Longhurst Group
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Care and Support Worker - The Pavilions
Overview
Job Description
Longhurst Group is one of the premier providers of housing and care solutions in the UK. With over 600 highly skilled carers improving the lives of our customers we're always looking to welcome new or existing carers into our team. You may be brand new to a career in care or an experienced, skilled and empathetic individual. We're open to talking to you either way. Our Pavilions site is based centrally in Peterborough. We have great transport links to the A47 ring road and we're accessible by bus too from the centre of the city. Our scheme is a really friendly group providing extra care for over 55's. We have 40 flats in total. Our customers can't wait to meet you when you apply. As a member of our team you'll be integral to helping our customers to be independent. You'll enjoy building relationship with those you support and be naturally empathetic in helping others. If you're new to care we'll help introduce you and train you to build your experience in our sector. As a disability confident and inclusive employer we'll always be delighted to hear from you. With over 80 care sites you will have access to all career progression within our business (you could even apply to join our housing division). At induction stage you'll find out all the great ways you can develop professionally too. We value your support. When you join us you will enjoy; * A flexible working-environment. Our schemes offer a variety of working patterns to suit your work life balance against our requirements. Some schemes are on a rota basis but we are always open to explore part time options with you. * Up to 1400 internal bite size courses available via our internal learning system you can explore to self-develop your career: * A minimum of 26 days "plus" bank holidays. (Whilst we want to ensure you have the time to spend win those important you may work the occasional bank holiday however you will get this time back). * Free parking at most of our locations. * A generous sick pay entitlement. * Family friendly maternity and paternity pay scheme. * Free counselling available to all employees. 5 core values underpin everything we do each day at Longhurst Group. * In it together - You'll be driven to help us to improve lives together. * Heartfelt Service - You're values are to care for customers and colleagues. * Own it - You have pride and passion in all you do. * Push the boundaries - You're always looking for new ways to improve the way you work. * Fun and Fair- You work hard but you treat everybody with respect. If your application shows that you share our values we'll invite you in to meet one of our team. We can't wait to meet you. Simply hit apply now to start improving lives. (The important things - Naturally working with our customers we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. A DBS will be required to work with our customers along with Right to Work checks before you start. We know you want to join us as soon as possible and we will process these as checks as quickly as we can so we can welcome you to our team).