Relief Support Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Shift app access

Job summary

Creative Support in Newton Aycliffe, Durham, is seeking a warm, proactive Relief Support Worker to join our friendly team. The role focuses on high-quality personal care, building trusting relationships, and enabling service users to lead valued lives.

You will assist with cooking, housekeeping, life-skills tasks, and community engagement, with shifts managed via our free app. A minimum of 12 months UK care experience is essential, and a clean driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months UK care experience required.
• Must hold a clean, valid UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality personal care and practical support.
• Help with cooking, cleaning, and household tasks.
• Support service users in life skills and daily activities.
• Engage users in activities at home and in the community.
• Complete general administrative duties and housing tasks.

Skills

Care experience

Driving licence

Job description

£12.85 per hour, plus rolled up holiday pay

Newton Aycliffe, Durham

Relief/Bank

We are looking for warm, caring, and proactive Relief Support Worker to join our friendly staff team in Newton Aycliffe, Durham. Our vibrant supported living service supports individuals with learning disabilities, complex needs, mental health needs, and autism. We are committed to providing quality person-centred care and ensuring that our service users live valued and fulfilling lives.

In this role, you will develop and sustain warm & trusting relationships with our service users, while providing respectful, high-intensity personal care, as well as practical and emotional support. This will include assisting with cooking, cleaning, housework, and other life skills, alongside general administrative duties & housing management tasks. You will also ensure no two days are the same, engaging service users in a wide range of exciting activities within their homes, and out in the community.

As a Creative Support Bank Staff member, you will have access to our free app, allowing you to pick up shifts in any area of the country. The app also provides information on the service and shifts, including directions. This position enables you to pick up shifts at times that suit you, making it ideal for fitting around personal commitments, study, or caring responsibilities. You will be paid on a weekly basis via our Bank Payroll.

A minimum of 12 months’ UK care experience is essential for all Relief roles. You will attend a mandatory induction before commencing work within our Durham services.

A clean, valid driving licence is also an essential requirement of this role. Vacancy Reference Number: 89965 Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

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.