Support Worker

About us

Upward Care Ltd is a medium business in Walsall WS3 2QW. We are rewarding and agile. The roles are for day time hours or night work, full or part time.

Our work environment includes:

• Safe work environment
• Casual work attire

Brief Job Description:

We are looking for Support Workers with experience in supported living services to join our care and support team in Walsall, West Midlands. This is a new role for people that have a history of caring for vulnerable people and experience of managing challenging behaviour.

The Support Worker will support male service users in their own homes providing the administration, care, catering, housekeeping, laundry and maintenance functions of our service.

They will need to maintain care, support and management skills at a current level, and undertake such training and development as may from time-to-time be required in order to progress their career.

The Support Worker will have a responsibility to deliver our service in accordance with standards agreed with the Registered Manager, Registered Provider, legislative requirements, relevant regulations, and in line with accepted best practice, and within the financial plans agreed from time-to-time with the Registered Provider.

Location:

Walsall, West Midlands

Working Hours:

Nominally 37.5 hours per week, subject to achievement of goals and objectives and the covering of vacant shifts.

Requirements:

Experience in managing challenging behaviour is required. Also significant experience in caring for vulnerable people.
A full programme of training will be offered to candidates who have the ability and enthusiasm to learn with a view to obtaining relevant QCF or equivalent vocational qualifications.

Benefits:

Excellent career progression opportunities

Company Profile:

Upward Care provides care and support to people who have an assessed care and support need and may have but not limited to:

- A learning disability

- A mental health diagnosis

- A physical disability

- An autistic spectrum condition

- An acquired brain injury

- Sensory impairment

We are sustainably growing and expanding company looking to recruit only the best employees to deliver an unrivalled high quality supported living and extra care service to people within their own homes.

APPLY NOW!

If you would like to be part of our team send us your CV with a covering letter by clicking the APPLY NOW link and we will get back to you within two working days!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £10.42 per hour

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

• Care home
• Sheltered housing

Shift:

• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift

Experience:

• Care: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person