Support Worker
Location: Ross-on-Wye,West Midlands
Hours: 26 – 29hrs per week
Pay: £ to £ per hour
About HomeCareDirect
HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.
Why Join Us?
As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
Competitive Pay & Benefits
1. Company pension scheme
2. Enhanced bank holiday pay
3. Paid training
Ongoing Support & Recognition
4. Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
5. 24/7 on-call assistance
6. Employee perks, including:
7. Blue Light discount card
8. Long Service Awards
9. PA of the Quarter Awards
10. 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life
The Role
As a Personal Care Assistant, you’ll be part of our client’s dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. You’ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.
This rewarding vacancy is for 26-29 hours per week on a 2-week rota, working in the Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire area. The shift hours are either 9am to 3pm or 8pm to 10pm and you should be available across all days to fit in with the other support workers in the package.
About the Client & Your Responsibilities
Our client is a gentleman in his 50's who lives at home with his wife and two children. The ideal support worker for this role must be proactive in supporting personal development, have a strong ethical value base and have enthusiasm for assisting the client to live their life to the full and as independently as possible.
You will be required to support the client with medication, moving and handling with aid of a hoist, support with catheter care and the upkeep of his hydro pool, assisting the client to any appointments and social outings whilst providing support with personal care and meal preparations. Due to the complex support needs of the client, you ideally should have some previous care experience.
You will be required to drive as part of this role so you should be a driver aged 30yrs for insurance purposes. Our client also has 3 family dogs so you should be comfortable working around dogs with no dog allergies.