Female Bengali-Speaking Relief Extra Care Support Worker

Creative Support; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local community service provider in Greater London is seeking a Relief Support Worker to assist older individuals in various aspects of their lives. The role requires at least 12 months of experience and the ability to support personal care and social engagement. The ideal candidate will empower service users to achieve their life goals in a supportive and inclusive environment. Applications must be submitted via the provider's website.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months experience required for all relief roles.
• Ability to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for service users.
• Experience in supporting individuals with personal care and access to opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide support with personal care and domestic tasks.
• Support individuals to access work, education, and social opportunities.
• Empower individuals to maintain a healthy wellbeing.

Skills

Positive communication

Engagement

Support with personal care

Knowledge of creative arts

Job description

Overview

We are looking for calm, resourceful, and energetic individuals who are highly motivated, hardworking, and keen to support older people in a proactive and holistic manner. We are a local provider employing a diverse team of over 100 well‑supported staff to deliver great services in Tower Hamlets.

Key Responsibilities

You must be willing to embrace all aspects of the role, including, but not limited to, providing support with personal care and domestic tasks, and supporting individuals to access work, education, and social opportunities. We value the personal skills and interests you bring to the role and to the lives of the people we support, such as sports and outdoor pursuits, creative arts, music, and cooking, to name but a few.

You will have well‑honed skills in positive communication and engagement and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for all our service users. You will support people to maintain a healthy state of wellbeing, mentally, physically, and emotionally. You will empower individuals to be happy, healthy, and successful in achieving their life goals.

Qualifications & Experience

A minimum of 12 months experience is required for all relief roles. You will be employed on a zero‑hours contract, relief basis. As a Creative Support Relief Support Worker, you will have access to our free SONA app, which enables you to pick up shifts as required. Relief workers are paid on a weekly basis via our Bank payroll.

Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement – Equality Act 2010.

Application

Vacancy reference number: 71931. Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

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.

Equality & Diversity

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