Male Support Worker

Creative Support; Northampton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Stonewall Diversity Champion

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking caring and proactive individuals to provide personal care to two service users with learning disabilities, mental health and complex needs in Wellinborough, near Northampton.

Positions available as full-time and part-time with shifts from 6am to 10pm, including sleep-in options. You will travel around Wellinborough to the service users' homes and liaise with district nurses while supporting medication and community activities.

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required.
• UK work eligibility only; no sponsorship offered.
• Gender is an occupational requirement under Equality Act 2010.

Responsibilities

• Provision of personal care to service users in their own homes.
• Support with cooking and cleaning.
• Medication administration as directed by health professionals.
• Develop and sustain warm relationships with service users.
• Help reduce loneliness and enable community activities.

Skills

Personal care

Medication administration

Community engagement

Travel to homes

Job description

£12.85 per hour

Northampton, Northamptonshire

Full-Time, Part-Time

We are looking for caring and proactive individuals to provide personal care to two service users with learning disabilities, mental health and complex needs, based in Wellinborough.

Staff will liaise with the district nurses and health professionals to carry out all identified social care tasks and healthcare takes assigned by them, whilst ensuring and outcome-focused service which is responsive to individuals changing needs. This service user will need assistance with medication and shaving, but you will also be involved with supporting them with activities within the community, as they love to go shopping and being out and about.

Male Support Worker Duties

• Provision of personal care to service users in their own homes
• Provide support to individuals with cooking and cleaning
• Medication administration as directed by health professionals
• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users
• Work to reduce loneliness and assist service users to engage in community activities where possible

Previous care experience is not essential for this role. Shift patterns range from 6am to 10pm, and we offer full time and part time work, as well as sleep in shifts. You will work within the community for this role and you must be comfortable with travelling around Wellingborough to individual’s homes to provide care.

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

Vacancy Reference Number: 90659

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

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 – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.