Support Worker - Extra Care

TN United Kingdom; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading charity committed to enriching lives through compassionate care. This role involves supporting individuals in a newly established Extra Care Scheme, where you'll make a significant impact on residents' lives. With flexible working hours, ongoing training, and a supportive environment, you'll thrive in a culture that values empathy, respect, and personal development. If you're passionate about making a difference in your community, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

28 Days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Hours

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Ongoing professional development

Financial Hardship Fund

Investment in wellbeing

No uniform policy

Qualifications

• Values of patience, empathy, and compassion are essential.
• Experience in care roles is beneficial but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support to residents.
• Assist with medication and meals as needed.
• Promote independence and social inclusion.

Skills

Personal Care

Dementia Care

Emergency First Aid

Empathy

Reliability

Problem Solving

Job description

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Client:

Community Integrated Care

Location:

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job Description:

Benefits & USP’s:

• £12.62 per Hour
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• Managed by supportive leaders
• 28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
• Pension Scheme
• No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• We will pay for your DBS
• We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
• Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• Shopping Discounts Scheme
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your wellbeing

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enrich the lives of people with many different care needs. It’s exciting and rewarding work, and we’re full of pride and passion for what we do.

Since the early days, we’ve grown to provide many innovative and bespoke care services to thousands of people across England and Scotland. We want to provide support based on the principles of choice, dignity and respect. This resonates in our vision of ‘Your Life, Your Choice’ and our strategy ‘Best Lives Possible’.

We have strong values and we’re proud to pioneer new ways of delivering social care to stand out in our sector. In the past two years, we have won or made the shortlist for over national and regional awards!

We are also focused on our people. Our Support Workers are dedicated and passionate about going ‘the extra mile’ for the people we support and in return, we go the extra mile for them by investing in pay, recognition, wellbeing and continued professional and personal development. We will provide you with all the training, support and personal protective equipment you need in your role and will help you develop, should you decide you want to develop your career with us.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role: A brand new, purpose built Extra Care Scheme consisting of 50 Self-Contained apartments - 40 of which are one-bedroomed, 5 are two-bedroomed, and 5 are adapted single person occupancy. Based in Ash Brow, HD2. The service has its own Café and garden spaces for the people we support to engage socially together and get some quiet outside their homes. The service has a large driveway to reach the main entrance with parking on site for staff, residents and visitors. Staff are on site 24 hours to provide support where needed and in emergency situations.

What is important to us

• We will want people who support us to be as independent as possible within our homes and promote social inclusion.
• We will want people who can get to know us and have similar interests to get us more involved within our local and wider community.

We are keen to hear from local people who have an interest in supporting this local community initiative in delivering positive outcomes to the tenants. This will involve all aspects of Care/Support to include:

• Personal Care
• Moving and Positioning
• Assistance with Medication/Meals etc.
• Dementia Care
• Emergency First Aid

Please note shift patterns as follows: Morning - 6.30am to 2.00pm
Afternoon - 2.00pm to 11.00pm
Nights - 11.00pm to 6.30am

Your values: What essential skills and experience is needed for the role?

We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognise that not everyone that would be perfect for the role, will have professional experience. This is why we're really passionate about recruiting to individuals’ values and we recruit people from all walks of life; From people with vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role, from people with lived experiences who may have friends or relatives with disabilities or have looked after older relatives, to people with no experience at all.

Naturally it is important too that you share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable, which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support. People's values are important to us, so we look for people with:

• Patience
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination
• A problem solver
• Resilience

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Created on 02/05/2025 by TN United Kingdom