Welcome to Avondalecare residential care home, a local experienced care service supporting people living with mental health, learning difficulties and a range of care needs where personal care support is required. We do not offer nursing care.
When our residents struggle with their mental health they require counsel support from you, they require a genuinely kind and compassionate person to listen to their struggles and find solutions and help with creative coping strategies.
Do you have knowledge and life experience or work experience that enables you to believe that this role is right for you?
Do your friends and family ever say ‘you’ll be really good working in care’? I’d like to meet you and talk more about the opportunities we have. Lots of responsibilities in our service can be met with the use of transferrable skills from other positions you may have held in your past employment.
The job description will give you a good idea, but its always helpful to discuss the role in more detail. If you are applying for a change in career path it’s always a good idea to know what change your looking for. Your interview will be much more about the career path you are looking to embark upon, why you are making changes or looking to work in social care and what qualities and skill set can you bring to the team.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Full driving Licence and car is desirable
• A genuine interest in working with and supporting people
• Experience with Mental Health and supporting or caring for someone would be a great attribute to the team.
• Experience of working with challenging behaviour or learning disabilities would be exceptional for this role but if not, training is provided if your willing to learn.
• Do you have a Kind and Caring nature.
• Are you a practical thinker. And able to be solution focused not problem bogged.
• Must be flexible in your approach to all situations and to the care sector demands.
• An understanding of the importance of Equality and Diversity and treating people with dignity and respect.
• Understand the benefits of positive attitude and culture in the work place
• Good literacy and communication skills computer and i phone literate
• Interest in developing your own practice and plan for a future career
• Honest and reliable person trustworthy and dedicated to compassionate care
• Understanding the importance of confidentiality
• Ability to work independently and part of a team
• Able to commit to shift patterns incl. at least 1 wake night shift per week

Please refer the Job description for details