Care Assistant / Support Worker

AWD online; Crawley; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

AWD online is seeking Care Assistant / Support Worker in the Crawley area to provide in-home care and support to service users, helping them stay safe and independent in the community.

Roles include personal care, companionship, meal preparation and light household tasks, with safeguarding and medication handling experience desirable. Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential; weekend/evening work may be required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in domiciliary care
• Medication handling experience
• Safeguarding experience
• Manual handling experience
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle
• Good comprehension of the English language
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity in care
• Teamwork and ability to work on your own initiative
• Flexible, reliable and punctual

Responsibilities

• Provide personal support to service users in their own homes
• Help service users remain safe, comfortable and independent
• Offer companionship and social interaction during visits
• Assist with meal preparation and light household tasks as per care plan
• Follow care plans, risk assessments and company procedures
• Support medication handling as required by care plans
• Notice and report changes in service users' condition or behaviour
• Maintain accurate visit notes and report safeguarding matters
• Adhere to safeguarding and health and safety guidelines
• Communicate warmly with service users, families and colleagues
• Travel between visits within agreed area

Skills

Domiciliary care

Medication handling

Safeguarding

Manual handling

Driving licence

English communication

Job description

Care Assistant / Support Worker

Full-Time - Part-Time - Bank Staff Positions Available

A rewarding opportunity for an experienced, caring and reliable person with a background in domiciliary care to support service users in their own homes, helping them remain safe, comfortable and independent in the local community.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Domiciliary Care Assistant, Home Care Assistant, Support Worker, Care Worker, Domiciliary Care Worker, Community Care Assistant, Home Care Worker, Personal Care Assistant, Carer

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates MUST have a Full Driving Licence and their own Vehicle

SALARY: £14.00 per Hour Weekdays and £14.50 per Hour at Weekends + 40p per Mile

LOCATION: Successful candidates will work in one of the following areas that are closest to where the live:

• Crawley and Horsham

• Haywards Heath

• Worthing and Littlehampton

• Bongor and Chichester

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Part-Time, Permanent and Bank Staff Positions Available

JOB OVERVIEW

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who wants to make a positive difference to people’s lives while working as a Care Assistant / Support Worker in the local community.

As a Care Assistant / Support Worker, you will provide friendly, practical and personal support to service users, helping them live as independently as possible in their own homes.

The company is looking for a Care Assistant / Support Worker who has previous domiciliary care experience, with good medication handling, safeguarding and manual handling experience.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Care Assistant / Support Worker include:

• Providing Personal Support: Assist service users with day-to-day care needs in a respectful, dignified and person-centred way

• Supporting Independence: Help service users remain safe, comfortable and independent within their own homes

• Offering Companionship: Provide friendly, reassuring support and social interaction during visits

• Preparing Meals: Help with meal preparation, balanced diets and light household tasks where outlined in the care plan

• Following Care Plans: Deliver support in line with care plans, risk assessments, training and company procedures

• Handling Medication Safely: Support medication handling in line with care plans, training and company procedures

• Noticing Changes: Recognise and report any changes in a service user’s condition, behaviour, mobility or circumstances

• Maintaining Records: Complete accurate visit notes and report any concerns, refusals, cancellations or safeguarding matters to the office

• Working Safely: Follow safeguarding, health and safety, manual handling, moving and positioning and infection control guidance at all times

• Building Relationships: Communicate warmly and professionally with service users, families, colleagues and other people involved in their care

• Travelling Between Visits: Work across your agreed area, travelling to service users in the community

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

• Previous experience in domiciliary care

• Medication handling experience

• Safeguarding experience

• Manual handling experience

• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle

• Good comprehension of the English language

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels

• Able to show empathy, compassion and sensitivity when supporting service users

• Able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team

• Able to work alone in a community setting

• Ability to recognise poor practice, hazards and changes in service users’ needs or circumstances

• Understanding of safeguarding processes and the principles of empowerment

• Able to carry out moving and positioning techniques following training

• Accurate record keeping skills

• Flexible, reliable and punctual approach

• Must be able to work alternate weekends and some evenings

• Able to provide a consistent availability pattern

• Due to the nature of some personal care duties, female applicants are preferred where this is a genuine occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010

DESIRABLE

• QCF/NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care

• Understanding of supporting people to fulfil their potential and live independently

• Specialist training in areas such as diabetes, autism or learning disabilities

This role requires an Enhanced DBS Check

Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available for these positions