Care Support Worker - Harker House

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

Job summary

A local care provider in Long Stratton is seeking a Care Support Worker to assist service users with personal care and support tasks. The role involves building relationships, participating in wellbeing activities, and responding to emergencies. Ideal candidates should be passionate about care and share the company's core values. Part-time hours at £13.31 per hour with potential for additional hours.

Benefits

Access to award-winning training

Weekend working enhancements

Access to a Blue Light Card

Physiotherapy and chiropractor treatment

Qualifications

• Demonstrate core values of care, collaboration, integrity, and pursuing better.
• Ability to assist with personal care and support tasks.
• Respond in a timely manner to call bells and emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and support tasks.
• Build strong relationships with service users and colleagues.
• Participate in wellbeing events and activities.

Skills

Passion for supporting others

Excellent communication skills

Team collaboration

Job description

Overview

Care Support Worker - Long Stratton
£13.31 per hour (Days) + enhancements
21 hours per week + opportunity for additional hours

A 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, participate and support wellbeing events and activities, and help 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 Harker House

Harker House is our care home at the heart of the Long Stratton community in South 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 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.