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Norsecare; Fakenham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekend enhancements

Blue Light Card

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Norse Care is looking for a Care Support Worker in Fakenham to join our friendly team. You will assist with personal care, promote independence, and support wellbeing activities across day and night shifts.

A DBS check is required or can be completed with us, with funded training and career progression on offer. We value compassionate, team‑oriented individuals who share our commitment to high‑quality care and respectful service users.

Qualifications

• Experience in care or willingness to learn.
• Patient, compassionate and a team player.
• DBS check required or willing to undergo.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and support tasks.
• Promote independence and dignity in line with care plan.
• Respond to call bells and emergencies; work with the team.

Skills

Caring

Team player

Education

DBS check

Job description

Join our friendly, supportive and inclusive team at Cranmer House to help us make a real difference in the lives of our service users.

40 hours per week + opportunity for additional hours

Shifts across Monday - Sunday.

Transport Links to Cranmer House:

Cranmer House is situated near the centre of Fakenham. Major bus routes connect you from Norwich, Kings Lynn, Hunstanton, Wells, Dereham & more. Click

Join our friendly, supportive and inclusive team at Cranmer House to help us make a real difference in the lives of our service users.

Care Support Worker - Fakenham

£13.81 per hour (days) + enhancements // £14.06 per hour (nights) + enhancements

40 hours per week + opportunity for additional hours

Shifts across Monday - Sunday.

Transport Links to Cranmer House:

Cranmer House is situated near the centre of Fakenham. Major bus routes connect you from Norwich, Kings Lynn, Hunstanton, Wells, Dereham & more. Click

here to see Cranmer on the map:

Residential care homes in Norfolk and Suffolk - Norse Care

Are you an experienced Care professional or new to the industry? Come and work for Norse Care. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from improving people's lives.

Please note that Norse Care are currently unable to provide sponsorship.

A day in the life:

As a Care Support Worker you will assist with personal care and support tasks, enabling our service users to make informed choices, promoting their independence and dignity in line with their person-centred care plan. Working as part of a team, you will build strong relationships with your colleagues and the service users, participating and supporting with wellbeing events and activities, and helping to promote a safe and engaging environment. Responding to call bells and emergencies in a timely manner and communicating with other medical professionals and community stakeholders as required.

About you:

We are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others by providing excellent care and who share our core values:

• We care completely.
• We collaborate proactively.
• We act with integrity.
• We pursue better.
• We make it happen.

**We will be looking for you to demonstrate these at the interview stage! **

About Cranmer House:

Cranmer House is our residential care home in Fakenham, West Norfolk. The home provides short-term and full-time residential care and support.

Why work for Norse Care?

We value the contribution that everyone at Norse Care makes to improving people's lives. It's important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training, so our service users get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!We understand that working in care can be rewarding but also challenging, so your wellbeing is important to us. From day one, you will have access to a wide range of benefits alongside a great reward package including weekend working enhancements, access to a Blue Light Card, physiotherapy and chiropractor treatment, and more. For a complete list of what we offer,

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. We expect all our colleagues to share our vision and values.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.