Job Introduction
Location: The Coppice, Shrewsbury
Contract Type: Casual
Are you seeking a new challenge that lets you shine with your caring and compassionate nature? If you are looking to build a meaningful career rather than just finding your next job, we would love to hear from you!
About The Coppice:
Our Shireliving Extra Care services provide homes for people over 55 years old, who need safety, security and reassurance with a range of care options available to meet their individual needs. Our vibrant communities within ShireLiving thrive on connection and joy, offering activities tailored to what our residents love most. Together, we create a warm, engaging environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At The Coppice, we have 85 apartments housing tenants with varying needs.
Joining our team at The Coppice which is rated ‘’Good’’ by CQC, will mean that you will play a vital role in promoting and enabling inclusivity, individuality and independence through respectfully supporting our tenants who lead active lives exploring their interests.
To find out more about our Shireliving schemes, click Here
We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate that they up hold our values, to ensure that the services to our customers are excellent. As a Housing and Assistant, you will bring the below values and behaviours.
- Caring - Placing individuals at the heart of the care, ensuring services are delivered with empathy, dignity, respect, inclusivity and integrity at all times
- Compassion - Requires a level of consideration, patience, empathy and understanding towards others people’s situation and their needs
- Communication - Always listen carefully, speak to people and act in a way that the person can understand
- Courage - Not to be fearful of trying new things to improve the quality of care and raise any concerns proactively
- Commitment - Provide a positive environment, with flexible and a proactive approach to our customer’s needs, helping to make each day special. Working collaboratively with colleagues and be accountable for providing services that make a positive difference to people’s lives.
If you are a caring, compassionate person, with good communication skills, and committed to delivering quality care and support services, then this could be the career opportunity for you!
Further details of the role, responsibilities and requirements are available in the Job description and Person Specification attached.
Benefits:
In return, we offer you a rewarding opportunity within a supportive team of experienced mentors and peers, ensuring you thrive throughout your career.
- Continuous professional development with training, coaching, and mentoring
- Enhanced maternity, shared parental, and adoption leave
- Free onsite parking
- Paid Carer’s leave
- You will have access to our comprehensive training platform
- Access to a number of fantastic rewards including free and discounted tickets to popular destinations
- Access to our discounts and cashback app Rainly from day one
- Access to Blue Light Discount
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Long service recognition scheme
Our Inclusive Culture:
The Wrekin Housing Group is an inclusive employer committed to supporting all employees. We know that people perform better when they can be themselves, creating a culture which is inclusive is crucial to the success of our organisation. All employees have the opportunity to become part of one of our networking groups, that enables them to make a positive contribution to our culture including networks such as our LGBTQ+ employee group, disability positive, domestic abuse ambassadors, heritage and culture and our allies’ network.
About Us:
Choices Housing Association, part of the Housing Plus Group is a leading provider of homes across a range of tenures, to meet identified housing needs and regulated care services to help people live independently.
Our dedicated and diverse colleagues are critical to our success. We value our people and offer them challenging and worthwhile careers, providing a sense of achievement in a vital sector. It is important that we offer opportunities to inspire our people to help us to make a positive difference to our customers’ homes, lives and communities.
ShireLiving offers the perfect lifestyle choice for over 55s looking to embrace retirement and plan for a hassle-free, comfortable and secure future, we support our residents to live their best life possible by promoting their personal development and independence.
Recruitment process:
To apply for this role, please click on the apply button and complete the values-based screening questions. Following this, if you are successful one of the team will contact you to discuss the next stages of the process.
This role requires an Enhanced DBS Check
