Support Worker

**Support Worker**

**Job Ref Number**:ZR477

**Location**: Ipswich, East Anglia
**Hours**: Part-time, 20hrs per week
**Pay**: £12.90 per hour

**About HomeCareDirect**

HomeCareDirect is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.

**Why Join Us?**

As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
**Competitive Pay & Benefits**
- Company pension scheme
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Paid training

**Ongoing Support & Recognition**
- Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
- 24/7 on-call assistance
- Employee perks, including:
- Blue Light discount card
- Long Service Awards
- PA of the Quarter Awards
- 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life

**The Role**

As a Personal Care Assistant, you’ll be part of our client’s dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. You’ll be employed by HomeCareDirect but will focus solely on supporting this client.

This role is for 20hrs per week working alternate weekends. Hours will be:
**Week 1**- hours between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday

**Week 2**- Saturday 9am to 7.30pm, Sunday 4pm to 8pm and 5½hrs in the week

**About the Client & Your Responsibilities**

Our lovely client lives with her husband, assistance dog and a few other pets. She experiences chronic pain and ongoing health conditions so she requires daily support with medication, household tasks, shopping trips and getting to appointments. Personal assistants will also assist with personal care such as showering, washing her hair and dressing, always with dignity and respect.

A mobility vehicle is available to ensure she can continue to enjoy outings and stay connected with her community.

She remains active and mobile with the use of crutches and a scooter when out and about. With a warm and creative personality, she has a passion for horses, arts and crafts, crocheting, and photography. She loves spending time in the countryside and relaxing with a good film.

This is a wonderful opportunity to support someone who enjoys life and values the companionship and care of those around her.

**Requirements**:
**Training & Support**

We provide **comprehensive, paid training** (to CQC standards) before your start date, covering:

- Full induction
- Safeguarding Adults
- First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety / Moving & Handling with Hoist
- Medication Administering / Meds via PEG / Subcut Injection / Syringe Driver
- Gastrostomy Care / TPN inc IV Infusion / Wound Care
- PTSD Awareness / Anxiety Awareness / Falls Risk
- Falls Risk / Sepsis Awareness / Infection Control

All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.

**Who We’re Looking For**
- Driver, with a full UK driving licence
- Must understand the importance of infection control procedures
- Friendly, sociable and organised
- Good with animals and have no allergies
- A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual
- Commitment to long-term, person-centred care

**Benefits**:
**Join a Team That Cares**

At HomeCareDirect, we are committed to safe, fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted, trained, and supervised to the highest standards. A full, enhanced DBS certificate will be obtained for this role.

At HomeCareDirect, we pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and professionalism and we know that starts with our people.

If you’re looking to join a growing team where you’ll be valued, supported, and have a genuine impact, we’d love to hear from you.