Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

Felixstowe, United Kingdom | Posted on 23/10/2025

Location: Suffolk, East Anglia

Hours: 2 posts at 30 hours per week

Pay: £15.50 per hour

Home Care Direct  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.

As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy:

• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Paid training

• Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
• 24/7 on-call assistance
• Long Service Awards
• PA of the Quarter Awards

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 Home Care Direct  but will focus solely on supporting this client.

The hours of work will be 8am to 8pm and will be on a 2-week rolling rota: week one 2 shifts, week two 3 shifts, which will work out at 30 hours per week. Flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the client.

Our client is a young lady in her 20s who has cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and epilepsy and requires 24/7 support at home and out in the community to help her live her life to the fullest.

Her favourite activity is going to arcades and playing on 2p machines. She also enjoys watching television, with Tweenies as her favourite programme.

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

• Full induction
• Personal Care / Moving & Handling / Medication Administration
• Autism / Challenging Behaviours
• Cerebral Palsy / Epilepsy

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

Driver with a full UK licence is essential

An understanding of learning disabilities, cerebral palsy and epilepsy is essential, having experience would be an advantage

Previous experience with oxygen therapy is desirable

A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual

Commitment to long-term, person-centred care

At Home Care Direct , 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.

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.