Support Worker, Community Health

Contract: Permanent

Location: Extra Care locations in East Leeds

As a Support Worker you’ll thrive on making a difference in people’s lives while working in the health and social care sector.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions .

About you

As a Support Worker you will bring to the role:

• supporting people with everyday tasks like getting washed and dressed and maintaining their independence in doing this.
• finding new ways to enable people to keep doing the activities they want to do.
• building people’s confidence and supporting them to access community facilities.
• Candidates must demonstrate effective communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as possessing numeracy abilities.

About the role

As our next Support Worker, you will be based in one of our extra care services, providing the support within customers’ own homes. You will have excellent communication skills and be a team player. You will be motivated and a critical thinker with the ability to understand the needs of your customers.

The role is integral to our team:
The Extra Care Service is available to people who are over 55 years of age who have a housing and care need. The service helps people to maintain their independence at home.

The Extra Care Service supports adults with various requirements from a range of communities, using a person-centred strength-based approach, to enable them to maximise their independence and recovery.

We work with family, friends and carers to offer shared care, information and advice.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply

Apply for this job online. Please complete the online application form.

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If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Claire Cavanagh, Registered Manager, on  

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our
recruitment of ex-offenders policy .

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the
Skilled Worker visa
route before applying.

To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Special conditions this post is subject to a higher level check with the Disclosure & Barring Service. Please note that a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining employment; this will depend on the circumstances and background to any offence.

To work to contribute to providing an integrated package of support to customers to enable them to live independent, safe and fulfilling lives in the community using a strengths based approach.

• To work as part of a team and to contribute to the development…