and others through sensory play
• Go out when we want to
• Go to the pub, picnics and lunches out

Things you need to know about us:-

• We love meeting new people and are very welcoming to new people that come to our home
• We all have different but great senses of humour, we need staff that are fun and comfortable being a little bit silly!
• We are a house of music and love having the radio on – sometimes full blast!
• We like to clean and cook in our home when supported in a positive way.
• Jim* I am very sensory and understand and enjoy the world through touching and exploring objects with different textures; Lego is a favourite!
• Things we quite like when we to go out are….. the pub, eating out, social clubs, volunteering with local groups, disco’s, walking, family visiting, Church coffee mornings and Sunday service.
• We love a party and a good old dance – so be prepared to get on your dancing shoes and come for a boogie!
• We love to celebrate any and all festive calendar events – so there is always something on or to look forward to!

We are hoping new staff might have new ideas on things we might like to do…

As you've probably worked out the gentlemen are all very unique, friendly and are full of life and fun to be with, could you support them to lead lives that make sense to them?

About you
Experience isn’t always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good communication and people skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

About us

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)
  

How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.

COVID-19 Information

We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu. If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.