Community Support Worker

My Care My Home; Wigan; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real Living Wage

Paid induction training

Travel time paid

Mileage reimbursed

Free DBS check

Uniform provided

Full PPE provided

Paid shadowing in the field

Employee Assistance Programme

Career progression opportunities

Refer-a-Friend Scheme

Job summary

My Care My Home is seeking a Community Support Worker in the Wigan area for domiciliary visits to service users in their own homes. You will join a team, including another Community Support Worker, with optional sitting services for companionship.

Shifts include 7:45am–1:30pm and 3:30pm–10pm, with weekends on a fair share, and 15–20 hours weekly plus extra hours for sits. An hourly rate of £13.45 and real living wage benefits apply, with travel time and mileage paid.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required; comprehensive induction training provided.
• Attitudes and values and genuine passion for helping people to lead independent lives in their own home will be assessed.
• Weekend availability on a fair share basis is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prompting/supporting with personal care and dressing (including intimate personal care).
• Support with light household duties, laundry, shopping, cleaning and light meal preparation.
• Assisting with medication – collecting prescriptions, prompting, or administering medication.
• Accompanying to medical appointments if needed.
• Companionship services.

Job description

We are currently looking for a Community Support Worker for the Wigan area.

This is a domiciliary care role, visiting people in their own homes, and you will work alongside another Community Support Worker as part of a team. There are also sitting services available as part of this role; providing companionship to service users; in addition to the domiciliary care visits.

While being a driver would be advantageous and open up more opportunities for work, it is a preference but not a necessity for this role, as you will be working alongside other members of the team who drive.

The provisional shift patterns for this particular vacancy incorporate a share of breakfast and lunchtime visits as well as teatime and bedtime visits along with some 'sits'. Therefore, we need someone who can accommodate around 15-20 hours per week for the domiciliary care provision and preferably some extra hours for the 'sits'. The shift patterns available are 7:45am-1:30pm and 3:30pm-10pm. You will also need to be-able to work weekends on a 'fair share' basis with the rest of the team, so ideally you will be available to work every other weekend (i.e. one weekend per fortnight).

What can we offer you:

• An hourly rate of £13.45
• Weekly or monthly pay, depending on your preference
• Permanent contracted hours – no zero hours contracts
• Part-time or Full-time opportunities
• Travel time paid at £13.45 per hour
• We pay the Real Living Wage plus paid leave on additional hours worked over contract!
• Mileage paid at 20p per mile
• Free Enhanced DBS check
• Free uniform and full PPE provided
• Paid induction training and paid shadowing out in the field
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning and Development opportunities to support your career goals
• Excellent career progression opportunities
• Smartphone app to easily keep in touch and up to date
• Refer-a-Friend Scheme (Ts&Cs apply)
• Work for a company that proudly holds a 4.2 rating on Glassdoor, our colleagues value our supportive and positive working culture

Duties include:

• Prompting/supporting with personal care and dressing (which could include assistance with intimate personal care).
• Support with light household duties, including laundry, shopping, cleaning and light meal preparation.
• Assisting with medication – this could be collecting prescriptions, prompting, or administering medication.
• Accompanying to medical appointments if needed.
• Companionship services.

Do I need previous experience?

While advantageous, we do not ask for any formal qualifications or previous experience of working within the care sector, as we provide comprehensive induction training. This includes paid job-shadowing of an experienced, senior, team member.

We are more interested in your attitudes and values, along with your ability to demonstrate a genuine passion for helping people to lead independent lives in their own home. This will be assessed via your application and at interview.

Who are My Care My Home?

My Care My Home is an established and trusted provider of domiciliary care and sitting services, with fantastic employee satisfaction ratings and service user testimonials. Our Community Support Workers are the heart of our operation; providing the kind of care and support that enables our service users to live as independently as possible in their own homes, the way they want to.

We are all about building lasting relationships and ensuring that you have plenty of time at each visit to provide the level of service that we pride ourselves on, and on which we have built our enviable reputation.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening, including enhanced DBS checks, references, and verification of the right to work in the UK, in line with our Safeguarding Policy.

You can find out more about the services we provide by visiting www.mycaremyhome/services/home-care-services

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent