Support Worker - Extra Care

About the role

As a Support Worker in our Extra Care Scheme you will be supporting the elderly who are finding it difficult to cope due to physical frailty, enabling them to maintain their individuality and vital independence.

You will help residents with restricted mobility to move to dining areas at meal times, communal areas for social activities and to the privacy of their bedrooms and bathrooms at their request.

You will help them with personal care activities such as washing, personal hygiene and dressing – this will mean you understand the importance of privacy and dignity, which is important to everyone.

You will have the opportunity to take part in physical and mental stimulation by being a part of recreational and social activities with residents, and as a group.

Part time – average of 15–20 hours per week over a 4 week rolling rota working on alternate weekends as part of rota. Full time hours available.

• Free uniform and PPE
• Excellent career progression
• Fully structured support for all new starters available
• Full out of hours support full training, working towards Care Certificate, Dementia, End of life and other training courses.
• In-depth online & Office based training
• Mileage Allowance for Cars & Bikes
• Paid Shadowing in the field
• You get paid by BACS every 4 weeks
• NEST Pension
• Refer a friend payment (Unlimited Payments) Subject to conditions
• We will pay for mandatory refresher training

Established in 2001, Radis Community Care has grown to become a leading provider of community based social care and support for thousands of vulnerable adults and children in England and Wales, focused on supporting people to live independently in their own homes and part of their local communities.

We care for a range of service users including the elderly and for people with physical and/or learning disabilities. Tailored to meet our service user's individual needs, our care ranges from brief daily visits to 24-hour live-in care and can either be short or long-term.

Radis Community Care is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.