Female Support Worker

Woodingdean, United Kingdom | Posted on 23/05/2025

Location:

Woodingdean, Brighton, South East

Hours:

35 hours per week

Pay:£14.40 per hour

About Home Care Direct

Home Care Direct  is a nationalservice provider and a leader in personalised home care.

We are committed to delivering safe,compassionate and person-centred care, while supporting our staff withtop-quality training, supervision and development opportunities.

Benefits of being a Personal Care Assistant

• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Ongoing support from adedicated Regional Care Lead and Nurse
• 24/7 on-call support
• Career development opportunities and personal development plan
• Employee benefits including: aBlue Light discount card, Long Service Awards, PA of the Quarter Awards andwellbeing options including 24/7 confidential support provided by Spectrum Life

The role of this Personal Care Assistant

Our personal care assistantsjoin our client’s support team, providing reliable, essential care and supportin their home.

You will be employed byHome Care Direct  on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support themonly.

This role is to work in our clients own home in Woodingdean, Brighton for 35 hours per week. You should be flexible to work across any day of the week for day,weekend or night shifts.

About the Client and Duties

Our client is a beautifulyoung woman who needs assistance with all aspects of daily care includingpersonal care.

As her personal care assistant, you will be supporting her to get the most out of life.

Our client enjoys horse-riding, trampolining,shopping, walking…and anything else adventurous!

Ideally you will be bubbly andoutgoing with a great personality and should be up for encouraging our clientto get the best out of everything.

Previous care experience would be preferred.

Drivers are required and youshould be aged over 25yrs of age for insurance purposes.

Training and Support:

We provide comprehensive, paid training to CQC standards covering:

• Full induction
• Safeguarding Adults
• Health & Safety and Firstaid
• Gastrostomy and Medication viaPEG
• Personal Care and Continence Care
• Awareness in Epilepsy,Learning Disabilities, Autism and Cerebral Palsy

All training must be completedbefore the start date and is paid at £14.40 per hour

Requirements:

• This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit a female support worker only
• Driver, with a full UK driving licence, aged over 25yr for insurance purposes
• Commitment to long-term,person-centred care
• You must be reliable,compassionate and committed to respecting confidentiality

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for andserve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained andsupervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe,effective, and compassionate care.

Please ensure you have theright to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.