Extra Care Worker

Here at Creative Support, we have a continuing mission to provide individually focused and respectful support to enable our service users to live fulfilling and independent lives. We are looking for caring, reliable and flexible individuals to join our team providing person centred service at our Extra Care Schemes in Ambleside, Kendal and Windermere. The services are a purpose built scheme which offers independent living opportunities for older people in a friendly, inclusive and safe environment.

For our services we want our service users to lead active and positive lives, to achieve this we need individuals to help us to deliver personalized extra care services. You will provide person-centred care and support to older people to enable them to live independent lives. You will engage with service users and build trusting therapeutic relationships. Good communication skills are key to this role, as is the ability to provide respectful personal care to meet the clients needs.

Previous experience within a similar care setting is not essential as we will provide full training and support when undertaking this role.

Applications are encouraged from graduates and people with life experience, as well as experienced care workers. We also offer a wide range of benefits to ensure job satisfaction. We can also offer Relief based posts and waking nights.

In return we offer a wide range of excellent benefits to ensure job satisfaction:

• Flexible working hours
• QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2 and higher
• Extensive tutor-led local training programs
• Free life assurance
• Pension with company contribution
• A range of employee discounts
• Free Uniform
• GBP100 (based on hours) bonus on completion of 6 month probationary period.
• Company Sick Pay

Creative Support is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to delivering local high quality care through a well-established and supported local work force. Creative Support has achieved the Investors in People Silver Award.

We do not accept CVs as a form of application, applicants must submit a completed Creative Support application form which can be requested or downloaded via the listed methods. An enhanced DBS check is required for which we pay. Creative Support is not a recruitment sourcing agency; all employees are directly employed by our organisation. We do not accept cold calls or sales/marketing contact from recruitment candidate sourcing/advertising agencies. Upon receipt of your application we will email you a confirmation of receipt. If you do not receive this confirmation email please contact us via telephone or email. Contact information can be found on our company website.