Relief Female Support Worker - Waking nights

1st Homecare; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days paid holiday

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Job summary

1st Homecare is looking for a Female Support Worker in the NE3 area, offering £12.71 per hour. The role involves providing personal care, assisting with evening routines, and supporting two ladies in a supported living service.

Candidates should have good communication skills, flexibility, and a caring attitude. The position requires enhanced DBS and prior experience is preferred, although training will be provided.

Enjoy benefits like 28 days paid holiday and access to various health and financial wellbeing programs.

Qualifications

• Previous experience is desirable for this position.
• Enhanced DBS is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to individuals in the service.
• Assist with medication administration and light housework.
• Support individuals with their evening routines during waking nights.

Skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Caring

Flexibility

Self-motivation

Job description

Female Support Worker

Salary – £12.71 per hour NE3 Area

Relief – Waking Nights

In our Beech Avenue Supported living service we currently support 2 ladies 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.

Working alongside the sleepover staff. Medication administration, personal care tasks and light housework tasks. Supporting individuals with their evening routine and ensuring safety throughout the night.

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.

Enhanced DBS is required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards

• A minimum of 28 days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
• An 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
• A 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:

• 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.