Care Worker

Benefits:

Holiday Pay
Occupational Sick Pay
Occupational Maternity Pay
Health Cash Plan*
Blue Light Card (offering discounts across retail, hospitality and leisure)
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Uniform provided
Employee Assistance Programme
50p hourly enhancement for all Level 2
Training and development to fulfil your career aspirations

As a Care Worker with Housing 21 youll be part of a friendly, supportive team as you work together to support our residents. Once youre at work thats it no travelling between calls as residents live independently in their own apartments within our schemes, which also offer communal lounges, gardens, cafés/bistros and hair salons for them to enjoy.

Working with familiar residents and colleagues every day, youll build strong relationships and feel part of the Extra Care family. We want to make sure you feel valued too and have developed our offer to set us apart from the wider care sector.

Our Care Workers:
You dont need experience or any qualifications to be a Care Worker; just a positive attitude and kind manner. In fact, if you have ever cared for a relative or friend, raised children, or helped a neighbour with shopping or gardening you have already displayed a lot of the skills we require!

We offer full training together with recognised qualifications and, if you want to take your career in care a step further, joining our Extra Care Academy can help you progress into a management role. Many of our Managers and Assistant Managers in Extra Care started out as Care Workers in our schemes.

All you need is:
To be kind and friendly
Good written and verbal English communication skills
Commitment to undertake necessary further training
A genuine desire to help people
Reliability and flexibility
The ability to use your initiative
To remain calm under pressure

About the role

Everyone is different but what stays the same is our commitment to offering high standards of care to all our residents regardless of their care needs enabling them to live their best lives.
Our residents tell us how important our Care Workers are to them, being a friendly face, brightening their day and helping to make life worth living by doing the simplest of things.

Tasks can include:
Supporting with household and domestic tasks, such as laundry, shopping, cleaning, and financial transactions such as paying bills.
Making meals, drinks and snacks where necessary.
Encouraging and enabling residents to follow agreed care plans.
Assisting residents with getting up in the morning, providing personal care including washing / bathing and dressing; helping with undressing and going to bed in the evening, as well as providing help and ensuring medication is taken as required.
Putting resident wellbeing at the heart of the service, going the extra mile to ensure our residents can live their best lives and ensuring managers and key agencies are kept informed of progress.

An offer of employment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced disclosure check, satisfactory references, and induction training.

Due to the nature of this role this advert may close earlier than the closing date listed and once sufficient applications have been received. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

About us

Summerfield Court is a friendly development in a rural area just outside the lively market town of Stone in Staffordshire. The court is just half a mile from the centre of town and is close to a range of amenities for residents to enjoy.

Buses go into Stone every hour from a stop just across the road, or residents can choose to use the village bus which picks up at the door of the court. Stone has a train station which provides connections to the wider area.

Stone is known as the food and drink capital of Staffordshire and has a monthly farmers market and a variety of popular beer and food festivals. The town has a good selection of supermarkets, high street retailers, independent shops, pubs, cafés, doctors surgeries, dentists, banks and churches.

We are incredibly proud of the culture we have created and celebrate the positive difference we make to society. If you think youre ready for a new challenge and able to make a difference, then come and join us!

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