Care & Support Bank Worker

Southern Housing; Horsham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Housing is seeking compassionate and dedicated Care & Support Bank Workers for the Isle of Wight. This role involves providing essential care and support to residents, ensuring their safety and well-being while promoting independence. Ideal candidates will exhibit strong interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn.

Benefits

Paid travel time

Generous mileage allowance

Paid DBS and training

Health benefits package

Flexible working hours

Employee referral scheme

Cash claim-back on medical treatments

Additional payment for sleep-in duties

Discounted rates on various benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering care would be ideal, but enthusiasm and commitment are valued.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support as outlined in resident care plans.
• Promote independence and inclusion for residents.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Care & Support Bank Worker

£13.13/hour

Isle of White, PO30 5BF

The role

Are you a compassionate and hard-working individual? Do you enjoy delivering care? If so, then this role may be the one for you...

We are looking for Care and Support Bank Workers to join our dedicated care teams on the Isle of Wight. As a bank worker you will be expected to respond to the care and support needs of residents, assisting with intimate personal care, maintaining a safe and secure environment, following health and safety requirements and maintaining up to date care plans and risk assessments.

We are looking for bank workers in locations all over the island, including; Ryde, Sandown, Newport, Ventnor & Island-Wide (driver essential).

Ideally you will have previous experience, but if not, show us the energy, enthusiasm and commitment to improve someone’s quality of life and we’ll provide all the training and support you’ll need. We’ll even help you to study for professional qualifications if that’s what you want to do.

The location

You will be working at a number of different schemes based around Isle of Wight including Newport, Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide the care and/or support to each resident as identified in their person-centred care and/or support plan. This may include personal care at some services
• Deliver the care and/or support in a way which promotes independence, rights, respect, choices and inclusion in their community.
• Summon professional assistance in the case of an emergency/or deal with an emergency situation

What you’ll need

• Good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to work unsupervised and adapt to working environments
• Basic IT skills
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle

Benefits in working with us

As a trusting and competitive provider of care and support services on the Island, we can provide you with paid travel time, generous mileage and holiday allowance, paid DBS and training as well as health benefits package. And if you're interested in career progression, then we are the employer for you!

• The ability to buy extra leave and discount cards
• Flexible working hours – covering weekdays, evening & weekends
• Employee referral scheme
• Cash claim-back on medical treatments
• Full training provided at no additional cost
• Additional payment for sleep-in duties, where applicable
• Discounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, give as you earn, critical illness and travel insurance

Closing Date: 22nd July2025 at 23.59am

Applying for roles with us

We appreciate the effort and authenticity that candidates bring to our recruitment process. To ensure fairness and a true reflection of each applicant’s qualifications, we kindly request that all submissions be personally written and not generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Applications that are identified as AI-generated may not be considered. Thank you for understanding and for sharing your unique experiences with us.

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heartof everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailersdiscounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experienceand perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.