Make a Real Impact - Join Our Team at The Elms!

Position: Female Assistant Support Worker
Location: Aylesbury
Salary: -20,982 per annum/-13.45 per hour
Hours: Part-time (30 hours per week)

We are recruiting a Female Assistant Support Worker to join our team at The Elms, a supported living service for people aged 55+ with physical health needs, mental health conditions and learning disabilities.

At The Elms, we work together to create a warm, inclusive environment where people feel respected, supported and empowered to live as independently as possible.

The Role

You will provide person-centred support that makes a real difference, including:

• Supporting with medication and personal care in a dignified, compassionate way
• Encouraging daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, shopping and budgeting
• Supporting residents to achieve personal goals and maintain independence
• Organising local activities and community outings
• Following individual support plans and risk assessments
• Building positive, trusting relationships through collaborative working

Working Pattern:
This role operates on a 4-week rolling rota, with a combination of:

• Early shifts: 8:00am to 4:00pm
• Late shifts: 2:00pm to 10:00pm

• Sleep-in shifts - Sleep-in shifts are paid at an enhanced flat rate of -52.78 per shift.

Candidates should be flexible and able to work a varied shift pattern, including sleep-ins, as part of the rota.

Experience is not essential, but we ask that you hold a care certificate or are willing to undertake a care qualification.

Hightown Benefits

• -20,982 per annum (30 hours per week)
• 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service (pro rata)
• Blue Light Card, access to discounts for national and local retailers
• Workplace pension and life assurance (three times annual salary)
• Annual performance bonus and monthly attendance bonus
• Long Service Awards
• Annual salary and cost of living review
• Ongoing training and development
• Employee assistance helpline

The successful candidate must always maintain appropriate professional boundaries and understand their responsibilities in relation to positions of trust.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory right to work, enhanced DBS, reference and medical clearances.

We will be shortlisting and interviewing on an ongoing basis so may close the vacancy early.

We are an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident Employer.