Care Support Workers

1 week ago

Dunstable, United Kingdom Care Is Central Full time

Care is Central is currently looking to grow our dedicated team of **Care Support Workers**, working primarily in our **Independent Living Scheme Priory View in Dunstable.**

We are looking for a full-time care support worker, your role will be to support older and vulnerable people to live happy, positive and independent lives in a safe and compassionate way. Duties may include:

- Preparing snacks and meals for residents
- Tidying the house and helping with basic housekeeping tasks
- Taking your client to appointments, shopping, and other social engagements
- Offering companionship - listening and talking with your client, you’ll be amazed by their stories
- Supporting their dignity - personal care, bathing, dressing, etc.
- Administering medication to help keep your client in the best state of health
- Engaging with residents and their families to continuously develop care plans
- Being resilient, attentive and ensuring our residents are treated with the dignity and care they deserve

You will be located at Priory House in Dunstable, although you will be expected to sometimes travel and work at other scheme locations in Central Bedfordshire as necessary.

**Requirements**:
No previous experience is necessary. Outside of the ability to laugh, work well in a team, have good time management and genuine empathy towards people, you will need:

- To be eligible to work in the UK
- Have a good level of English

Full training will be provided, and you will be mentored by an experienced carer for two weeks to ensure you are confident in your role.

**Reasons to work for us**:
**Because we are a quality provider we offer**:

- Hourly rate of £11 per hour
- Free uniform & DBS checks
- Sick pay
- Paid induction training, gain a recognised Care Certificate
- Opportunity to obtain NVQ Level 2 & 3 in Health & Social Care
- Holiday pay & pension
- Double pay Christmas day/Boxing day/New year’s day
- Paid update training

**Because we recognise how hard you work, we also offer**:

- **Flexible pay app to better control your shift payments and access early payment on wages.**:

- An incredible discount scheme on High St shops, restaurants and online shopping
- Peer to peer reward scheme for living our values
- Wellbeing and health support
- Genuine career development.
- Regular staff social events
- Leading industry training packages
- Your birthday off as paid holiday

**About Care is Central**

Our vision is to be the leading care provider for Central Bedfordshire. With a team of over 70 carers, working in seven independent living schemes in Ampthill, Leighton Buzzard, Houghton Regis, Sany, Biggleswade and Dunstable, we believe in delivering the very best possible care to those that need it and the very best opportunities to our care support workers. Enabling you to develop your career and get more out of your care job than just a pay check.

We only recruit the most passionate people, not necessarily the most qualified or experienced but the ones that care the most, that want to make a difference and want to make the world a better place for the people that they support.

**Salary**: £11.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Sick pay

Physical setting:

- Extra care housing

Shift:

- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overnight shift

Application question(s):

- Are you on the DBS update service?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location

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