Location: Ipswich
Pay: £700 per week
Long-term placement
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with mental health challenges? Do you have the patience, empathy, and resilience to support someone with a history of challenging behaviour?
A Class Care is an award winning Live in Care provider that provides Block care/support, Live in and Night Care services enabling our clients to remain in their homes for longer. We offer an individually tailored, high-quality home care across Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
We are looking for a team of dedicated and compassionate live-in carers to join our team, working closely with one of our clients to provide the care and assistance they need to thrive.

As a live-in care worker with A Class Care, you can benefit from:

• Ongoing training and development
• Supportive team and out of hours support
• Free and Paid Training* terms and conditions apply
• Friendly support staff

Your day-to-day duties would include:

• Support the mental health and emotional well-being of our client with a history of challenging behaviour.
• Create a safe, calm, and nurturing environment to help manage triggers and support positive outcomes.
• Assist with day-to-day tasks, personal care, and promoting independence.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, family members, and team members to ensure consistent care.
• Monitor and document progress, identifying and responding to any changes in behaviour or needs

So far so good? This is who we’re looking for:

• Calm, patient, and empathetic nature with the ability to de-escalate stressful situations.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Flexibility and adaptability to respond to the needs of the client and team.
• Right to work in the UK
• A minimum of 1 year’s experience providing support to clients with mental health challenges and learning disabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Enhanced DBS on update service is desirable
• Must be able to pass enhanced DBS

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £700.00 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme

Work Location: In perso

• Support the mental health and emotional well-being of our client with a history of challenging behaviour.
• Create a safe, calm, and nurturing environment to help manage triggers and support positive outcomes.
• Assist with day-to-day tasks, personal care, and promoting independence.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, family members, and team members to ensure consistent care.
• Monitor and document progress, identifying and responding to any changes in behaviour or need