Support Worker
Earn £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Fixed-term contract (6 months), full time (37.5 hpw), 3 week rolling rota.
Workington, Cumbria.
We cant offer a CoS for this role
Home, a place where you belong
Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customers life for the better? As our Support Worker, youll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex support needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. Youll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!
What youll do
Assisting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
Rough sleepers
Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
Cuppas, chats and catch ups. Theres no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to work together with colleagues too.
Why join us
This is more than a job, its a place where you feel valued. You get great training, support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day. Be part of one of the UKs top 10 Great Places to Work!
You have
Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail
Experience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children
The ability to workon your own initiative, remaincalm under pressure and havea resilient approach
Recognise every customer is different and youre able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
To get from A to B, youll need a valid driving licence and a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that well pay your mileage!
Stronger together
We do our best work when were ourselves. Thats why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help makeHome Group a great place to work !
The practical bits
Where were flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
Shift patterns 8am-4pm/9am-5pm/12pm-8pm/rolling rota/manage own diary
Although youll lone work, we do get together regularly in the daytime for training and team meetings.
Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
Youll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
Whats in it for you?
34 days leave (including bank hols and a me day to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, and time off for volunteering too!
Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. Well cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when youre ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
Colleagues really matter to us, thats why were the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see ourSupport Worker Job Description, find out aboutus and for help to apply. Roles can close early, so dont wait. For reasonable adjustments email
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