Support Worker Full Time

Flamingo Workforce; Worcester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card

24 hour support line

Long service awards

Job summary

Flamingo Workforce is recruiting experienced support workers to provide care in adults’ homes and supported living across Worcester and Malvern. This permanent post is 37.5 hours weekly, employed directly by the provider; Flamingo Workforce handles the recruitment.

You will mix domiciliary calls with supported living shifts, helping with shopping, cooking, medication reminders, personal care, and social activities, all while keeping accurate care records for quality and safety.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and a car you can use for work.
• Previous paid experience as a support worker, care worker or carer.
• Clear communication and good written records.
• The right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Provide domiciliary care calls and supported living shifts including shopping, cooking and medication reminders.
• Deliver personal care with dignity and respect.
• Take clients out for activities and social engagement.
• Keep accurate care records and documentation.
• Follow the rota, including 24-hour shifts and sleep-ins when required.

Skills

Driving licence

Care experience

Communication

Record keeping

Right to work (UK)

Job description

Full UK driving licence and your own car are essential for this role.

We are recruiting experienced support workers for a care provider that supports adults in their own homes and in supported living across Worcester, Malvern and the surrounding area. This is a permanent post on a 37.5 hour contract, employed directly by the provider. Flamingo Workforce is handling the recruitment.

The work

Your week mixes domiciliary care calls with supported living shifts. In one day you might help someone with shopping, cooking and medication reminders, give personal care with dignity, then take someone out for the afternoon somewhere they enjoy. You keep accurate care records as you go.

Pay

Weekday days £12.85 an hour, weekday evenings £13.50, weekend days up to £13.50, weekend evenings up to £14.50. Bank holidays at time and a half. Sleep ins £80.19 a night. Business mileage paid at 45p a mile.

Hours

Domiciliary calls run between 7am and 10pm. Supported living shifts run 9am to 10pm. 24 hour shifts run 9.45am to 10pm, sleep in, then 7am to 10am. Alternate weekends are part of the rota.

What you need

• A full UK driving licence and a car you can use for work.
• Previous paid experience as a support worker, care worker or carer.
• Clear communication and good written records.
• The right to work in the UK.

What comes with it

• £125 each time the service is rated Good by CQC, £250 for Outstanding.
• Up to £300 for referring a friend who joins.
• Holiday top up payments for regular overtime.
• Blue Light Card.
• A confidential 24 hour support line.
• Long service awards from £100 at five years to £1,000 at twenty.
• A full induction with face to face training, online modules and shadowing.

Ready for more responsibility?

If you hold a Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or you have led shifts, given medication or supervised staff, tell us in your application. We are also recruiting a Team Leader for a residential service near Malvern and will talk to you about both roles.

The provider is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer