Support Worker

Independent Living Support Workers – Age UK Tunbridge Wells

Are you the right person to work with Older Clients within their homes, can you make a difference to their lives, why not join us and we can give you all the support you need to embark on a new and exciting journey?

Support workers enable older clients to continue to live independently within their own homes by supporting them with domestic tasks.

Tasks

Requirements of a support worker:

• A caring and empathetic attitude
• The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Good listening and communication skills
• The ability to understand and follow policies and procedures
• Good writing skills to fill in documentation
• You will need a smart mobile phone which you can download your work apps
• You will need access to a car and business insurance this post is community based

Requirements

Responsibilities of a support worker:

To undertake a wide range of domestic tasks for older people in their own homes according to their individual needs and wishes.

Outline of Duties:

• General domestic duties, shopping, medical appointments, social activities
• To co-operate with the service user’s carers, relatives, health service workers, whilst maintaining a flexible approach to the service provided.
• To be punctual and reliable.
• To report to the Service Co-ordinator any concern for the wellbeing of the service user, alerting him/her to any urgent/serious problems.
• To be flexible to the service user’s wishes as to how the work is carried out.
• To work to high standards consistently.
• To adhere to the principle of confidentiality.

Benefits

4 Weeks holiday per year pro rata

Milage allowance when travelling between clients homes

Bonus for completeing online training

Bonus for referring a friend to work for Age UK (Terms apply )

Must have Business insurance and valid Drivers licenses

Full enhanced DBS