Community Support Worker

Job description

Looking for your new role within healthcare? No experience but looking to build a career in a rewarding setting? Not happy with your current role and looking for your next challenge?

If so, this could be the role for you.

Our client is a well-established and successful care provider based across Leeds. Due to continued growth, they are looking for people who are seeking a rewarding career where you can develop your own skills whilst helping others.

You will enjoy visiting service users in their own homes to ensure they get the helping hand and care they need and will receive all the training and support you need.

Benefits

• £10ph-£12ph depending on experience and shift
• Enhanced bank holiday
• DOUBLE TIME
• Staff accommodation available
• Mileage and travel time paid
• Free Uniform
• Ongoing training and support
• Support to gain Care Certificate, NVQ 2 and NVQ 3
• Full and part time permanent contracts
• Pension
• Sick Pay

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users in their day to day living, ensuring they are safe and comfortable and living as independently as possible
• Helping with toileting, washing, dressing, meal times and medication
• Accompanying to appointments, shops, events and days out
• Being a familiar face, someone to make them feel comfortable and safe in your presence and be improving their lives wherever possible.

Requirements :

• Ideally previous experience within care capacity, whether this be community, care home, hospital or similar or perhaps caring for a family member, though not essential as full training given
• You must be a driver with a valid driving licence with own transport
• Be able to work every other weekend
• Friendly, trustworthy and caring nature
• Able to work shifts of 7am-3pm and 3pm-10pm or one or the other. Also can offer for example three long days a week and four the next if preferred. Some flexibility maybe available depending on circumstances and skills