Support Worker (Driver)

Creative Support; St Helens; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£100 probation bonus

28 days annual leave

Company DBS paid

Pension with company contribution

24/7 out-of-hours support

Care Certificate training

Weekly or monthly pay

Job summary

Creative Support invites warm, reliable Support Workers to join our team in St Helens, Merseyside. You will help residents with complex needs, enabling greater independence and community participation in a friendly, supportive setting.

No prior care experience is required; a full, clean driving licence is essential to meet service-user needs. Roles are full-time or part-time with flexible hours, including sleep-ins.

Qualifications

• No care experience required, just a passion for person-centred support.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and assist with medication and domestic tasks.
• Encourage residents to take part in social activities inside and outside the homes.
• Develop warm, trusting relationships with residents and their families.
• Work full-time or part-time hours flexibly, including sleep-ins.

Skills

Personal care

Medication administration

Relationship building

Engaging residents

Job description

£12.85 per hour

St Helens, Merseyside

Full-Time, Relief/Bank

Are you looking for a diverse role that is fun, stimulating and rewarding every day?

Creative Support is looking for warm, reliable and enthusiastic Support Workers to join our friendly staff team in St Helens, Merseyside. Our service in St Helens, Merseyside provide quality care and support to residents with complex needs. We are seeking individuals who are warm, positive, person centered and committed to ensuring that service users with complex needs enjoy the highest quality of life and make progress towards greater independence by accessing into the local community in St Helens, Merseyside. No two days will be the same at this service as our residents love engaging in a range of exciting activities!

Your Role Will Include

• Providing personal care, administering medication and helping with other domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning
• Encouraging service users to engage in a range of exciting social activities both within and outside their homes
• Developing warm and trusting relationships with service users and their families enabling them to enjoy their time at the service to the fullest
• Full time or part time hours to be worked flexibly according to the needs of the service with a willingness to work sleep ins

A full, clean driving licence is essential for this role, due to service user needs.

We are looking for candidates from all walks of life. No previous care experience is needed, just a passion for providing person-centred care and support and working in a bright, friendly environment!

Benefits Of Working With Creative Support

• A one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period.
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• Free employee support programme
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma
• You will be paid on a weekly or monthly basis.

Vacancy Reference Number: 85948

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We can only accept fully completed applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK, we do not accept CV’s as a form of application.

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed.