Care And Support Worker

Do you love domiciliary care but had enough of travelling between care calls? Come and join us as a Care and Support Worker delivering care to our residents, in their own apartments which are all located at Earlsdon Park Village!

Earlsdon Park Retirement Village, located in the centre of Coventry and is part of the Extracare Charitable Trust are now recruiting Care and Support Workers to support our in-house domiciliary care service.

Benefits:

• Golden Hello for All New Care and Support Worker Starters Of £500! (Criteria Applies)
• 33 Days Annual Leave (FTE) Pro Rata for Part Time
• Buy And Sell Holiday
• Free Life Insurance
• Cycle2work Scheme
• Attendance Reward
• Free Use of Onsite Gym
• Ongoing Training and Development
• Plus other employee Benefits.
• Excellent transport links
• Carer progression

If you are naturally caring, compassionate, patient, and personable and looking to develop a career in care then you may well be our next Care and Support Worker.

• Role: Care and Support Worker
• Hours: 2 x 21 hours + 6 flex up & 1 x 16 hours per week + 4 hours flex up.

Contractual hours will be guaranteed giving you job security. Flex Up hours will be in addition to your contracted hours and will be used when required to cover known and planned absences. The decision to use these hours will remain with the management team and you will be given prior notice should these additional flex hours need to be utilised.

• Salary: £10,295 to £13,512 (£12.34 per hour). Additional flex hours will be paid at £12.34 p.h.
• Location: Earlsdon Park Retirement Village, Coventry

Please note: All Care and Support Workers will need to be fully flexible across a 7-day rota system, which will be given in advance and will be expected to work weekends as required to meet the needs of the domiciliary care service.

As a Care and Support Worker, you will be expected to carry out the following tasks:

• Provide all aspects of domiciliary care to our residents including both physical, personal Care and Support with social activities
• Promoting and Supporting the physical, emotional and well-being of our residents
• Encourage independence and self-belief
• Ensure records and documents are completed in line with our policy

Person Specification

• Hold a care certificate or willing to undertake a care qualification
• Personable, an effective communicator and a team player
• Passionate about delivering a quality care service
• Flexible with hours

An extremely rewarding career awaits you if you like working in a friendly and Supportive team, with variety and a fantastic working environment.

Here at ExtraCare we offer our residents access to outstanding retirement villages, promoting Care and lifestyle opportunities that truly do create ‘better lives for older people’. The Village offers a range of communal facilities including a sociable village centre, village hall, bar and bistro, gym, IT suite, hair and beauty salon and shop that can be accessed by residents and their families.

Don’t miss out!

Closing Date: 30th April 2024

Applications will be assessed throughout the process and interviews will be ongoing until the current posts are filled. Apply early to avoid disappointment. We are expecting a high volume of applications and will therefore only contact candidates selected to go through to interview stage.

ExtraCare is committed to making our recruitment practices as fair and inclusive as possible for all. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process.

Extracare does not participate in the current UK Visa Sponsorship scheme, and we are not able to facilitate sponsorship. Should we receive the maximum number of applications Extracare reserve the right to close this advertisement early.

Be one of the first to apply!