Care and Support Worker - The Coppice

Wrekin Housing Group; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Paid Carer’s leave

Enhanced maternity leave

Job summary

The Housing Plus Group in Shrewsbury is seeking a Care and Support Worker to deliver compassionate care at The Coppice, a ShireLiving service for residents aged 55+. This part-time role offers 20 hours per week and requires a person-centered approach.

You will assist with personal care, domestic tasks, social activities and accompany residents to events, while upholding our values of empathy, dignity and inclusivity. DBS check will be enhanced.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering care and support to older adults preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a team and follow policies.
• Commitment to dignity, respect and inclusivity.

Responsibilities

• Assist tenants with personal care, shopping, cleaning and laundry.
• Support residents with social activities and events.
• Provide meal preparation and medication management as needed.
• Promote independence and inclusivity and act with compassion and patience.

Skills

Caring

Empathy

Communication

Job description

Job title: Care and Support Worker

Hours: 20 hours per week (3 roles available)

Salary: £13,676

Location: The Coppice, Bicton Shrewsbury, SY3 8DT

Are you seeking a new challenge as a Care and Support Worker that allows you the opportunity to demonstrate a caring and compassionate nature, delivering excellent care and support services? If so, we would love to hear from you.

The Coppice is a large ShireLiving service with 70 apartments offering people over the age of 55 a home for life where they can live independently within one of our apartments, with the additional reassurance that our team are on-site for 24 hours a day offering safety and security for all of our tenants who all have varying needs.

Our vibrant communities within ShireLiving thrive on connection and joy, offering activities tailored to what our residents love most. Together, we create a warm, engaging environment where everyone feels valued and supported.

Our team of Care and Support Workers also support our tenants with social activities and events like bingo, live music, active gardening club, indoor bowling, craft activities, breakfast, lunches and snacks.

When required, Care and Support Workers also support our tenants with personal care, shopping, cleaning, laundry, socialisation, medication management and meal preparation.

Joining our team at The Coppice will mean that you as a Care and Support Worker you will play a vital role in promoting and enabling inclusivity, individuality and independence through respectfully supporting our tenants who lead active lives exploring their interests.

We are looking for individuals who demonstrate the behaviours that underpin our organisational values, to ensure that the services to our customers are excellent. As a Care and Support Worker, you will be required to display the following values and behaviours:

• Own it – make it happen
• Improve it - move things forward
• Live it – show understanding and compassion

Care and Support Workers must also demonstrate the following values and behaviours:

• Caring - Placing individuals at the heart of the care, ensuring services are delivered with empathy, dignity, respect, inclusivity and integrity at all times
• Compassion - Requires a level of consideration, patience, empathy and understanding towards others people’s situation and their needs
• Communication - Always listen carefully, speak to people and act in a way that the person can understand
• Courage - Not to be fearful of trying new things to improve the quality of care and raise any concerns proactively
• Commitment - Provide a positive environment, with flexible and a proactive approach to our customer’s needs, helping to make each day special. Working collaboratively with colleagues and be accountable for providing services that make a positive difference to people’s lives.

Further details of the role of Care and Support Worker, responsibilities and requirements are available in the Job description and Person Specification attached.

Benefits:

• Continuous professional development with training, coaching, and mentoring
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental, and adoption leave
• Free onsite parking
• Paid Carer’s leave
• Access to a number of fantastic rewards including free and discounted tickets to popular destinations
• Access to Blue Light Discount
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long service recognition scheme

Our Inclusive Culture: The Housing Plus Group is an inclusive employer committed to supporting all employees. We know that people perform better when they can be themselves, so creating a culture which is inclusive isn’t only the right thing to do, but is crucial to the success of any organisation. All of our employee networks make a positive contribution to how we are able to support all of our staff and includes networks such as our LGBTQ+ employee group, disability positive, heritage and culture and our allies’ network.

This role will require an Enhanced DBS check.

We are committed to carrying out safeguarding checks with all our colleagues. These checks may vary according to the role you have applied for, please refer to the job description for this role for details.