Home Support Worker

Home Support Worker (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Hours – 35 hours per week (Various hours and shifts available)
Salary – £11.44 per hour
Location – Meadow View Nursing Home,Calow,Chesterfield
The role
We have a fantastic opportunity for Home Support Workers to join our teams in Calow, Chesterfield. We have various hours available including, full-time, and part-time. Shifts will be based on rota and will include mornings, afternoons, evenings, weekends, sleep-ins and waking nights.
As a Home Support Worker you will provide high standards of care and support for service users, in line with care and support plans, compliance with CQC regulations and the organisation's policies and procedures.
You will also provide care and support for service users, encouraging them to do as much as possible for themselves in order to develop and maintain their independence and physical ability. Whilst also ensuring a healthy, safe and clean environment for service users in their home and encouraging their involvement in achieving this.
If you want to change the lives of people and have an opportunity to make an impact, then we would like to hear from you!
The ideal candidate
We need Home Support Workers who have experience within care. You should be confident, caring and committed to promoting the independence of our service users. It's hard work but very rewarding. Have you got what it takes?
Everyone wants a job with a purpose - to do something really meaningful.
At emh care & support you will make a difference; you will help older people and people with learning difficulties or disabilities to live an enjoyable, independent life. You will do this by advocating on their behalf and by providing activities, support, care, and housing that matches their needs.
emh care & support also provide diverse housing and supported living services to a range of people whose circumstances have made their lives or their housing vulnerable, such as teenage parents; older people; and homeless people.
In return for your hard work and passion we can offer you various opportunities and training. So why not come and join us to support people with their needs and build on a rewarding career path.
Are you:
An effective communicator with a flexible approach to work?
Aware of health & safety issues within supported living, registered care and nursing?
Able to work within service users homes or nursing homes whilst respecting the need for confidentiality and a professional approach?
Aware of Equal Opportunities when supporting people with learning disabilities?
Qualifications
Desirable to already have QCF in Health and Social Care – Level 2, or the care certificate or the willingness to work towards it.
“We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application”
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