Support Worker STEPs WEST

Cormac Solutions

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Our Team at Corserv Care as a Support Worker (STEPS Reablement Service). This is an essential role supporting people in Cornwall with Reablement Care, to enable individuals to return to or remain in their homes and to be as safe and independent as possible. Are you a compassionate, dedicated, and friendly individual interested in a career as a skilled professional carer? If you're looking to grow your career with an organisation offering a supportive environment for work-life balance, guaranteed paid hours, travel time and mileage, with company values that encourage collaborative working and employee engagement, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

Current right to work in the UK
An understanding of reablement and care provision
Good verbal and written communication skills
Basic IT Skills
Empathy and a passion to support others
Excellent attention to detail
Great time management
You must have a FULL DRIVING LICENCE that’s valid to drive in the UK and a vehicle

Responsibilities

Working with other professionals, team members, or working alone to carry out the care/reablement plan with the individual, promoting flexibility, dignity, respect, wellbeing, confidence and independence, so that the person has the best quality of life.
Offer safe and appropriate support to each individual in a person-centred way, complying with and maintaining best practice in relation to Health & safety matters, which will include basic risk assessments and the prevention and control of infection.
Using an innovative approach to positively support customers to achieve as much independence as they are able to.
Maintain accurate and factual records as a legal requirement in order to evidence and communicate actions and outcomes effectively to others, maintaining safe working practices as a lone worker or doubled handed working, to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of service users, self and others.
Monitoring the health, wellbeing and progress of service users and report any concerns/changes back to management in order to protect and safeguard vulnerable adults.
Ensure a positive and flexible approach to the variety of tasks within the role, including supporting service users with their daily living skills, personal care, meal preparation, medication support and exercises.
Working with families, healthcare professionals and occupational therapists and supporting service users to access community opportunities.
Operate in accordance with the diverse needs of the community to ensure equal access to services and be responsible for your continuous development and to undertake relevant training as required.

Benefits

Guaranteed Payment: £13.45 per hour. You are always paid for a full shift, even in the event of a client cancellation.
Guaranteed Paid Travel Time & Mileage: 45p per mile. This includes travel, and contact time, for a consistent and worry-free salary.
Car Lease Scheme (after 6 months probation)
Paid DBS
Opportunities for permanent employees to work in other care services across the organisation, doing additional ad hoc hours on a zero hours contract.
Guaranteed Two Week Set Working Pattern
Full training and continuous development provided
Company Induction may include training for the Care Certificate, Moving and Handling, and Basic Life Support.
Elearning will cover some mandatory training, aswell as TMobile and care plan training.
Job shadowing, and team and office support available.
Management 1 to 1’s and supervision, and annual appraisals.
Opportunity to achieve qualifications such as Level 2 and Level 3 Health and Social Care and career pathways within the organisation.
Full uniform, full PPE provided, work SMART phone, Lone working device.
Generous pension scheme with employer contribution and option to salary exchange for NI savings
Holiday starting at 23 days (pro-rata) and increasing to 28 with service (plus bank holidays)
Option to buy additional annual leave through monthly salary deductions up to 5 days per year
Investment and support to Continued Professional Development and training including reimbursement of professional fees and access to learning platforms
Salary sacrifice schemes; Cycle 2 Work, Home & Electronics, Electric Car Access
Pool car scheme for business use with fuel card use
Non-salary sacrifice Car lease scheme for colleagues who complete a minimum of 1,000 business miles per year
Access to a Healthcare Cashplan scheme
Employee discount scheme and wellbeing events
Volunteering days
Opportunity to become: Safeguarding Advocate, Health & Wellbeing Champion, Mental Health First Aider
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) where colleagues can access advice 24/7
Occupational health services which include counselling and eye test vouchers
Life assurance/death in service
Enhanced leave; sick, maternity, paternity, adoption, carer’s, compassionate and study leave