# Care Support Assistant

**Company**: Your Life Your Way
**Location**: Wimbledon
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £17.49 - £18.24
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

**Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/L0091-26-0121?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

At Your Life Your Way, we empower people to live independently, whether at home or in supported accommodation. We're looking for a Care Support Assistant to support a friendly, intelligent, and ambitious young man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) who is currently at university based in London.

**Main Duties of the Job**

As a Care Support Assistant, you will receive full training to help you thrive in your role and gain confidence in providing quality care. Your responsibilities will include:

- Assisting with personal care, including dressing, washing, toileting, and other daily routines.

- Supporting with mobility and transfers.

- Helping him access university, social activities, appointments, and events.

- Assisting with meal preparation and light household tasks.

- Helping set up equipment and ensuring everything is in place for the day ahead.

- Accompanying him on outings and supporting participation in activities he enjoys.

- Providing practical support while always respecting his choices, preferences, and independence.

**What We're Looking For**

- Comfortable with providing personal care.

- Positive, reliable, and trustworthy.

- Respectful of the independence and dignity of others.

- A good communicator with a calm and friendly approach.

- Flexible and able to adapt when plans change.

- Happy supporting a young person in a busy university environment.

- Keen to build a professional relationship based on mutual respect.

- Basic IT and record-keeping skills.

**What 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 from 15,000+ brands.

- We pay for your DBS certificate and reimburse you for the Update Service.

- Refer-a-friend bonus scheme.

- Online employee portal for easy access to information.

- Employee feedback surveys and staff recognition.

## Skills

### Required
- personal care
- mobility and transfers
- meal preparation
- basic IT and record-keeping

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

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Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/L0091-26-0121?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)