Support Worker

Key Care & Support; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage

Holiday allowance

NEST pension

Employee assistance

Long service awards

Training & development

Job summary

Key Care & Support is seeking a female support worker to join a growing team to assist a lady in Sale with mental health and learning disabilities. You will cook from scratch, manage budgets, assist with maths and English, and provide friendly, motivating companionship during day shifts and occasional sleep-ins.

The role requires full-time commitment (minimum 30 hours) in a 24/7 setting, with a focus on compassionate, practical support and personal development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must cook a wide range of traditional meals.
• Budget household finances.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Enjoy shopping and socialising.
• Willing to work full-time with a minimum 30 hours and complete sleep ins.
• Flexible to take on extra shifts in a 24/7 provision.

Responsibilities

• Support a lady in her 50s living in her own home in Sale.
• Cook meals from scratch (traditional meals).
• Help improve maths and English skills; stay upbeat and chatty to motivate her.

Skills

Excellent communication

Budgeting finances

Approachable & friendly

Enjoy shopping

Job description

Key Care & Support have an opportunity for a female support worker to join our ever expanding team

You would be supporting a lady in her 50's living in her own home in Sale with mental health and Learning disabilities.

She likes to go shopping and visiting the Trafford centre and takes pride in her home.

She would like staff who can help her cook meals from scratch, traditional meals such as corn beef hash, Sunday dinner, beef stew etc someone she can enjoy spending time with, she would like help to improveher maths and English skills and someone who is upbeat, friendly and chatty who can motivate this lady when she is feeling low

Essential requirements to support this lady are as follows:

• You must be able to cook a wide range of traditional meals as mentioned above
• Good at budgeting household finances
• Very good communication skills
• Like to shop
• Be approachable, open and friendly and happy to converse in day to day conversations throughout your shift
• Would be agreeable and happy to enjoy the occasional night out at the pub
• you must be committed to work full-time with a minimum 30 hours and complete sleep ins
• This is a 24/7 provision so must be flexible to take on extra shifts if necessary

Desirable; but not essential are:

• Driver with your own car
• Similar age and life experiences
• Have local knowledge of Sale.
• Culturally appropriate to meet indovidual needs and requirements day to day

What Key Care & Support will give you

• Real living wage- £13.75 per hour
• 5.6 days holiday inc of bank holidays.
• Pension contributions into NEST Scheme on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support.
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our long service award program.
• Access to training and professional development opportunities.
• Long service awards.
• Recognition awards for excellence in service delivery.