Support Worker/community practitioner Chester, England
Job description
The Support Worker Role:
- Providing physical support which may include helping with household tasks and personal care.
- Providing emotional support for an individual and their families.
- Supporting and helping with health care needs, including routine checks or administrating medication.
- Encouraging and supporting the development of personal skills through hobbies and interests.
- Teaching life skills, such as shopping, using public transport and paying for bills.
- Working with other healthcare professionals to ensure that all care needs meet the highest possible standards.
- Complex care with Community Practitioners
Being a support worker can be a very rewarding job. Even though the role can be hard and often challenging, making a positive difference to someone’s life and helping them become more independent brings feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction. It’s a great career choice for those who enjoy a varied job role and lots of interaction with others.
Some of the best parts of the job are sharing new experiences together, creating new memories and celebrating successes. You’ll enable people to overcome their fears and challenges whilst helping them to build confidence and self-esteem.
Why care, with SureCare?
Since 1994, our care services have expanded across the country. From our initial work in personal care and support, we now provide care for babies and young children, people with disabilities and those affected by dementia. It’s our mission to go above and beyond in offering our wide range of services, incidentally, it's in our best interest to partner the right Care Assistants with clients based on hobbies & interests this in return builds a trusting relationship that's tailored for our clients.
Our main priority for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes that match our own! We're seeking to recruit people with the right values to work in our care services, could this be you? We provide a community of care service's for life's journey. Our values are what we care about the most: Independence, Respect, Dignity, Trust, Reliability and Commitment.
BENEFITS
- £200 Welcome Bonus when recommended by a current employee
- Career Progression – ALL of our Registered Branch Managers have started as Care Worker’s
- Permanent £800 recommend a friend scheme
- Established as a National Provider for over 25 years
- Access to fully funded training, including nationally recognised QCF, higher level diploma’s/foundation degree’s up to level 5 in Health & Social Care
- Blue light card qualification – receiving major discounts on a range of famous brands including Apple, Argos, Asda, B&Q, Currys, Domino’s, Esso, Halfords, KFC, Pizza Hut, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Wickes and so many more.
- Mentorship and support, we are always here for you
- Contracts for guaranteed hours
If you feel like you could be doing more, you're caring and compassionate and want to feel valued and part of a caring professional team who supports you throughout your career and also cares about you! Then you could be exactly what we are looking for!
The following training will be provided:
Tracheotomy
Peg Feed
T34 Syringe Driver
Tissue viability, Dressings, wounds and Pressure relief
Dysphagia
Enteral Administration
Stoma Care
Oral Suctioning
Catheter care
Blood sugar monitoring
Insulin administration
Venipuncture and cannulation
Monitoring of vital signs (BP, o2 levels etc)
We are looking for someone who meets the following criteria:
Minimum of 5 years care experience
Minimum of an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
Car driver and have access to a vehicle.
What we need from you…
- Be available to work every other weekend
- Be over the age of 18
- Be a Caring, honest, and reliable individual
- Want to deliver high standard of Care
- Have the Right to work in the UK
For more information apply today!
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 48 per week
Salary: £11.50-£23.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Day range:
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
Physical setting:
- Homecare
Shift:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overnight shift
COVID-19 considerations:
PPE provided
Application question(s):
- Have free access to drive a car?
Education:
- Diploma of Higher Education (required)
Experience:
- care: 5 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Shift availability:
- Day shift (required)
- Night shift (required)
- Overnight shift (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: SC/SW/CP
