Care & Support Worker

Norse Group; Costessey; On-site; GBP 13,000 - GBP 15,000; Full time

Job summary

A care provider in Costessey is seeking a passionate Care & Support Worker for night shifts. The role involves providing personal care and support to service users, promoting their dignity and independence. Ideal candidates will have a caring nature and be able to respond to emergencies. We offer comprehensive training, a supportive team environment, and various benefits. Join us to make a real difference in people's lives at Barley Court.

Benefits

Weekend working enhancements

Access to a Blue Light Card

Physiotherapy and chiropractic treatment

Qualifications

• Experience or willingness to work in care.
• Demonstrate core values of care, collaboration, integrity, and pursuit of better.
• Ability to respond to emergencies and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and support tasks.
• Build strong relationships with service users and colleagues.
• Promote a safe and engaging environment.

Skills

Passion for supporting others

Ability to work collaboratively

Good communication skills

Job description

Overview

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

Care & Support Worker Nights – Costessey

£13.56 per hour (Nights) + enhancements

36 hours per week + opportunity for additional hours

Shift Patterns: Monday - Sunday 21:30-07:30

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.

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 Barley Court

Barley Court is a housing with care scheme in Costessey on the west side of Norwich where we provide care and support to tenants who live in their own flat under a tenancy agreement with Saffron 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 chiropractic 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.