Care Worker - Byrnhill Grove - 28 hours

Southern Housing; Horsham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Southern Housing is seeking a dedicated Care Worker for a part-time role at Byrnhill Grove in Ventnor, ensuring residents receive personalized support. Applicants should possess at least 5 GCSEs, including Mathematics and English, alongside good communication and teamwork skills. Join a respected provider of housing and care, contributing to a meaningful support service.

Benefits

Paid travel time

Generous mileage and holiday allowance

Paid DBS and training

Flexible working hours

Employee referral scheme

Qualifications

• Must have 5 GCSEs including Maths & English.
• Ability to provide intimate personal care.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care and support to residents.
• Assist residents with intimate personal care and ensure safety.

Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Health & safety awareness

Ability to work as part of a team

Education

5 GCSE passes at grade 'C' or above

Job description

Care Worker

£18,345 pa for 28 hours a week

Byrnhill Grove, Ventor, Isle of Wight

We are looking for a passionate Care Worker to join Southern Housing. As a Care Worker you will work as part of the team providing person centred care and support to residents living at Byrnhill Grove, our Registered Care Home in Ventnor.

You’ll be flexible to respond to their individual needs, assisting them with intimate personal care when required and ensuring their environment is safe and secure, following health and safety requirements and carrying out care plans and risk assessments.You must be physically able to undertake manual handling and you will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Services check.

Please note, this role is part time, contracted 28hours per week.

The location

You will be based at our Byrnhill Grove scheme, Ventnor, Isle of Wight

What you’ll be doing

• Provide care to residents and people who use our services, as identified in their person-centred care plan. This may include some intimate personal care.
• Deliver care in a way which promotes independence, rights, choices, and inclusion in the community.
• Summon professional assistance in the case of an emergency.
• Practice within the criteria set out in the Care Quality Commission standards ensuring residents have an up-to-date care plan and risk assessment which reflects their individual needs and wishes.

What you’ll need

• 5 GCSE passes at grade “C” or above (or equivalent Grade 9-5) inc. Maths & English
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Health & safety awareness
• The ability to work as part of a team
• Understanding of the requirements of CQC
• Willingness to learn new skills

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
• 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: 3^rd July2025 at 23.59pm.

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.

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.