Care & Support Worker

Cera Care; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced bank holiday rates

Holiday pay and pension scheme

Free DBS/PVG and uniform provided

Company mobile phone provided

Discounts for road-related services

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Career development pathway

Wellbeing support

Referral scheme £400 per referral

Job summary

Cera Care Recruitment is seeking a Care & Support Worker in Cambridge. No prior experience required; full training will be provided. You may choose from full or part-time hours, with shifts including early and late blocks. Drivers with own transport are preferred to travel across service locations.

We offer flexible hours, ongoing training, and a supportive team environment to help you deliver high-quality personal care and companionship to service users across Cambridge and surrounding areas.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; training provided.
• Willing to train and support you as you develop in the role.
• Driver with own transport preferred for service area.

Responsibilities

• Provide light domestic tasks and/or personal care as needed.
• Perform care visits with flexibility; typical shifts include early or late blocks.
• Support service users to stay as independent as possible with dignity.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Driver with own transport

Job description

Care & Support Worker

Cambridge

£13.25 - £13.50 per hour

Full or Part time hours, permanent contracts

Cera Care Recruitment

We are looking for people who have the right values, behaviours and attitudes to give the very best support to our service users within the supported living and community care team in Cambridge and surrounding areas. You do not need to have previous experience as we will train and support you as you develop your experience within the role, ideally you would need to be a driver with your own transport. Care visit durations for this service vary but are usually a minimum of 1 hour.

Do you share our values?

• Committed and passionate about delivering the highest standard of quality care
• Ensuring our service users are always shown dignity and respect
• Will you empower, enable and encourage our service users to remain as independent as possible
• Working together with your team to achieve quality

The demand for our support services across the area is increasing and as such we need new and experienced support workers to join us so we can continue to deliver high quality personal care through our local, well supported care worker teams. Your duties may range from light domestic tasks to full personal care. By helping our customers to carry out everyday tasks you make a big difference to their lives.

Our services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so we can offer flexible hours. We work hard to ensure that you see the same customers regularly, providing continuity and allowing you to build up a good working relationship. We try to match like minded support workers and customers so that your job becomes as enjoyable and rewarding as possible. There is also work available in our domiciliary care service, you may be required to work across services when needed in multiple locations including CB4 and CB5, Arbury Milton and Waterbeach.

Shifts are 7-2pm and 4-10pm. Alternate weekends are required.

Our benefits include:

• Enhanced bank holiday rates
• Holiday pay and pension scheme
• Free DBS/PVG, company mobile phone and uniform provided
• Exclusive discounts to help you get on the road including savings on driving lessons, fuel, car insurance, car maintenance, cycle hire and much more
• Enhanced maternity (12 weeks full pay), paternity and parental leave policies
• An industry-leading career development pathway, including the Care Certificate and NVQ's, there is plenty of opportunity for progression - 50% of our salaried roles are filled internally.
• Wellbeing support - including employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders, healthcare cash plan and free eye tests & contribution to the cost of glasses.
• Extra earnings through our referral scheme Care Friends - £400 per referral