Home Care Support Worker

Brighton and Hove City Council

Windlesham Road, Brighton

4d ago

About the role

You will join a large team of committed staff in providing high level support to those living at Windlesham Road. The help you provide will be tailored to each individual’s needs and is designed to help them to maintain as much independence as possible.

The support you provide to the residents will involve :

supporting with intimate personal care where required

enabling individuals to participate in a range of activities within the wider community such as swimming, trampolining, eating out, bowling, shopping etc.

help with cooking meals and general household cleaning tasks, laundry etc.

assisting with the administration of medication

completing care records

using various communication tools to help residents express themselves

creating and maintaining relationships with family members, carers and friends

About you :

You don’t need any formal qualifications or previous care experience for this role as we will provide you with an in-depth induction programme where you will be well supported by your managers and colleagues.

However, you will need to :

have a caring and flexible approach to your work

have good written and number skills

be able to work well as part of a team

be able to work on your own initiative and think quickly in a difficult situation

Working for us, we can offer you :

a generous salary

time and a half for working at weekends, double time for working on a bank holiday or time and a third for working at night (between 8pm and 6 am)

the opportunity to volunteer to work extra shifts

a career average pension scheme

generous holiday up to 25 days a year

regular supervision meetings plus

a range of other staff benefits

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement.

Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview.

Before you start your application, please read our guidance here () as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits : We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see .

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