Community Support Worker (Relief) - Extra Care Housing - Kirkby Stephen in Knowsley

The advertised hourly rate includes a supplement (JWC) to the base grade of the post. JWC supplements are conditional on the physical demands and/or working conditions of the role. A market supplement is currently being applied to all night and weekend (Saturday and Sunday) shifts, uplifting your hourly rate in these periods to £17.96. This will replace any previous market supplements and will apply to both your contracted hours and to any additional hours worked within the applicable time periods.

Location: Mill Gardens, Kirkby Stephen

Available Hours: 0 hours/Relief – As and when required to cover long and short term absences.

Please note: Extra Care is a 365 day a year, 7 day a week, 24-hour service. This will include weekend and Bank Holiday rotas. Typically, our shifts run between the hours of 7am – 3pm, 2:30pm till 10 pm and 9:45 pm till 7:15 am and are worked over a 2-week rota. The role will involve lone working.

Extra care housing offers people the freedom to continue living as independently as possible in their community, in one of our purpose-built Extra Care Housing settings. We offer on-site care and support services, tailored to meet the individual needs of the people we support.

We are looking for caring and compassionate people to join our supportive teams within Extra Care Housing, as Relief Community Support Workers, providing tenants with the right level of support and care, while encouraging and enabling them to achieve or maintain their own independence.

As a Community Support Worker within Extra Care Housing, you will get the opportunity to know people individually and support their wellbeing through physical and emotional care. You may also assist with medication, providing personal care, meal preparation and any other identified needs.

As a relief member of our team, your hours will be ‘as and when required’, allowing the role to work around you and your availability. Where possible, advance notice will be given for available shifts, to cover short, and at times, long term absence within our team at Mill Gardens.

You will be entitled to the same benefits as our contracted employees and we provide a thorough and supportive induction for all our new staff which will include fully paid training and shadowing.

Our vision for Adult Social Care is “People living in a place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter to them.” We are looking for the right people, with the right qualities and we can support you with fully paid training and development. If you’re friendly, compassionate and want to make a difference to people’s lives, we would love to speak with you!

Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with a Adults Barred List check. Please note this role involves working in regulated activity. 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.

At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.

Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.

As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview. We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old, that meet the essential criteria for the role.