Care Support Worker London, England
Job description
We are looking for a support worker for a permanent position.
Type of Contract – Permanent
Salary:
Starter: £21,000
Experienced: £22,000 to £24,000
Highly Experienced: Up to £27,000 (senior support worker)
Skills required:
You’ll need:
•the ability to get on with people of all ages and backgrounds and gain their trust
•tact, patience and understanding
•computer literacy and administration skills
•mental strength, to cope with challenging situations and clients
What you'll do:
Our Service Users include adults with physical or learning disabilities, mental health problems, addiction issues or other emotional or social needs.
Your day-to-day tasks might include:
· Checking on the service users’ needs, progress, and wellbeing
· Prepare and serve meals to the service users and assist with feeding where required.
· .Providing one-to-one counselling or group therapy sessions
· Help with daily living skills like budgeting, shopping and claiming benefits
· Providing leisure and creative activities to engage the service user in a safe and supportive setting
· Liaising with the multidisciplinary team and other professionals in implementing the support plan
· Talking with service users’ families and arranging family and home visits
Prompting service user to take their medication
To be qualified for this role:
· Care certificate + Required Mandatory Training Certificate
· Minimum 1 year experience in care and support work
· DBS checked
*You may also need a healthcare qualification such as a BTEC or NVQ for some of our roles*
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £21,000.00-£24,000.00 per year
Day range:
- Monday to Friday
Physical setting:
- Care home
- Homecare
- Live-in
- Residential home
Shift:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Language:
- English (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: GLC Support worker
