Support Worker

Cerise Healthcare; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible hours

Free mandatory training

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Cerise Healthcare are seeking Support Workers to join our team in Blackburn, providing care and support in supported living services. Roles include lone-working considerations with early, late, and long day shifts across various services.

Applicants should be able to act with initiative, be compassionate, and have solid English communication. DBS and reference checks apply, with mandatory training provided.

Qualifications

• Be able to work under their own initiative.
• Be compassionate and understanding.
• Have a good understanding of spoken and written English.
• Be reliable and punctual.
• Have recent UK based Health or Social Care experience.

Responsibilities

• Personal care for residents as required.
• Medication administration or prompting.
• Assistance with finances.
• Community access participation.
• Assisting with cooking.
• Enabling an independent lifestyle.

Skills

Compassionate

Reliability

Punctuality

English proficiency

Job description

Cerise Healthcare are seeking Support Workers to work with our client, suppliers of support to Adults based at their services across Blackburn

Benefits for Support Workers choosing to work with Cerise Healthcare include:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Flexible working hours to suit you
• Free mandatory training
• Great refer a friend scheme

The roles available are for Support Workers who will be offering care to individuals in supported living services. Support Workers may be assigned key worker or floating support roles within the services and should be aware that there may be some lone working

Tasks Support Workers may be expected to undertake include:

• Personal care (dependent on the requirements of those living at the service)
• Medication administration/prompting
• Assistance with finances
• Community access
• Assisting with cooking
• Enabling an independent lifestyle

Cerise Healthcare are happy to consider applications for Support Workers looking for full and part time roles. There are a mixture of early, late and long days available at these services.

Cerise Healthcare require all Support Workers to:

• Be able to work under their own initiative
• Be compassionate and understanding
• Have a good understanding of spoken and written English
• Be reliable and punctual
• Have recent UK based Health or Social Care experience.

Please note that these roles are subject to a successful DBS, reference checks and passing mandatory training

Cerise Healthcare are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We aim to provide equality of opportunity to all persons regardless of their religious belief, gender, race, age, marital/civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity. Cerise Healthcare will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on the aforementioned; or any other qualities