Female Support Worker

Real Life Options; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A support services organization is seeking a Female Support Worker in Newcastle upon Tyne to help individuals with personal care, daily cooking, and cleaning. This part-time position involves 30 hours a week with day shifts from 8am to 8pm. Candidates must have previous experience or be willing to undergo training. An enhanced DBS check is required. Benefits include paid holidays, accredited training, and additional health plans.

Benefits

28-days paid holiday per year

Accredited training

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

£10,000 Life cover

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted goods and services

Financial wellbeing scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role is desirable but training will be provided.
• An enhanced DBS check is required for this position.
• Driving license is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care, finances, cooking, and cleaning.
• Encourage active participation in the community.
• Deliver person-centered support tailored to individual needs.

Skills

Honest

Good Communicator

Strong Values

Flexible

Passionate

Self Motivated

Reliable

Caring

Inclusive

Job description

Female Support Worker

Salary - £12.21 per hour NE3 Area

Part time - 30 hours per week

Day Shift Patterns 8am-8pm with Sleep-ins 9am-9am

In our Beech Avenue Supported living service we currently support 2 ladies and 1 gentleman with all areas of their lives. Personal care, finances, daily cooking and cleaning. We encourage the people we support to have full active participation in the community and we deliver person centred support to each individual.

This is a great time to come on board and be part of a team that work with amazing individuals, by delivering detailed care plans we can tailor the person centred support so people live a fulfilled lives.

Within this service communication is key especially understanding non‑verbal communication cues.

Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.

An enhanced DBS is required for this role.

Driver Desirable

Benefits and Rewards

• Minimum of 28‑days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro‑rate for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first‑rate job
• Employer contributory pension scheme

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face‑to‑face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)

Recognition Initiatives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Values

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

• Honest
• Good Communicator
• Strong Values
• Flexible
• Passionate
• Self Motivated
• Reliable
• Caring
• Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.