Care workers/ homecare worker/ support worker

Carters, Inc.; Hailsham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community care provider in Hailsham seeks a Relief Homecare Night Support Worker to empower individuals through personalized support. Key responsibilities include providing emotional assistance, promoting health, enabling daily living activities, and ensuring safe medication administration. Ideal candidates should hold a driving licence and demonstrate a commitment to person-centred care. This position offers competitive hourly rates and various employee benefits, including paid training and pension scheme access.

Benefits

Access to Blue Light Card discounts

Local Government Pension Scheme access

Paid training

Paid PVG and free SSSC registration

Qualifications

• Current driving licence and vehicle use required.
• Experience in home care or similar field preferred.
• Understanding of PVG Adults is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred practical and emotional support.
• Promote health and well-being for service users.
• Enable service users in daily aspects of life.
• Administer medication safely following training.

Skills

Driving licence

Emotional support

Medication administration

Empathy

Person-centred approach

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Relief Homecare Night Support Worker

Hours: Relief/Casual

Salary: £13.89 - £14.59 per hour / £26,804.69 - £28,155.19 pro rata per annum

Contract: Relief/Casual

Training: All training is provided.

Location: Carter's Corner, East Sussex, UK, BN27 4

Requirements: PVG Adults – we will do this for you! A current driving licence and use of a vehicle is essential.

We focus on these five principles to provide excellent care through a well‑structured, meaningful and person‑centred approach.

• Providing person‑centred practical and emotional support to empower the people we care for, as outlined in individual support plans.
• Promote the health and well‑being of the people we support and ensure their needs are met in an inclusive way.
• Support, enable and involve service users in all aspects of their lives, including personal care, eating, drinking, and mobility if necessary.
• Be responsible for the safe administration of Service Users' medication, following relevant training.

Benefits:

• Access to Blue Light Card discounts and SBC Benefits
• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Paid training
• Paid PVG and free SSSC registration

If you have a disability which precludes you from holding a driver's licence, Scottish Borders Council will take into account its responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to allow for your disability. Should it be possible to make such an adjustment in order that you can undertake the travel responsibilities of the post, this will be taken into account in consideration for this role.

Informal Enquiries: Informal enquiries can be made to the Adult Social Care Recruitment Team.

Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post.