Extra Care Support Worker

Creative Support; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking dedicated Support Workers for its Extra Care Service in Carlisle. The role involves providing personalized care to older people and building meaningful relationships. With flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, full training is offered to those passionate about care.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Passionate about providing care and support to older people.
• No prior experience necessary; full training provided.
• Ability to provide respectful personal care.

Responsibilities

• Engage with service users and build trusting therapeutic relationships.
• Deliver personalised extra care services.
• Provide respectful personal care to meet service users' needs.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Flexibility

Job description

We are looking for hardworking, flexible and empathetic Support Workers to join our team, providing a person-centred service at our Extra Care Service at Heysham Gardens, Carlisle. The service is a purpose-built scheme which offers independent living opportunities for older people in a friendly, inclusive and safe environment.

For our Carlisle Extra Care service, we want our service users to lead active and positive lives. To achieve this, we need individuals to help us to deliver personalised extra care services. We need individuals who are passionate about providing dedicated care and support to older people. As a Support Worker you will engage with service users and build trusting therapeutic relationships. Good communication skills are key to this role, as is the ability to provide respectful personal care to meet the service users’ needs.

We can offer flexible hours which include evening and weekend work. Previous experience within a similar Support Worker role is not essential as we will provide full training and support when undertaking this role. The service has great local transport links within Carlisle.

Vacancy Reference Number: 81682Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number

Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.