Community Support Worker

Job profile

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Job reference

REQ

Date posted

20/10/2025

Application closing date

02/11/2025

Location

COUNTY-WIDE

Salary

£ £18.53

Package

Contractual hours

Basis

Part time

Attachments

Job description

Hourly Rate: £ £18.53

The advertised hourly rate includes a supplement (JWC) to the base grade of the post. JWC supplements are conditional on the physical demands and /or working conditions of the role.

A market supplement is currently being applied to all night and weekend (Saturday and Sunday) shifts, uplifting your hourly rate in these periods to between £18.25 and £18.53. This will replace any previous market supplements and will apply to both your contracted hours and to any additional hours worked within the applicable time periods.

Location(s): This role will involve working as and when required at our Extra Care Housing Schemes across the Westmorland and Furness area:

Jenkins Crag Court, Kendal,

Birthwaite, Windermere

Mill Gardens, Kirkby Stephen

Available Hours: 0 hours/Relief – As and when required to cover long and short term absences.

Please note: Extra Care is a 365 day a year, 7 day a week, 24-hour service. This will include weekend and Bank Holiday rotas. Typically, our shifts run between the hours of 7am – 3pm, 2:30pm till 10 pm and 9:45 pm till 7:15 am. The role will involve lone working

About this Opportunity

Extra care housing offers people the freedom to continue living as independently as possible in their community, in one of our purpose-built Extra Care Housing settings. We offer on-site care and support services, tailored to meet the individual needs of the people we support.

We are looking for caring and compassionate people to join our supportive teams within Extra Care Housing, as Relief Community Support Workers, providing tenants with the right level of support and care, while encouraging and enabling them to achieve or maintain their own independence.

As a Community Support Worker within Extra Care Housing, you will get the opportunity to know people individually and support their wellbeing through physical and emotional care. You may also assist with medication, providing personal care, meal preparation and any other identified needs.

As a relief member of our team, your hours will be 'as and when required', allowing the role to work around you and your availability. Where possible, advance notice will be given for available shifts, to cover short, and at times, long term absence within our Extra Care Housing Teams across Westmorland and Furness.

You will be entitled to the same benefits as our contracted employees and we provide a thorough and supportive induction for all our new staff which will include fully paid training and shadowing across all sites.

Who we are looking for…

We are looking for the right people who share our vision and passion for Care to join our teams across Care Services, we'd like to hear more about your motivations, interests and values, including what attracted you to a role in Care.

Experience or qualifications are not necessarily needed to get started.

We can offer great opportunities to develop and build your skills to take you where you want to go at any stage of your career in Care.

If you're compassionate, caring and looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we would love to speak with you

What can we offer you

Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers )

Would you like to find out more?

For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments:

• Post Specification
• Role Profile

If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact

Application and Interview information

We have made it easier to apply for a job in care. Simply fill in the details on our online application form and a member of our Recruitment team will be in touch.

Closing Date: 02/11/2025

We look forward to hearing from you

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We are currently operating in-person interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss this with you.

Safer Recruitment & DBS

At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with an Adults Barred List check.

Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.

As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old (someone who has been looked after by a local authority at any point, for any length of time, e.g. foster care, residential care, or under the guardianship of a local authority) that meet the essential criteria for the role.

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