Waking Night Support Worker - Extra Care

Radis Community Care; St Helens; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community care provider in St Helens is seeking a Support Worker to assist elderly residents, helping them maintain dignity while supporting personal care activities. The ideal candidate should exhibit kindness and compassion and will engage in recreational activities with residents. Full and part-time hours are available, with excellent career progression and comprehensive training provided.

Benefits

Free uniform and PPE

Excellent career progression

NEST Pension

Mileage Allowance for Cars & Bikes

Refer a friend payment

Qualifications

• Experience in care/support work preferred.
• Understanding of the importance of privacy and dignity.
• Ability to engage in recreational and social activities.

Responsibilities

• Support elderly residents in mobility throughout the care scheme.
• Assist with personal hygiene and dressing.
• Engage in social activities for physical and mental stimulation.
• Maintain a positive and supportive attitude.

Skills

Kindness

Compassion

Respect

Job description

Overview

As a Support Worker in our Extra Care Scheme you will be supporting the elderly who are finding it difficult to cope due to physical frailty, enabling them to maintain their individuality and vital independence. You''ll help the people we support - often with restricted mobility - to move to dining areas at meal times, communal areas for social activities and to the privacy of their bedrooms and bathrooms at their request. You will help them with personal care activities such as washing, personal hygiene and dressing - this will mean you''ll understand the importance of privacy and dignity - so important to everyone. You will have the opportunity to take part in physical and mental stimulation by being a part of the recreational and social activities with the people we support, and as a group. And always with a kind smile and a supportive word, even when sometimes a day is challenging!

Are you considering a career in Care/Support Work? Or are you an experienced Carer/Support Worker who believes in showing qualities of kindness, compassion and respect. Joining the Radis family means that you will share our belief in the quality of care and support that we provide. We call these beliefs our ''Values''. Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do to ensure that our role always makes a positive impact to people''s lives. Radis Community Care is looking for dedicated and resilient people like you to work in our Reeve Court Extra Care Scheme in St Helens. Located in St Helens, Merseyside, Reeve Court has 206 one and two bedroom apartments designed to help the people we support retain as much independence and control over their lives as possible.

If you want to be part of our Radis family then this is how you can be… Established in 2001, Radis Community Care has grown to become a leading provider of community based social care and support for thousands of vulnerable adults and children in England and Wales, focused on supporting people to live independently in their own homes and part of their local communities. We support a range of people including the elderly and people with physical and/or learning disabilities. Tailored to meet the individual needs of the people we support, our support ranges from brief daily visits to 24-hour live-in support and can either be short or long-term. Radis Community Care is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

Nights £13.70 per hour

Responsibilities

• Support residents who are elderly or physically frail to move to dining areas at meal times, to communal areas for social activities, and to bedrooms and bathrooms on request.
• Assist with personal care activities such as washing, personal hygiene and dressing, while respecting privacy and dignity.
• Participate in physical and mental stimulation by engaging in recreational and social activities with the people we support, as part of a group.
• Maintain a welcoming, kind, and supportive attitude, even on challenging days.

Benefits and employment details

• Full and Part time hours available
• Free uniform and PPE
• Excellent career progression
• Fully structured support for all new starters available
• Full Out of Hours support
• Full training, working towards Care Certificate, Dementia, End of life and other training courses
• In-depth online & Office based training
• Mileage Allowance for Cars & Bikes
• Paid Shadowing in the field
• You get paid by BACS every 4 weeks
• NEST Pension
• Refer a friend payment (Unlimited Payments) Subject to conditions
• We will pay for mandatory refresher training

Radis Community Care is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.