Care Support Worker - Casual - St Nicholas House

NorseCare; Dereham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Dereham is looking for a Care Support Worker to assist in promoting independence and dignity for service users. The role involves providing personal care and engaging with service users in a supportive environment. The ideal candidate will have a passion for care and excellent communication skills. This position offers £13.31 per hour, along with access to various benefits and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Access to award-winning training

Weekend working enhancements

Blue Light Card access

Physiotherapy and chiropractor treatment

Qualifications

• Demonstrable passion for caring for others.
• Strong communication skills to interact with service users and professionals.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and support tasks.
• Promote service users' independence and dignity.
• Respond to emergencies and communicate with medical professionals.

Skills

Passion for supporting others

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

Join our friendly, supportive and inclusive team at St Nicholas House to help us make a real difference in the lives of our service users.

Care Support Worker - Dereham
£13.31 per hour (Days) + enhancements
Casual

Day in the life

As a Care Support Worker you will assist with personal care and support tasks, enabling our service users to make informed choices, promoting their independence and dignity in line with their person-centred care plan.

Working as part of a team, you will build strong relationships with your colleagues and the service users, participating and supporting with wellbeing events and activities, and helping to promote a safe and engaging environment.

Responding to call bells and emergencies in a timely manner and communicating with other medical professionals and community stakeholders as required.

About you

We are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others by providing excellent care and who share our core values:

• We care completely.
• We collaborate proactively.
• We act with integrity.
• We pursue better.
• We make it happen.

We will be looking for you to demonstrate these at the interview stage!

About St Nicholas House

St Nicholas House is our residential care home in Dereham, West Norfolk. The home provides short-term and full-time care and support, including specialist care and support for people living with dementia.

Why work for Norse Care?

We value the contribution that everyone at Norse Care makes to improving people's lives. It\'s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training, so our service users get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

We understand that working in care can be rewarding but also challenging, so your wellbeing is important to us. From day one, you will have access to a wide range of benefits alongside a great reward package including weekend working enhancements, access to a Blue Light Card, physiotherapy and chiropractor treatment, and more. For a complete list of what we offer, please click here to visit our website.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. We expect all our colleagues to share our vision and values.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.