Support Worker

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- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

**Job details**:
**Job reference**

REQ00000017803

**Date posted**

26/01/2025

**Application closing date**

**Location**

BARROW-IN-FURNESS

**Salary**

13.05 - 17.40

**Package**

**Contractual hours**

**Basis**

Part time

**Attachments**

**Support Worker - Parkview Gardens - Barrow in Furness**:
**Job description**

**Hourly Rate**:£13.05 - £17.40
- 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._
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**Location**: Parkview Gardens Residential Care Home, Barrow-In-Furness

**Available Hours**:We have a number of vacancies available between 17 hours and 31 hours per week

**Contract**:Permanent

**About this opportunity**
- Are you interested in supporting Adults in Cumbria?_
- Would you like to be part of our friendly hardworking teams making a difference to someones life?_
- We have opportunities for caring and compassionate people to join our Care Services Westmorland and Furness team at Parkview Gardens as Support Workers (Carer Care Worker Care Assistant) providing support and care within our Residential Care Services.

**About Residential Care**
- Help older adults live their life how they choose and enjoy their later years. Support people to stay active and healthy by encouraging good nutrition and promoting fitness and mobility as well as supporting emotional wellness.

**About the role**
- As a Support Worker (Carer Care Worker Care Assistant) 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 and encouraging our people to achieve or maintain independence.
No experience or qualifications are needed to get started. We will help and support you with fully paid training and development - we are looking for the right people with the right qualities. If you do have experience then take the next step in your career with us. As a large employer we can offer great opportunities to develop and build your skills to take you where you want to go.
If you’re friendly, compassionate and want to make a difference to peoples lives we would love to speak with you

**About Our Home**
- Parkview Gardens is a 60 bedded two-storey residential home for older adults living with dementia, sensory impairment, and physical disabilities. Parkview Gardens is divided into five houses, with all the houses containing separate dining/communal areas. We have a self-serve café/seating area on the ground floor and upstairs we have a shop and hairdressers, laundry for residents to do their own washing and drying if they so wish.
Working within our Residential Care Service will typically involve working shifts which usually cover between 7am until 10pm (days) or 9.30pm - 7.30am (nights) over 7 days 365 day a year - this will include alternate weekends (as part of a set rota) and Bank Holidays.

**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 (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)**

**Would you like to find out more?**
- For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below documents:

- **Post Specification**:

- **Role Profile**

**Application and Interview Information**
- We look forward to hearing from you

**APPLY NOW**
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**DBS**

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

**Safer Recruitment**
- 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.

**Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion**
- 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, that meet the essential criteria for the role.
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