Support Worker
Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
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Salary: | £12.50 per hour |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
Location: | Spalding, Lincolnshire |
Remote working: | On-site only |
Company: | Good Companions Spalding Ltd |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | PA |
Summary
Come and join the fabulous team at Good Companions - a small family company looking for great new team players. We specialise in offering a wide range of care and companionship services designed to support our service users in the comfort of their own homes. Our motto is "Care from the Heart" If you agree then we want to hear from you!
Duties include:
Perform light housekeeping tasks, such as dusting, vacuuming and changing bed clothes.
Provide Companionship so maybe going out for lunch or visiting the Garden Centre, going out for a dog walk.
Accompany Service Users to medical appointments.
Observe, monitor and record Service Users' physical and emotional well-being, and promptly report any changes to senior staff.
Encourage and support Service Users to participate in social and recreational activities - visit a local club or go swimming.
Assist Service Users with light personal care tasks, such as washing, dressing and eating.
If you have any questions or would like some further information on the role, please 'APPLY' now and we can arrange a phone call at your earliest convenience. We can’t wait to hear from you .Remember to check out our Facebook page to see and learn more about our amazing team - https://www.facebook.com/Goodcompanionsspalding
Our ideal candidate:
Proactive person who can use your own decision making
Reliable, conscientious and committed
Good team player but confident about lone working
Flexible and willing.
Excellent Communication Skills
Excellent Organisational Skills and Good Time Keeping
A willingness to learn and adapt
To always maintain Professionalism
Must have a full driving license and access to a car
Empathetic to people and kind
A desire to genuinely help other people and make a difference
Hours:
To make it fair for all staff, we all work alternative weekends.
We do also offer flexible working hour contracts if this suits people better than set weekly contracted hours.
Shift patterns:
Morning / lunch shifts are 7am-2/3pm
Afternoon / evening shifts 3/4pm-9.30pm
However some shifts may cover different time frames dependent on service user requirements.
Pay:
£12.50 per hour
Benefits:
Excellent hourly rate!
Fully paid training.
A well-established home care provider who invests in their team
A growing company making a huge difference in people's lives everyday.
Excellent management and supportive staff.
Ongoing training and mentoring.
Career progression opportunities.
We really care about our workforce - so no late nights.
We really care about our service users and aim to offer high quality, individualised companionship for them.
We try our best to find great matches between care staff and service users.
All care packages can be really tailored to suit people's individual needs
Family/friendly working environment
£150 refer a friend bonus scheme
Pool lap top for use to complete online training for staff who may not have use of a computer at home
Opportunity to gain NVQ and other qualifications - funded by us!
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme