# Care Support Assistant

**Company**: YOURLIFEYOURWAY
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £18.00
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

**Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/L0091-26-0129?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_32bb3a4e-a2d

## Description

We are recruiting for a Care Support Assistant to support a client with Learning disabilities, PICA and epilepsy.

The successful candidate will provide support with personal care needs, assist with daily routines, provide companionship and emotional support, help with household tasks and meal preparation, support the client to attend appointments and community activities, administer medication when required, and ensure the client's safety is maintained at all times.

The shift pattern includes term time and non-term time hours, with a mix of days and waking nights.

Benefits include a good rate of pay (£18 per hour), pension scheme entitlement, full training provided, confidential employee helpline, opportunity to gain qualifications in Health and Social Care, Blue Light membership, refer a friend scheme, career progression, online employee portal, and early access pay.

To be successful, you will need a caring and empathetic nature, good communication skills, a genuine desire to support others, basic IT and record-keeping skills, and a full UK driving licence (although not essential).

We offer paid annual holiday leave, pension scheme entitlement, full induction and ongoing training, confidential employee assistance helpline, opportunities to gain qualifications in Health and Social Care, career progression pathways, Blue Light membership with discounts, and a refer-a-friend bonus scheme.

## Skills

### Required
- caring and empathetic nature
- good communication skills
- basic IT and record-keeping skills

### Nice to have
- previous experience in care
- full UK driving licence

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Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/L0091-26-0129?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)