Due to the potential of communication difficulties with at least some of our residents, a good command of the English language is a necessity.
It is to be noted that support at Les Amis includes sleep-in duties, shift work and unsocial hours, including weekends.

If you would like to find out more about employment with Les Amis, please contact: The Human Resources Manager at Les Amis either by telephone 01534 850600 or email - click on this link. There is also a Contact Us button below. Alternatively, why not forward your CV in confidence to the HR Manager, Personnel Department?
On receiving of a completed application form, all candidates for employment are offered an 'informal' meeting to discuss the nature of work undertaken at Les Amis.

Following a successful ‘pilot’ programme launched in early 2007, a distance learning ASET qualification Level 4 "Caring for People with Learning Disabilities" has been adopted, and is specifically designed for those working in our specialised field. This qualification is equivalent to an NVQ level 3! To date 43 staff have either passed or in the process of taking the course. This is now an on-going programme of which we are proud.

We provide an extensive programme of 'in-house' training. A resource facility and training room have been established within the main building at Five Oaks. Where such expertise is not currently available 'in-house', external trainers are brought in.
All our staff undertake a range of mandatory training courses (during their probationary period wherever possible) with refreshers every 3 years. These include Food Hygiene, First Aid, Manual Handling, Sexual Health & Relationships, Duty of Care & Accountability, Vulnerable Adults, Health & Safety, Infection Control, Risk Assessment and a basic understanding of Challenging Behaviour.

We also also offer specialist training relevant to the particular challenges our staff are involved in, techniques in working with those with profound physical disabilities, advanced practice in challenging behaviour, and for those in our children's respite service, a whole range of training to meet legal requirements in this area, including Child Protection.

We are proud to note that each year over 30 areas or topics of training are covered and Les Amis is happy to support staff in accessing other types of training specific to their needs. After all, our Residents are the most important thing to us, and we spare no effort to help them to be active members of their community.

At LES AMIS we are frequently looking to recruit new staff for existing projects and new developments.
Professional qualifications are not normally required other than for a Management or Deputy Management role.
Instead we look for qualities such as common sense, respect for others, initiative, enthusiasm and last but not least, a sense of humour. Project Managers need a professional qualification in the field of social work, nursing or similar, relevant field related to social care.

Les Amis is a rapidly expanding organisation that grows to meet the needs of those with learning disabilities in Jersey. As at the time of writing, late Summer 2010, there is a total of 150 staff employed by us, full or part-time. The vast majority, well over 100, are support staff working directly with residents.

Les Amis provides accommodation for the entire range of learning disabilies including those with dual-diagnosis mental health issues, those with physical disabilities or sensory impairments in addition to a learning disability, those who present with behaviours that challenge the service, those who have autistic spectrum disorders in addition to a learning disability through to highly independent married couples who rent their own flats and need only the lowest level of support.

In addition to permanent accommodation we also provide three respite services, including one to children, known as Maison Allo, managed on behalf of Jersey Mencap, and a range of day services such as COGS, COGS Gardens and Basic Skills.

To assist and support our residents we have a range of posts from weekend staff who work perhaps only 4 hours every other weekend through to full-time staff doing 35 hours a week. The range of house settings and ages and needs of the residents means that our staff team is diverse in the extreme and applications are welcomed from anybody who has an interest in and empathy with people with learning disabilities.