Care Worker - Social Care
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12 to £12 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Home Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 24485 |
Summary
Care Worker
Seacroft, West Yorkshire
Permanent, Part Time (20 hpw) or weekends only
Pay £12 per hour (£23,464 pa), pro rata and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong….
Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Care Worker (known internally as reablement worker), you’ll support older people aged 55+ with varying care and support needs to live independently in their own home with peace of mind. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations.
Typical day as our Care Worker
• Support our customers in their own apartment who have a range of support needs including frailty and dementia.
• Help to regain or maintain independence and live well in their own home by carrying out every day daily living activities by themselves.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• Supporting customers who have more complex needs with personal care including bathing, toileting and getting dressed.
• Assisting in the delivery of tasks based on our customers personal support plans, making them feel valued, respected and maintaining their dignity.
It’s rewarding going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better and you can do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!
You bring
• Care Certificate or willing to complete within the first 12 weeks of employment.
• A Level 2 Diploma in Care or equivalent experience working in a personal care environment or willing to study for a Level 2 Diploma in Care.
• Passion to support our customers to live their best life.
• Experience of working on own initiative, remaining calm under pressure, and having a resilient approach.
• You’ll have experience of risk management, supporting and empowering customers through their care plans.
• Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.
Our team
Our fabulous team are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. To us we’re not just a team we’re a ‘work family’.
You’ll report to Melissa our Registered Manager, working alongside our Care and Support team and our housing management team too. Our team includes a Client Service Manager, Lead Reablement Workers and Reablement Workers.
Job details
• We provide 24-hour support, so you’ll work on a rota basis with shifts between 07:00 and 22:00, taking your turn to work days, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays. Example shifts include 07:00-11:00, 17:00-21:00 and 14:00-22:00.
• Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• Although you’ll work shifts, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers, and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Reablement Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
Seacroft, West Yorkshire
Permanent, Part Time (20 hpw) or weekends only
Pay £12 per hour (£23,464 pa), pro rata and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong….
Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Care Worker (known internally as reablement worker), you’ll support older people aged 55+ with varying care and support needs to live independently in their own home with peace of mind. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations.
Typical day as our Care Worker
• Support our customers in their own apartment who have a range of support needs including frailty and dementia.
• Help to regain or maintain independence and live well in their own home by carrying out every day daily living activities by themselves.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• Supporting customers who have more complex needs with personal care including bathing, toileting and getting dressed.
• Assisting in the delivery of tasks based on our customers personal support plans, making them feel valued, respected and maintaining their dignity.
It’s rewarding going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better and you can do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!
You bring
• Care Certificate or willing to complete within the first 12 weeks of employment.
• A Level 2 Diploma in Care or equivalent experience working in a personal care environment or willing to study for a Level 2 Diploma in Care.
• Passion to support our customers to live their best life.
• Experience of working on own initiative, remaining calm under pressure, and having a resilient approach.
• You’ll have experience of risk management, supporting and empowering customers through their care plans.
• Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.
Our team
Our fabulous team are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. To us we’re not just a team we’re a ‘work family’.
You’ll report to Melissa our Registered Manager, working alongside our Care and Support team and our housing management team too. Our team includes a Client Service Manager, Lead Reablement Workers and Reablement Workers.
Job details
• We provide 24-hour support, so you’ll work on a rota basis with shifts between 07:00 and 22:00, taking your turn to work days, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays. Example shifts include 07:00-11:00, 17:00-21:00 and 14:00-22:00.
• Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• Although you’ll work shifts, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers, and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Reablement Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
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