Care Worker (WF3)

TN United Kingdom; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated community team as a Care Worker in the WF3 area, providing personal care and support to enhance the lives of individuals. This role requires essential qualities like patience and empathy, with opportunities for training and development. Flexible shift patterns and various benefits make this position rewarding. Apply today to make a difference in your community!

Benefits

Fully funded DBS

Paid induction training

Training development

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Union membership

Qualifications

• Essential qualities include patience, empathy, and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care that preserves people's dignity.
• Promote independence using enabling approaches.
• Support people to meet their outcomes.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Communication

Education

Level 2 accredited courses

Job description

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Our Mission “Is to be care-giving day-makers, hope-builders, smile-givers, life-changers, community-warriors with the will to make a difference.” Join our dedicated community team and help us to enrich the lives of others.

Join our dedicated community team today!

We are recruiting a minimum of 3 part-time Care Workers to provide care and support to people living in the WF3 area, which includes:

• Bottom Boat
• Carlton
• East Ardsley
• Lofthouse
• Lofthouse Gate
• Robin Hood
• Thorpe
• Tingley
• West Ardsley

We are looking for people with Be Caring values to join our team. If you want to make a positive difference to the lives of those in your community, we want to hear from you!

• Shift Pay rather than pay per call; allowing you to go Above & Beyond when supporting clients to achieve outcomes, maintain independence, and build community connections.

As a Care Worker for Be Caring, your working hours will be aligned to our shift patterns, which for this role include late shifts and alternate weekends.

• Late shift: 3:00pm - 10:00pm (finish time depends on public transport times)

We will agree your working pattern, setting a 2-week rota which includes:

• Evenings as agreed within your working hours.

Additional benefits include:

• Fully funded DBS.
• Paid induction training: 1 week classroom-based (Monday - Friday), 2 days shadowing, and online modules.
• Training development: funded Level 2 and other accredited courses.
• Holiday pay: annual leave accrues with working hours and length of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): 24-hour helpline, advice, and guidance for yourself and dependents.
• Union membership (optional): through our partnership with the GMB.

Job Description

You may already have many of the skills needed to excel as a Care Worker for Be Caring. Patience, empathy, and clear communication are essential qualities for this role.

As a Care Worker working in WF3, you will:

• Provide personal care that preserves people's dignity.
• Promote independence using enabling approaches.
• Support people to meet their outcomes, involving families and professionals.
• Connect people to their communities and local support services.
• Deliver personalized care through individual choice and control.
• Be a strong and effective communicator, documenting, reporting, and sharing information appropriately.

Induction Training

As a Care Worker for Be Caring, you will receive comprehensive induction training on:

• Be Caring values and going Above & Beyond to meet personal outcomes.
• Dignity, respect, safeguarding, and equality and diversity.
• Confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Fluids, nutrition, and safe medication administration.
• Moving and positioning, basic life support, and pressure sore prevention (React to Red).
• Infection prevention and control, health and safety.
• Learning Disabilities (Oliver McGowan Tier 1), mental health, and capacity.

Apply today and our friendly recruitment team will be in touch!