Support Worker

HomeCareDirect; Sheffield; On-site; Part time

Job summary

HomeCareDirect seeks a Support Worker to join the dedicated care team in Sheffield. This role involves providing essential support to a gentleman with memory problems and epilepsy, focusing on person-centered care without personal care tasks. Candidates should possess good communication skills and a commitment to long-term support.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Enhanced bank holiday pay

Paid training

Blue Light discount card

Long Service Awards

24/7 on-call assistance

24/7 confidential wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Good level of education.
• Good communication skills.
• Compassionate, reliable, and committed.

Responsibilities

• Provide prompts and reminders for daily tasks.
• Support with appointments and shopping trips.
• Help organize medication and keep client’s diary.

Skills

Communication Skills

Compassionate

Reliability

Education

Good Level of Education

Job description

Support Worker

Location: Sheffield, Yorkshire
Hours: 2 posts – 12 hours each
Pay: £13.00 per hour

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.

Why Join Us?

As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy:

Competitive Pay & Benefits

• Company pension scheme
  
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
  
• Paid training
  

Ongoing Support & Recognition

• Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
  
• 24/7 on-call assistance
  
• Employee perks, including:
  
• Blue Light discount card
  
• Long Service Awards
  
• PA of the Quarter Awards
  
• 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life
  

The Role

As a Personal Care Assistant, you’ll be part of our client’s dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. You’ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.

This is a lovely part-time role available for a caring, funny and down to earth support worker in the Sheffield area.

There are 2 x part-time posts available, 12hrs each. You would be expected to work flexibly over 3-4 days which would include alternate Sundays but there are no Saturday shifts. The hours of work each day would fit around the other support worker in the package and between you ensure that one of you was on shift each day and cover for each other in times of sickness or holidays

About the Client & Your Responsibilities

Our client is a gentleman who has memory problems and epilepsy resulting from a brain injury. Although he has retained his sense of humour and love for comedy, sitcoms, music and football, he needs support with prompts and reminders with everyday tasks.

This role would include supporting with attending appointments and shopping trips, general help around the home and helping our client to keep his diary up to date so he has all information he needs to remind him of things. You will also help to order and organise his medication so you need to be proactive and have a sense of maturity.

No personal care is involved in this role. Drivers are not essential, however if you do drive, our client has a motability vehicle that you will use.

Requirements

Training & Support

We provide comprehensive, paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date, covering:

ü Full induction

ü Safeguarding Adults

ü First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety

ü Medication Care Needs

ü Head Injury

ü Epilepsy Awareness

ü Mental Health / OCD

All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.

Who We’re Looking For

ü Good level of education

ü Good communication skills

ü A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual

ü Commitment to long-term, person-centred care

Benefits

Join a Team That Cares

At HomeCareDirect, we are committed to safe, fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted, trained, and supervised to the highest standards.

If you're dedicated to making a meaningful difference, apply today!

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