Support Worker - Social Care

Support Worker
Earn £13.45 per hour (£26,300 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw), Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Newcastle Upon Tyne
We can’t offer a CoS for this role
Home, a place where you belong
Join us and make a real difference every day. You’ll help customers live independently, feel valued and stay connected. This role is all about care, respect and practical support that improves lives.
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave, pro-rated (including bank holidays and a “me day”)
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)
• Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies
• Career path with development and an excellent training package
• Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses
What you’ll do
• Managing the Health and Safety of the building
• Managing welfare calls and chasing repairs for customers
• Covering various schemes throughout the Newcastle area
• Encouraging independence and celebrating wins
• Creating a safe, positive space where dignity and respect come first
• Working collaboratively to empower our customers
Why join us
This is more than a job – it’s a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, you’ll make a real difference every day! If you’re ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!
You have
• Passion to support our customers to live their best lives
• Experience of caring for others, professionally or personally
• The ability to work on your own initiative, staying calm and positive under pressure
• Recognise every customer is different and adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to understand their needs
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
• You will cover various schemes throughout Newcastle, and a car is a must as you will be covering sometimes at short notice
• You will work core hours of Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
• Although you’ll be lone working, we do meet up face to face for training and team meetings
• You need an Enhanced DBS with barring list (we pay)
• A vehicle insured for business use (and a license!), we’ll pay for any business mileage
Find out more
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