Care Workers

Housing 21; Horley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday Pay

Occupational Sick Pay

Occupational Maternity Pay

Health Cash Plan

Blue Light Card

Car Lease Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Uniform provided

Employee Assistance Programme

50p hourly enhancement for Level 2

Training and development

Job summary

Housing 21 is looking for a caring Care Worker to join our team. You will support residents with daily tasks and personal care in our independent living schemes, helping them live their best lives and maintaining their dignity.

You will work in a friendly, supportive environment with access to a range of benefits and Career development opportunities. Our residents live in self-contained flats with communal spaces across schemes, promoting independence and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal English communication skills.
• A genuine desire to help people.
• Commitment to undertake necessary further training.
• Reliability and flexibility.
• The ability to use your initiative.
• To remain calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Supporting with household and domestic tasks, such as laundry, shopping, cleaning, and paying bills.
• Making meals, drinks and snacks where necessary.
• Encouraging and enabling residents to follow agreed care plans.
• Assisting residents with getting up, personal care (washing/bathing and dressing) and supporting evenings routine, ensuring medication is taken as required.
• Putting resident wellbeing at the heart of the service and keeping managers informed of progress.

Skills

Good English communication

Empathy for residents

Reliability & flexibility

Initiative

Calm under pressure

Job description

Everyone is different but what stays the same is our commitment to offering high standards of care to all our residents regardless of their care needs - enabling them to live their best lives. Our residents tell us how important our Care Workers are to them, being a friendly face, brightening their day and helping to make life worth living by doing the simplest of things. Tasks can include:

• Supporting with household and domestic tasks, such as laundry, shopping, cleaning, and financial transactions such as paying bills.
• Making meals, drinks and snacks where necessary.
• Encouraging and enabling residents to follow agreed care plans.
• Assisting residents with getting up in the morning, providing personal care including washing / bathing and dressing; helping with undressing and going to bed in the evening, as well as providing help and ensuring medication is taken as required.
• Putting resident wellbeing at the heart of the service, going the extra mile to ensure our residents can live their best lives and ensuring managers and key agencies are kept informed of progress.
  To be kind and friendly
• Good written and verbal English communication skills
• Commitment to undertake necessary further training
• A genuine desire to help people
• Reliability and flexibility
• The ability to use your initiative
• To remain calm under pressure
  Are you looking for a career that's both rewarding and offers opportunities to develop, but dread the thought of a desk job?

Are you a people person who can strike up a conversation with anyone? Do you want to finish work knowing you've made real a difference to someone's life? If this sounds like you - we've got the perfect match! As a Care Worker with Housing 21 you'll be part of a friendly, supportive team as you work together to support our residents. Once you're at work that's it - no travelling between calls as residents live independently in their own apartments within our schemes, which also offer communal lounges, gardens, cafés/bistros and hair salons for them to enjoy. Working with familiar residents and colleagues every day, you'll build strong relationships and feel part of the Extra Care family. We want to make sure you feel valued too and have developed our offer to set us apart from the wider care sector.

• Are paid by the hour, not by the job. £13.86 per hour, full time equivalent £25,295 per annum (based on working 35 hours per week)
• Receive benefits including Holiday Pay, Occupational Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and access to our Health Cash Plan, At Housing 21 we're proud to be bucking the trend as a care provider we offer a range of impressive benefits including:
• Holiday Pay
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Occupational Maternity Pay
• Health Cash Plan
• Blue Light Card (offering discounts across retail, hospitality and leisure)
• Car Lease Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Uniform provided
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 50p hourly enhancement for all Level 2
• Training and development to fulfil your career aspirations

An offer of employment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced disclosure check, satisfactory references, and induction training.