Social Care Worker - DL Required

Choice Care; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading residential care provider in Gloucester is seeking a dedicated Social Care Worker to provide personal care and support to residents with learning disabilities. The role involves assisting with daily activities, administering medications, and engaging in community activities. Ideal candidates will be patient, reliable, and possess excellent communication skills. This position offers competitive benefits including training opportunities, holiday entitlement, and bonus schemes.

Benefits

Learning Academy for qualifications

Holiday entitlement starting from 28 days

Sick pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend scheme

Christmas bonus

Life insurance

Annual staff awards

Paid day off on birthday

Blue Light Card eligibility

Financial health app access

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and medication administration.
• Ability to assist with daily activities and follow care plans.
• Good interpersonal skills to interact with residents.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care including bathing and dressing.
• Administer medications and maintain daily records.
• Engage residents in activities and outings.

Skills

Patient

Reliable

Flexible

Team player

Good communicator

Job description

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care - including bathing, toileting, dressing and help with feeding
• Medication administration
• Assisting and getting involved in residents' daily activities, hobbies or outings
• Following care plan guidance alongside Company policies and procedures
• Developing an open, honest, and considerate working relationship with residents
• Maintaining written daily records
• Attending and completing training, as required

Being patient, reliable, flexible, a team player and a good communicator are key characteristics of a successful Social Care Worker.

About Choice Care

Choice Care is one of the UK’s leading residential care providers for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions. With over 30 years' experience, we're at the forefront of national best practice, with among the highest CQC ratings of any comparable organisation.

Our homes are more than just a place to live, they're like a second family for everyone we support. Each home is a close knit community, with its own unique personality, and all the ups and downs of typical family life, built on trust and the promise of unconditional care. Our colleagues build close bonds with the people they care for, helping to create enduring, positive relationships that build confidence and self-esteem. In every Choice Care home there's a strong emphasis on living life to the full and having fun, with purposeful daily activities based on individual preferences and capabilities. Alongside this there are regular social events, projects, outings and holiday breaks which everyone can get involved in and express themselves through.

Where will you work?

Stroud Lodge is a large, extended, Victorian detached property, two miles from Gloucester City centre. The home supports nine men and women of varying ages with learning difficulties, autism and associated complex needs, including those with behaviour that challenges. The home has a modern fully-equipped kitchen where all food is prepared by the staff and residents. The daily menu is agreed and planned in advance, and people can choose alternative meals if they wish. Stroud Lodge is ideally located to take advantage of everything Gloucester has to offer, including Gloucester Leisure Centre, Gloucester Docks and shopping in the busy town centre. As well as an in house activity programme, everyone is encouraged to participate in a variety of community activities, including attending college courses, horse riding, cinema or theatre trips and eating out. Some of the residents also enjoy visits to the local beauty salon for a variety of treatments. The home has its own transport for local travel and recreational and educational excursions. The residents at Stroud Lodge are an adventurous bunch, and have recently enjoyed a series of foreign holidays, including trips to Rome and New York City.

Benefits

• Learning Academy - Adult Care Worker Level 2 and Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 qualifications for all staff
• Holiday entitlement - starting from 28 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Sick pay entitlement
• Employee Assistance Programme - comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
• Refer a Friend scheme - enjoy a payment of £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
• Choiceversary - staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years to celebrate their commitment to Choice Care
• Christmas bonus - vouchers for all staff members
• Life insurance
• Annual staff awards - this year each winner received £400 and we had over 30 winners in total
• Complex in-house training - this includes our Advanced Management Development Programme for managers in the making and our Foundation Management Development Programme for rising stars
• A paid day off on your birthday
• Free monthly prize draw - all frontline care colleagues are automatically entered into a monthly prize draw. Three winners, selected randomly, receive £500 each, tax‑free
• Blue Light Card eligibility
• Reclaim prescription costs for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and access free feminine hygiene products whilst on shift
• Wagestream - a financial health app that enables you to track your earnings, save a small amount automatically each month, receive optional pay advances, purchase vouchers for discounts with retailers, and get access to financial support and education
• minimum service periods and apprenticeship funding eligibility applicable to some benefits