Support Worker

Key Care & Support; Sale; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real living wage

Holiday entitlement 5.6 days inc bank

NEST pension scheme

Employee assistance program 24/7

Long service awards

Training and development

Recognition awards

Quarterly awards

Job summary

Key Care & Support is looking for a female support worker to join a caring team in Sale. You will support a lady aged in her 50s with mental health and learning disabilities at her own home, helping with cooking, budgeting, and everyday activities.

The role requires 30+ hours full-time with sleep-ins and the ability to work across a 24/7 provision. You will be upbeat, friendly, and able to motivate her during challenging times, while enjoying social outings as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Must be able to cook a wide range of traditional meals.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide range of traditional meals from scratch.
• Assist with budgeting and managing household finances.
• Provide daily support, companionship, and social interaction.
• Encourage and motivate the lady when she is feeling low and support learning activities like maths and English.
• Support outings and shopping trips and maintain a positive home environment.
• Be flexible to cover shifts including sleep-ins and extra hours as needed.

Skills

Cooking

Budgeting

Communication

Shopping

Flexibility

Social interaction

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.