Hours: 18 hours per week. Shift Pattern: 2 to 3 nights per week. Shifts are 10pm – 7am and will work on a 2 week rotating cycle with one of the weeks including weekend working.
As a Care Worker at Housing 21 you’ll work within a dedicated team, supporting residents in their own apartments across our schemes, which include communal lounges, gardens, cafés/bistros and hair salons.
About the role
Everyone is different but what stays the same is our commitment to offering high standards of care to all our residents regardless of their care needs – enabling them to live their best lives.
Tasks can include:
* Supporting with household and domestic tasks, such as laundry, shopping, cleaning, and financial transactions such as paying bills.
* Making meals, drinks and snacks where necessary.
* Encouraging and enabling residents to follow agreed care plans.
* Assisting residents with getting up in the morning, providing personal care including washing / bathing and dressing; helping with undressing and going to bed in the evening, as well as providing help and ensuring medication is taken as required.
* Putting resident wellbeing at the heart of the service, going the extra mile to ensure our residents can live their best lives and ensuring managers and key agencies are kept informed of progress.
Our Care Workers
* Paid by the hour, not by the job (£13.86 per hour, full time equivalent £25,295 per annum based on working 35 hours per week)
* Receive benefits including Holiday Pay, Occupational Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and access to our Health Cash Plan
* Supported to achieve relevant qualifications
* Opportunity to join our Extra Care Academy – support and training to progress into management
Is it for me?
* Kind and friendly
* Good written and verbal English communication skills
* Commitment to undertake necessary further training
* Genuine desire to help people
* Reliability and flexibility
* Ability to use initiative
* Remain calm under pressure
The benefits
* Holiday Pay
* Occupational Sick Pay
* Occupational Maternity Pay
* Health Cash Plan
* Blue Light Card (offering discounts across retail, hospitality and leisure)
* Car Lease Scheme
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Uniform provided
* Employee Assistance Programme
* 50p hourly enhancement for all Level 2
* Training and development to fulfil your career aspirations
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