Relief Support Worker

Real Life Options; North East; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive care organization in Hartlepool is seeking a Relief Support Worker to assist individuals with daily living tasks, including personal care and community engagement. This role requires passion for helping others and offers comprehensive training. You will collaborate in various shifts, and prior experience is a plus. Key benefits include generous holiday allowance, accredited training, and a pension scheme. Join us to make a positive impact in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and autism.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday

Accredited training

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted goods access

Cycle to Work Scheme

Financial wellbeing scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Recognition Initiatives

Qualifications

• Must be over 18 years old.
• A DBS for both adults and children will be required.
• Previous experience is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist people with daily living tasks including domestic services and personal care.
• Support activities within the local community.
• Cover sleep-ins as required.

Skills

Good communicator

Honesty

Reliable

Caring

Self-motivated

Flexible

Passionate

Inclusive

Job description

Relief Support Worker

Hartlepool – Domiciliary care and Supported Living.

Relief hours available.

Salary: £12.21 per hour.

Driver required with a full UK license preferred.

Are you passionate and have a genuine desire to help others and are looking for a rewarding career? If so, come join our dedicated team and help support individuals to live an independent and fulfilling life. We are looking for people to join our team in Hartlepool, where you will have the opportunity to enhance and really make a difference in people’s lives. We deliver creative, dynamic and person‑centred services providing a range of individualised support to people living in a supported living service, in their own homes and out in the community.

About the role

As a domiciliary support worker you will assist people with daily living tasks which may include:

• Domestic services
• Social support
• Personal care
• Support with medication
• Meal preparation
• Managing finances

You will also support activities within their local community and must be happy in all weathers as many of the people we support lead active lives.

This role is supporting individuals with varying levels of learning disabilities and autism, and you would also be required to cover sleep‑ins.

The role may comprise various shifts including mornings, evenings, nights, and weekends, sleepovers will include an allowance.

Previous experience is desirable for this position, but don’t let that put you off. If you have the right enthusiasm and a can‑do attitude, we want to hear from you, as full training will be provided. You will be expected to work in part of your training will include several shadow shifts with an experienced member of staff.

Must be over 18 years old.

A DBS for both adults and children will be required.

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.

• 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
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

Our values and what we look for

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:

• Respect
• Honesty
• Responsibility
• Excellence

Skills we value:

• Honesty
• 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 an 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. Please let us know.