24 Oct
Shaftesbury
Thorpe Bay
Job description
Please note this role does not qualify for sponsorship, this is due to the hours available do not meet the guidelines set by the Home Office.
Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Dolphin Court we are recruiting for a Domestic Assistant.
We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community-minded workforce.
We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in delivery.
Driven by our core values, Shaftesbury strives to be Open, Enabling, Inclusive and Courageous in all that we do.
Our disability services across adult care,
children’s care and education are all focused on inclusion and support. Committed to professional, flexible and personalised care, we are passionate about going the extra mile in providing opportunities for people to thrive and live well.
About the role
As a Domestic Assistant it will be your role to ensure that the service cleanliness and hygiene is maintained to a high standard, meeting all internal and external regulatory standards.
Dolphin Court in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, provides person-centred, responsive, residential and nursing care.
The home is a purpose-designed building for adults with a wide range of needs, including acquired brain injury or stroke, intellectual and physical disability.
Our seafront location means 13 of the 15 self-contained flats overlook the beach. All flats are bright and spacious and we offer two flats for couples.
Our accessible and welcoming environment provides modern facilities with daily nursing care.
Benefits of working at Shaftesbury
At Shaftesbury , we know that our people are our greatest asset.
We’re proud to have some of the best and most committed staff in the sector and we want to attract more people like you to work with Shaftesbury.
We’re now offering even more great benefits to reward the work of our wonderful staff in adult care :
Great CQC , great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC in all domains, all staff will receive a £30 gift voucher.
If rated outstanding, all staff will receive a £50 gift voucher. (terms apply)
- We want to reward staff in a range of ways for their hard work. You can be nominated for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and you may also be nominated to receive a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond within your role.
- Excellent training package provided for all staff.
- Shaftesbury will pay any accrued holiday for the period worked. You will receive a payment equivalent to 12.07% for each hour worked in the period;
up to a maximum of 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year.
- Pension Scheme.
- Access to our employee assistance program.
Shaftesbury is the disability charity that’s committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.
What makes life liveable is never down to just one thing - it’s the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community;
from a great chat to a challenge overcome, it all adds up to Shaftesbury .
Through a wide range of disability care, special education,
and rehabilitation services we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all.
Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.
Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.
All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS / Access NI check.
Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.