Support Worker

Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting experienced Support Workers in Cumbria.

Provide personalised, high-quality care and support to elderly individuals to enhance their independence in the community. Responsibilities include building trusting relationships, visiting service users at home or in supported housing, offering personal care and emotional support aligned with their care plans, and collaborating with professionals for coordinated service delivery.

Hours:

Full and Part time, days, evenings, waking nights, bank holidays and sleep ins.

Pay:

£12.47ph - £19.06ph PAYE

Main Duties:

• Foster warm relationships to encourage expression of needs.
• Respect privacy and maintain dignity.
• Be adaptable to individual care plans.
• Assist in developing practical and social skills.
• Provide personal care with sensitivity and respect for preferences.
• Promote self-esteem and empower decision-making.
• Boost confidence through positive reinforcement.
• Assist with daily tasks like shopping, meal prep, and chores.
• Encourage and support self-care and independent living.
• Aid in budgeting and financial management.
• Support cultural, spiritual, and personal identity needs.
• Facilitate access to social and leisure activities.
• Promote personal development through goal setting.
• Encourage community participation and healthy lifestyle choices.

Person Specification:

The successful applicant must:

• Have demonstrable Knowledge and experience working within Learning Disabilities, Physical disabilities, Mental Health and/or additional needs providing high quality care and support and promote independence.
• Show strong verbal communication skills with the ability to listen sensitively to others.
• Demonstrate good written communication, with the ability to contribute to record keeping system.
• Ability to provide sympathetic emotional and practical support to service users.
• Ability to support service users with physical needs, this could include wheelchair use and using hoists therefore physical fitness will be required.
• It would be beneficial if the applicant holds a UK driving licence.

Service Care Solutions Benefits

At Service Care Solutions, we recognise increasing pressures on care staff, both work-based and financial, and want to help ease that burden.

• £250 Referral Bonus paid after 150 hours for any newly registered candidates who are referred over.
• £150 Job Referral Find your own job bonus - Receive £150 for bringing your own position to us, alternatively this also applies if you are not happy with your current agency but settled in your role we can pay £150 to switch.
• Fully online and paperless registration
• FREE Registration Process including Enhanced DBS Check, Occupational Health Appointments, Mandatory and Practical Training, Uniform
• Four Weekly Payroll Services
• Dedicated and Experienced One-to-One Specialist Consultant
• £250 Yearly CPD/Training Allowance/Registration Body Renewal

Interested? Please contact Carly Harrison at Service Care Solutions.