Domiciliary Care Worker

If you join us, you will have the choice of joining our teams that support our service users in Carlisle, Warwick Bridge, Brampton and surrounding areas. We have full-time and part-time contracts available. We guarantee you contracted hours and offer great flexibility if your availability is limited. If you are thinking about a change of career, maybe care is for you; it can be a very rewarding job. But if you are worried about making the change, we provide full training, and you only work independently when you feel confident to do so. When trained, you will be required to provide single care worker support calls, but also work as part of our mobile two-carer worker team. This is a mobile position, so possession of a valid driving licence and your own transport is essential. 

You will be working in the community, helping those whose well-being requires support from us to live where they wish to live, namely in their own homes. Your working week will be varied, helping different people with different life tasks. We are, however, dedicated to making sure you see the same clients wherever possible so that positive relationships can develop. You will travel between individuals’ residences, or if you are part of the double team with another experienced member of staff. When there, what you need to do will be detailed in a plan of care determined by the needs of your client. Your role could include personal care, domestic support or even befriending, but as part of the double care worker team will involve helping people with their mobility. We will, however, only ask you to give the kind of support in which you have been fully trained and feel confident in undertaking.

What if I have never worked in care before?

Absolutely fine, we welcome those new to care. To help those coming into the sector, we will:

¯ Organise, and pay for, your Enhanced DBS;

¯ Provide paid mandatory training, and enrol you on the Care Certificate;

¯ Provide full training in Moving and Handling individuals;

¯ Provide paid shadow training with an experienced staff member so you are confident to work independently;

¯ Provide regular paid staff group meetings, and mentoring and supervision sessions with a care manager, to support your professional development; and

¯ Provide guaranteed hours of work designed around our personal circumstances.

Hourly Rate: £13.50 per hour +35p per mile mileage for drivers