Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

✨ Brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. ✨
At Care by Us, every day is different. Every day offers you the chance to do meaningful and rewarding work that truly changes people’s lives.

We are currently looking to recruit full-time Support Workers/Carers to join our friendly, dedicated team and support our service users across Hertfordshire.

Watford | Welwyn Garden City | Three Rivers | Hemel Hempstead | Tring | Potten End | Bovington | Kings Langley | Pepperstock | Markyate

• Mon – Fri: £14.20 per hour
• Sat – Sun: £16.00 per hour

Our services run 7 days a week, offering flexible shifts to suit your lifestyle:

• Day Shifts: 8:00/9:00 AM – 2:00/3:00 PM
• Evening Shifts: 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Sleep-in Shifts: 9:00 PM – 7:00 AM

We value flexibility and reliability, and we provide consistent work for those who are passionate about making a difference.

🌟 Your Role as a Support Worker

As a Support Worker, you’ll play a vital role in helping individuals live independently and enjoy fulfilling lives. You’ll provide person-centred support, enabling service users to develop skills, build confidence, and take part in their home and wider community life.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting individuals with daily living activities
• Promoting independence, dignity, and choice
• Assisting with personal care where required
• Encouraging participation in hobbies, interests, and community activities
• Building positive relationships and making every day meaningful

We are seeking enthusiastic, compassionate, and self-motivated individuals to provide temporary relief to primary caregivers. This role ensures clients continue receiving high-quality care, companionship, and daily support while their regular caregiver takes time to rest, recharge, or attend to personal matters.

About the Role
As a Respite Caregiver, you will step in to provide temporary care for individuals—typically older adults or people with disabilities—based on their personalized care plan. Your goal is to promote comfort, dignity, and well-being while supporting the client’s independence.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide personal care (bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting assistance)
• Support with household tasks (meal preparation, light cleaning, laundry)
• Administer or assist with medication as directed
• Offer companionship and social interaction
• Assist with mobility, exercise, and other daily activities
• Follow the client’s individualized care plan to ensure continuity of support

What We’re Looking For

• Genuine compassion, empathy, and patience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and responsibly
• Previous caregiving experience preferred (formal or informal)
• Flexibility to work in the client’s home or care facility

Working within the principles or person-centred support, enabling development and inclusion in their everyday lives within their home and wider community we require both full time and part time Support Workers/Carers.

We require dedicated Individuals to support adults with learning disabilities, autism and autistic spectrum disorders, complex needs, mental health issues and challenging behaviours in all aspects of their daily lives.

You will also be expected to support the service users with general household chores for example cooking and laundry and housework such as hoovering and dusting and personal care. (Assistance with bathing, toileting and feeding). No two days are the same in this role, you will have the opportunity to assist someone else broaden their horizons and experiences whilst doing the same for you.

We don’t require experience as full training is provided but we are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals who want to make a difference to the lives of the people we support, skills needed include:

• Compassion and empathy:
  
  A genuine desire to help others and understand their needs and feelings.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills:
  
  Building rapport with clients and families and effectively communicating important information.
• Patience and understanding:
  
  Remaining calm and composed in challenging situations and understanding individual needs.
• Observational and attention to…