Support Worker (Support at Home Overnight Service) - Carlisle - CMB1339re

Support Workers (Support at Home Overnight Service) – Carlisle

Hourly Rate: £13.26 per hour

Hours: 15 Hours per week

Workbase: Our Overnight Team are based at Cumbria House, Carlisle and will cover Carlisle and surrounding areas.

Contract Details: Care Services Cumberland’s Support at Home Service are looking for organised and hardworking people to join us as Support Workers for our Overnight Service. Our Support at Home Service provides short term support for adults with wide ranging needs, enabling them to live as independently as possible, whilst also ensuring their safety and well-being. We are committed to working with them to achieve person centred outcomes, helping them to remain in their own homes within their local communities.

More about the role: As a support worker within the Overnights Team, you will follow a support plan which has been created through discussion with the person accessing the service, ensuring that they have choice and are always treated with dignity and respect. You will provide personal, social, and emotional support to adults in the local community in a caring and compassionate way. This may include support with personal care requirements, assisting people to get in/out of bed, medication, and/or any other identified needs that have been agreed and incorporated in the plan. You will work with that person to support them to improve their quality of life, increase confidence and at all times promote independence.

Who we’re looking for: We are looking for people who have experience of providing support, working in a person-centred manner and can deliver exceptional service. The ideal candidates will have a good knowledge of our service and will be able to treat each person as an individual, working with them to ensure their safety and dignity are always maintained.

Please note: There will be a need to respond to service users who will not always be accessible via public transport, due to the geographical dispersal of the staff and people we support, throughout the Service.

DBS Checks: This role requires a DBS check. The level of check for this role is - Enhanced DBS Check with a Adults Barred List check. Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with Adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with Adults.

Guaranteed Interviews: We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicants as long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role:

• Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
• Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
• Armed forces veterans whose last long term substantive employer was the armed forces

If you meet one or more of the criteria above, and wish to be considered for this scheme, select 'yes' to the appropriate question during your application.

Diversity, Inclusion & Adjustments: We’re dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. That’s why we’re a proud Disability Confident Employer and also an Age Friendly Employer – to provide opportunities for everyone to thrive. If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know by emailing Resourcing@Cumberland.gov.uk. While adjustments aren’t always guaranteed, we’ll always listen and we’ll try our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note this role may close early subject to demand. If you’re interested in applying, you should apply well before the advised closing date. We cannot accept applications once the role has closed.