Care Worker - Nights - Wetherby, West Yorkshire

Overview

Hours: 18 hours per week. Shift Pattern: Covering two nights a week, 21:00 – 07:00 and alternate weekends. As a Care Worker with Housing 21 you’ll be part of a friendly, supportive team, working to help residents live independently in their own apartments within our schemes. Our schemes also offer communal lounges, gardens, cafés/bistros and hair salons for residents to enjoy. You’ll build strong relationships with familiar residents and colleagues every day and be part of the Extra Care family.

Responsibilities

• Support with household and domestic tasks, such as laundry, shopping, cleaning, and handling financial transactions like paying bills.
• Prepare meals, drinks and snacks as needed.
• Encourage and enable residents to follow agreed care plans.
• Assist residents with getting up in the morning and provide personal care including washing/bathing and dressing; help with undressing and going to bed in the evening, and ensure medication is taken as required.
• Put resident wellbeing at the heart of the service and keep managers and key agencies informed of progress.

About you / Qualifications

• You don’t need experience or any qualifications to be a Care Worker; just a positive attitude and kind manner.
• If you have cared for a relative or friend, raised children, or helped a neighbour with shopping or gardening, you already display many of the required skills.
• Willingness to undertake necessary further training; ability to use your initiative; reliability and flexibility; good written and verbal English communication skills; a genuine desire to help people; and the ability to remain calm under pressure.

What we offer

• Paid by the hour (not by the job): £13.32 per hour, with full-time equivalent £24,306 per annum based on 35 hours per week.
• Benefits including Holiday Pay, Occupational Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and access to our Health Cash Plan.
• Blue Light Card discounts across retail, hospitality and leisure; Car Lease Scheme; Cycle to Work Scheme; Uniform provided; Employee Assistance Programme.
• 50p hourly enhancement for all Level 2 Training and development to fulfil your career aspirations; opportunities to progress into management via the Extra Care Academy.
• A role where many Managers and Assistant Managers started as Care Workers in our schemes.

Additional details

An offer of employment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced disclosure check, satisfactory references, and induction training.

Closing Date for applications is 5 October 2025. Due to the nature of this role this advert may close earlier than the listed closing date; please apply early to avoid disappointment.