Care & Support Worker Nights - Harker House

Norse Group LTD; Long Stratton; On-site; GBP 34,440,000 - 41,328,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded accredited courses

Excellent career progression

Weekend working enhancements

Blue Light Card

Physiotherapy

Chiropractor treatment

Job summary

Norse Care's Harker House in Long Stratton is seeking a Care Support Worker to provide personal care and support to service users, promoting independence and dignity. The role includes nights, with a rate of £14.06 per hour and opportunities for extra hours.

The successful candidate will work within a team, engage in wellbeing activities, respond to call bells, and coordinate with healthcare professionals as needed.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and support tasks to enable service users to maintain independence and dignity
• Work as part of a team, building relationships with colleagues and service users
• Respond to call bells and emergencies promptly and communicate with medical professionals as required

Job description

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

Care Support Worker –Long Stratton

£14.06 per hour (Nights) + enhancements

35 hours per week + opportunity for additional hours

Shifts across Monday - Sunday:20.00-07.00

Are you an experienced Care professional or new to the industry? Come and work for Norse Care. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from improving people’s lives.

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, 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 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 chiropractortreatment, and more.

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