CQC Supported Living Worker - Social Care

Home Group Limited; North Tyneside; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in North Tyneside is seeking a Supported Living Worker to assist customers with daily living tasks and promote independence in their lives. The ideal candidate will have a passion for care, a valid UK/EU driving licence, and experience supporting individuals with complex needs. This role offers great benefits, including flexible working hours, extensive leave, and health cash plans.

Benefits

34 days leave including bank holidays

Health cash plan

Over 800 high-street discounts

Career development opportunities

Support for employee wellbeing

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a valid UK/EU Driving Licence and be over the age of 25.
• Experience caring for others, either professionally or personally.
• Passion for supporting customers to live independently.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers with daily living tasks to promote independence.
• Support customers in personal care, meal preparation, and budgeting.
• Conduct risk assessments and support planning.

Skills

Experience in care

Ability to work on own initiative

Flexibility

Listening skills

Education

Level 2 Health and Social Care Certificate

Tools

Basic technology skills

Job description

Applicants must hold a valid UK/EU Driving Licence and be over the age of 25 to comply with Motability Insurance criteria. This is so that they can support the customers into the community in the customer’s own vehicle.

Home, a place where you belong

Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Supported Living Worker, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community, in our registered CQC service. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations.

What you’ll do

• Assisting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• We help our customers achieve their goals, this can be doing anything from keeping their home clean and tidy to arranging fun‑filled days out.
• We support our 2 brilliant customers who have learning disabilities and live in their own purpose‑built bungalow in North Tyneside.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• Support to attend appointments, personal care and meds, take part in hobbies and interests or attend college or work.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.

Why join us

This is more than a job, it’s a place where you feel valued. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!

• A Level 2 Health and Social Care Certificate or are prepared to work towards it!
• Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail.
• Experience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children.
• Experience of working on own initiative, remaining calm under pressure and having a resilient approach.
• A flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs, recognising every customer is different.

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The practical bits

• Where we’re flexible with you; we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• You’ll work on a rota basis including day shifts and sleep‑ins and take your turn working weekends and bank holidays. We need you to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers, but we will give you the time you need to spend on the things that matter to you.
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for it.
• To make sure that our customers can achieve their goals, you must hold a valid UK/EU driving licence and be over the age of 25 to be covered by Motability insurance.

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people. For more details please go to https://www.disabilityconfident.co.uk.

• 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a 'me day' to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high‑street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.