Male Support Worker

Location: South Shields, North East England
Hours: 24 hours per week - waking night shifts
Pay: £18.00 per hour

Job Reference: ZR464

About Home Care Direct
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.

Why Join Us?

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

Ongoing Support & Recognition

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

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

The hours of work will be 7pm to 7am (waking night) on a 2‑week rota. Week 1:
Thursday and Friday. Week 2:
Saturday and Sunday.

About the Client & Your Responsibilities

This is a very rewarding vacancy for a male support worker in South Shields, providing support for our client who has sustained a spinal injury. Our client has no movement in his legs and has weakened arms and requires 24/7 support.

The duties and responsibilities for this role include personal care, including catheter and bowel care, moving and handling as required, assisting with administering medication, providing practical assistance with tasks around the home when required, assisting with physiotherapy, gym and rehabilitation techniques. You must be comfortable around dogs as our client has a lovely staffy who you will feed and walk.

Training & Support

• Full induction
• Safeguarding Adults
• First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety
• Personal Care including Suppositories, Catheter and Bowel Care
• Moving and Handling with Hoist
• Medication Administering
• Physiotherapy
• Spinal Injury Awareness

All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at £18.00 per hour.

Who We’re Looking For

• This position is male‑only
  , in accordance with The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1
• Previous care experience including bowel care
• Excellent standard of English verbal communication
• No allergies to dogs
• A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual
• Commitment to long‑term, person‑centred care

Benefits

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.

At Home Care Direct , 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.

Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer sponsorship.