Support worker - Westcountry CM - Frome

Active Care Group; Frome; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training provided

Enhanced DBS checks funded

Bank hours available

Job summary

Active Care Group in Frome is seeking a warm, reliable Support Worker/Companion to assist an older gentleman at home. The role focuses on companionship, independence, and helping with daily routines, outings and activities. Training is provided and shifts include days, evenings, and sleep-ins.

Experience in care or related fields is useful but not essential. A full driving licence is required for occasional vehicle use and travel around Frome, with bank hours also available.

Qualifications

• Experience in care or brain injury is useful, but not required.
• Willingness to train and learn new skills.
• Able to follow guidance and work in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship and help maintain independence.
• Help client with daily routines and getting out for coffee, walks, errands.
• Accompany client to appointments, activities and days out.
• Follow professional guidance and maintain a safe, supportive environment.

Skills

Companionship

One-to-one work

Communication

Reliability

Initiative

Full driving licence

Job description

Support Worker / Companion – Frome £15.75–£17.85 per hour, Nights £12.71-£13.71 per hour 2 evening shifts and 2 overnight shifts – 30 hours in total (12 daytime and 18 sleep in shifts) Bank hours also available Full training provided

Are you a warm, reliable person who enjoys helping someone get the most out of life? We're looking for the right person to join a small, established team supporting an older gentleman in his own home in Frome. Following a brain injury, he needs some help organising his day, maintaining routines and getting out and about. He is mobile and enjoys being active and engaged with everyday life. This isn't just about "care". A large part of the role is companionship and helping someone maintain their independence — getting out for a coffee or lunch, going for walks, shopping, activities, appointments, days out and generally helping him have a good day. You don't necessarily need to have worked in care before.

• Warm, patient and easy to get along with
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Confident using their own initiative
• Comfortable working one-to-one
• Able to follow professional guidance and work as part of a small team
• A good communicator with a positive outlook
• Genuinely interested in helping someone maintain an enjoyable and independent life
• Experience in care, brain injury, dementia, healthcare, SEN, teaching, support work or similar would be useful, but finding the right person is more important than finding the perfect CV.

Full specialist training, supervision and ongoing support will be provided.

• Frome, Somerset
• £15.75 /hour weekdays and £12.71 sleep per hour
• £17.85 /hour weekends and 13.71 sleep per hour
• Sleep-in/night shifts also available
• Full driving licence required — you'll sometimes drive his vehicle
• Day, weekend and additional overtime maybe available
• Training provided
• Enhanced DBS and safer recruitment checks required and funded by the employer

Full UK Driving licence required. This could particularly suit someone from healthcare, education, SEN, emergency services, support work, community work — or simply someone who's naturally brilliant with people.