The Work We Do
Way Ahead Care delivers care and support to adults of all ages and disabilities using various methods either in the short or long term. This care can be anything from weekly domestic duties, to more complex care and support delivery depending on the Service Users need. We are always interested in hearing from the special people required to deliver these types of services and join our team of Carer & Support Assistants working throughout the local community.
The care and support we provide can be purchased from the individual privately, through a Personal or Individual Budget or through our contracts with the Local Authority. Working in Partnership with Social Services Way Ahead Care provides a number of core services including Homecare and Housing Related Support within the local community and services within Extra Care Housing Schemes, or other supported living units.
In addition to this core work Way Ahead Care is also contracted to deliver a number of specialised schemes including Rapid Response, to assist with hospital discharges, Out of Hours Homecare, to prevent Care/Residential home or Hospital admission and Waking Night Services to support informal Carers.
Why Join Way Ahead Care?
Way Ahead Care prides itself on not only caring for its Service Users but also its staff and can offer many benefits including:
- A comprehensive Induction training, exceeding the minimum industry requirements
- Very competitive rates of pay including Travel Time & Mileage
- Full in-house NVQ and Management programmes
- Internal Training Division to support Continual Personal Development (CPD)
- Free CRB Check
- Internal Career Pathways
Way Ahead Care regards working within the care industry as a career not just a job and actively works with the national steering groups to raise the public profile of care as a career and the role of a Care & Support Assistant.
Staff Training
Step Ahead Training Centre is Way Ahead Care’s own dedicated training division. Step Ahead ensure that all new and current staff are comprehensively trained.
All new employees are put through an extensive Induction programme which includes a number of training courses to give them the essential foundation knowledge required to deliver the range of services we offer and provides the solid knowledge base which is required to give the professional standards we expect. These courses include:
- Principles of Safe Manual Handling
- Medication Awareness
- Health & Safety for Care & Support Staff
- Basic First Aid
- Basic Food Hygiene
- Continence Management
- Safeguarding
- Dementia Awareness
- Death, Dying & Bereavement
- Cultural Diversity
In line with industry standards all staff are actively encouraged to enrol on the appropriate level NVQ. NVQs are also delivered by Step Ahead along with other nationally recognised awards which are open to all our staff. Throughout their employment all staff are encouraged to continue with their own personal development with continual training and internal pathways. This commitment and investment into our staff training is recognised by Way Ahead Care’s continued accreditation by Investors in People since 1999.
With Way Ahead Care’s continual investment into Step Ahead, it is also able to commission bespoke training which benefit staff in direct response to any legislative or changes to a particular Service Users care package.
