Overview
Every day will bring something new, but your role will centre around supporting individuals to live as independently and confidently as possible.
Responsibilities
- Build positive, trusting relationships and support people to achieve their personal goals and outcomes.
- Deliver and support engaging activities both within the centre and out in the community, promoting life skills, wellbeing and social inclusion.
- Encourage independence by helping people develop everyday skills and make their own choices.
- Provide person‑centred support tailored to individual needs, including personal care and medication where required.
- Work as part of a collaborative team, contributing to support plans, risk assessments and reviews.
- Use IT systems to keep accurate records and ensure high‑quality care delivery.
- Promote dignity, respect and equality in everything you do, helping people feel safe, heard and valued.
This is a hands‑on, meaningful role where your support will directly enhance someone’s quality of life.
Working hours and pay
Hours available in these roles are 30 per week or 22 per week. Please note as these roles are part time they do not meet the salary requirements for us to be able to offer sponsorship.
The day centre is open Monday‑Friday 9am‑4pm and the working hours are 8.50am‑5.10pm Wednesdays and 8.50am‑4pm Monday‑Friday. The hours are subject to change depending on service need. The starting pay for the posts is £13.45 per hour.
Qualifications and skills
You will have a Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care and a commitment to further training, and you will be confident using IT systems for recording and communication. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and a person‑centred approach, be flexible, reliable and committed to delivering high‑quality support. You are caring, enthusiastic, a great communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to build positive relationships, a team player who can also use initiative and adapt to changing situations. You bring empathy, positivity and a can‑do attitude.
Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage. A comprehensive wellbeing package covers all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family. Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro‑rata) through a salary sacrifice scheme (subject to operational considerations). Take bank holidays flexibly. Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings. Access development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth. Paid volunteering hours each year. Access to Peer Support Groups through the IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network. Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards. An Our Cambs Rewards account provides in‑store and online discounts as well as Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We have an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with an employee network called ‘IDEAL’ and self‑organised peer support groups to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
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