Health Care Support Worker / Senior Support Worker

New Haven Specialist Care; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Fully funded training

Job summary

New Haven Specialist Care is looking for a Senior Healthcare Support Worker to provide essential support to vulnerable individuals. The role involves aiding clients in daily activities, promoting their well-being, and ensuring they live independently in a safe environment.

Ideal candidates should possess excellent communication skills, a good understanding of safeguarding, and experience working with vulnerable groups. Benefits include training opportunities, a company pension, and a flexible schedule.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience with vulnerable individuals in care services or community development is desirable.
• Ability to follow policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support clients' physical and emotional well-being.
• Assist service users with daily living activities.
• Communicate effectively with professionals supporting service users.
• Carry out health and safety checks.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Good written communication skills

Excellent verbal communication skills

Ability to work effectively within a team

Knowledge of safeguarding

Driving license

Education

English Language minimum Level B1

Job description

About the Role

The role of a Health Care Support Worker is to provide support to individuals who are vulnerable such as elderly group, mental health, learning disabilities or injuries who live in their own homes or supported living units to ensure their needs are catered for and empower positivity and growth.

As Senior Healthcare Support Worker you will have excellent communication skills; the ability to build a positive rapport with Service User you support with challenging behaviours and needs; and an understanding of how to help them to develop the skills and confidence to live independently.

Main Responsibilities

• Support clients to develop resilience and build mental, physical, emotional and social well‑being in a safe, caring and nurturing environment.
• Support to prepare and serve food, assists some service users in feeding and prepares snacks and hot drinks.
• Encourage clients to participate in social and recreational activities.
• Assists service users in washing, dressing, toiletry activities and general mobility.
• Support shopping tasks and general household activities such as meal preparation, laundry and keeping the home tidy to encourage the participation of Service User in these tasks to help prepare them for independent living.
• Observe, monitor and record clients’ physical and emotional well‑being, and promptly report any changes to senior staff.
• Support the service user in their own homes or supported living units.
• Communicate effectively with social workers and all other relevant professionals if needs be when supporting the service users.
• To carry out regular health and safety checks in the environment the service user lives.
• Assist with the safe lifting, transferring, repositioning, and movement of clients.

Qualities and Experience

• Excellent knowledge of safeguarding in relation to Service User.
• Relevant experience of working with vulnerable individuals in a housing, care services, community development or related field is desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good written communication skills for effective correspondence, report writing.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a team structure.
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures.
• Being a driver is essential.
• Knowledge of English Language minimum Level B1 in listening, reading, writing and speaking (Prove your English language with Secure English Language Test (SELT) through www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

In return we offer our Senior Care Assistants

• Fully funded off‑ and on‑the‑job training and career development opportunities regardless of level of experience in social care.
• We cover your Enhanced DBS cost.
• 20 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a Company pension scheme.
• Sponsorship available for those with overseas Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants experiences and qualifications.

Benefits

• Company pension.
• Flexible schedule.

Schedule

• Day shift.
• Night shift.
• Weekend availability.