Older People Support Worker

Older People Support Worker

Homeside Lodge, Wallsend

Permanent, Part Time 22.5 hours per week

Salary £17,600 to £18,000 (pro rota)

£9 per hour if youd prefer to work on our bank on a casual basis

You also get to use our award winning benefits package!

Empowering customers to live rewarding and happy lives. Thats when it hits home!

We have a fabulous opportunity for you to join our awesome team. We support our brilliant customers who would like to live independently in their own flats

They live in a supported living accommodation with access to 24 hours Support

We help our customers to live with respect and dignity in their own flats.

Customer quote

€œYour kindness and understanding goes over and above your job for my mother.€

About our team

Youll be working alongside our fabulous team, who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements.  To us were not just a team were a €œwork family€. Our manager has worked at Homeside for 6 years. There are over 30 staff members in the team and we dont just love to support our customers, were there for each other too! We work alongside the Care Team to provide an excellent service for our brilliant customers.

Working hours 

Youll work on a rota basis between the hours of 7.45 am until 10.00 pm and take your turn working days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

We provide 24-hour support to our customers each day and every day. Youll work on a rota basis and take your turn working days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays. We need you to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers, but we aim to give you the time you need to spend it doing the things that matter to you!

Bank

Looking for a more flexible working pattern? You can also join us on a flexible basis by being part of our bank.  You can work hours that fit around your current commitments or even pick up some additional shifts to your main role to earn some extra cash and get paid on a weekly basis.

About you

Youre passionate and motivated to help vulnerable people make positive and lasting changes to their lives. Youll impress us with your ability to work on your own initiative, positively influencing people from all different backgrounds.  You will have some experience in safeguarding, risk assessments, confidentiality, support plans, alongside working collaboratively.

We help change our customers lives for the better. Youll play your part by assisting in the delivery of tasks that are based on our customers personal support plans, and their needs and aspirations. Youll work with our Senior Support Workers and external agencies to assess and engage support for our customers. We empower our customers to develop the independent living skills they need, to successfully move on.

Together well make a difference!

To make sure that we keep our records straight, and customers safe, it's really important that you are technologically savvy (or at the very least not a technophobe!)

To make sure our customers are well supported, its important that you have worked in a similar environment before. Dont worry, we wont drop you in the deep end, well help you to understand how things work at Home Group!  

When you join, youll need to have a valid Enhanced Check under the Disclosure and Barring Service. The great news is that we will pay for that to be done if you dont have a transferrable one.

Want to know more?

If youre not reading this advert on our careers pages, press the APPLY NOW button to access lots of useful stuff! You can download the support worker job description, and find out more about Home Group. Weve also got some short films that show you what its like to work here, and we know youll want to find out more about our award winning benefits and rewards package!

To apply

Dont delay applying for this brilliant job, as we may close it early if we get lots of applications! Just upload your CV and if you have one, your covering letter (this will help us learn more about you!). If you need them, weve also got some great templates to help you.

Youre unique!

Home Group play a big part in tackling prejudice and discrimination, not just for our customers, but colleagues too! You can be yourself here, because we value everything that makes you unique. So whatever your age, race, sexuality, disability, religion, or gender identity, we recognise and celebrate our differences. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!