Supported Living Support Worker

Abbey Care; Sheffield; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established family-owned care provider is seeking compassionate Community Support Workers to join their dedicated team. This role focuses on enhancing the lives of clients by providing personal care, emotional support, and assistance with daily activities. With a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care, you will help clients maintain their independence and happiness in their own homes. The ideal candidates will possess a caring nature, patience, and a strong desire to make a positive impact in others' lives. This is a rewarding opportunity to be part of a supportive community that values its clients and employees alike.

Benefits

Guaranteed contracted hours

Paid DBS

1 week of fully paid training

Ongoing support and monitoring

Additional pay for Bank Holidays and Christmas

Qualifications

• Caring nature and patience are essential for this role.
• A team player who is reliable and punctual is needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support with nutrition and medication.
• Support service users to access community activities and events.
• Complete daily records accurately and report concerns to management.

Skills

Caring nature

Patience and understanding

Reliability

Good timekeeping

Team player

Creativity for activities

Desire to make a positive difference

Job description

Abbeycare and Nursing is a well-respected and established family-owned care provider, delivering community-based support in and around the surrounding districts of Sheffield (S35, S6, S13).

We pride ourselves on supporting our clients to have the ‘best day possible’, delivering the highest standards of care and ensuring the people we support are happy and independent in their own homes. Our clients are at the centre of everything we do!

We are currently recruiting for Community Support Workers to expand our existing team. The qualities we are looking for are:

• caring nature
• patience and understanding
• considerate of others' needs
• creative - to bring new ideas for suitable day trips and social activities
• reliable
• good timekeepers
• desire to make a positive difference in another person's life
• a team player

In return we offer:

• £11.62 per hour (minimum), with additional pay for Bank Holidays and Christmas
• guaranteed contracted hours
• paid DBS
• 1 week of fully paid training
• ongoing support and monitoring

Key Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, support with nutrition and medication
• Support service users to access community activities and events
• Provide emotional support to service users and families/relatives
• Complete daily records including care notes and MAR charts accurately
• Support service users with money management and document accurately
• Report any concerns to management
• Demonstrate openness and honesty at all times
• Promote independence
• Work both independently and as part of a team
• Support colleagues

We currently have roles available in the S35, S13, and S6 area. This is for both days and waking nights.

Please note that due to a high-volume female-only service user population and the intimate nature of associated role responsibilities, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement for the majority of our care worker roles (which are available to female applicants only) as permitted under the Equality Act 2010.

We have a limited number of opportunities for male care workers and reserve the right to close the recruitment process early where the number of applications exceeds our requirements.

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