Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

Overview

Support Worker
Job r: ZR501

Location:

Suffolk, East Anglia

Hours:

2 posts at 30 hours per week
Pay: £15.50 per hour

Home Care Direct  is a leading national provider of personalised home care. We are dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while ensuring our staff receive high-quality training, supervision, and career development opportunities.

• Competitive Pay & Benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Paid training
• Ongoing Support & Recognition
• Dedicated Regional Care Lead & Nurse support
• 24/7 on-call assistance
• Employee perks, including:
• Blue Light discount card
• Long Service Awards
• PA of the Quarter Awards
• 24/7 confidential wellbeing support via Spectrum Life

As a Personal Care Assistant, you’ll be part of our client’s dedicated support team, providing essential care in their home. You’ll be employed by Home Care Direct  but will focus solely on supporting this client.

The hours of work are 8am to 8pm on a 2-week rolling rota (week one: 2 shifts, week two: 3 shifts), which works out at 30 hours per week. Flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the client.

Our client is a young lady in her 20s who has cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, and epilepsy and requires 24/7 support at home and in the community to help her live her life to the fullest. Her favourite activities include going to the arcades and playing on 2p machines, watching television (favourite programme: Tweenies).

We provide comprehensive, paid training (to CQC standards) before your start date, covering:

• Full induction
• Safeguarding Adults
• First Aid / Food Hygiene / Health & Safety
• Personal Care / Moving & Handling / Medication Administration
• Autism / Challenging Behaviours
• Cerebral Palsy / Epilepsy

All training must be completed prior to start date and is paid at minimum wage.

• Driver with a full UK licence is essential
• An understanding of learning disabilities, cerebral palsy and epilepsy is essential, having experience would be an advantage
• Previous experience with oxygen therapy is desirable
• A compassionate, reliable, and committed individual
• Commitment to long-term, person-centred care

At Home Care Direct , we are committed to safe, fair recruitment and ensuring all staff are vetted, trained, and supervised to the highest standards. A full, enhanced DBS certificate will be obtained for this role.

We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and professionalism and know that starts with our people.

If you’re looking to join a growing team where you’ll be valued, supported, and have a genuine impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer sponsorship.