Casual Care & Support Worker

Norse Group; Thetford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional care service provider in Thetford seeks a Casual Care Support Worker to assist service users with personal care and support tasks. The ideal candidate should demonstrate a passion for providing excellent care, promote independence, and possess strong communication skills. This role includes working within a team to foster a safe environment and actively participate in residents' wellbeing events. Competitive hourly rate of £13.31 plus enhancements offered, alongside a supportive team and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to award-winning training

Weekend working enhancements

Access to a Blue Light Card

Physiotherapy and chiropractor treatment

Qualifications

• Experience in care or support work is preferred.
• Demonstrate core values at the interview stage.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and support tasks.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues and service users.
• Respond to call bells and emergencies in a timely manner.

Skills

Passion for supporting others

Ability to promote independence

Strong communication skills

Job description

Join our friendly, supportive and inclusive team at Laburnum Grove to help us make a real difference in the lives of our service users.

Casual Care Support Worker – Thetford

£13.31 per hour (Days) + enhancements

Are you an experienced Care professional or new to the industry? Come and work for Norse Care. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from improving people’s lives.

Please note that Norse Care are currently unable to provide sponsorship.

Overview

A day in the life:

• As a Care Support Worker you will assist with personal care and support tasks, enabling our service users to make informed choices, promoting their independence and dignity in line with their person-centred care plan.
• Working as part of a team, you will build strong relationships with your colleagues and the service users, participating and supporting with wellbeing events and activities, and helping to promote a safe and engaging environment.
• Responding to call bells and emergencies in a timely manner and communicating with other medical professionals and community stakeholders as required.

About you

We are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others by providing excellent care and who share our core values:

• We care completely.
• We collaborate proactively.
• We act with integrity.
• We pursue better.
• We make it happen.

We will be looking for you to demonstrate these at the interview stage!

About Laburnum Grove

Laburnum Grove is a housing with care scheme in Thetford, Norfolk, where we provide care and support to tenants who live in their own flat under a tenancy agreement with Flagship Housing.

Why work for Norse Care?

We value the contribution that everyone at Norse Care makes to improving people’s lives. It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training, so our service users get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

We understand that working in care can be rewarding but also challenging, so your wellbeing is important to us. From day one, you will have access to a wide range of benefits alongside a great reward package including weekend working enhancements, access to a Blue Light Card, physiotherapy and chiropractors treatment, and more. For a complete list of what we offer, please visit our website.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. We expect all our colleagues to share our vision and values.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.