Support Worker
Support Worker
Darlington Road, Stockton-on-Tees
🕒 Full-time – 39 hours per week
💷 £12.71 per hour
✨ Great benefits, rewards, training and recognition initiatives
💜 About the Service
We are looking for someone to join our friendly and welcoming team at our Darlington Road service in Stockton-on-Tees.
This is a Registered Care Home, where you’ll have the opportunity to truly enhance people’s lives by delivering creative, dynamic and person-centred support.
You will be supporting 7 individuals with a range of complex needs, helping them to live fulfilling and meaningful lives every day.
👩⚕️ The Role
This is a varied and rewarding role, where no two days are the same. You’ll be part of a supportive team making a real difference.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting with personal care (bathing, dressing, feeding)
- Household tasks such as laundry, ironing cleaning
- Supporting activities both in the service and in the community
- Accompanying individuals to activities such as:
- 🏊 Swimming
- ⛸️ Ice skating
- 🎶 Discos
- 🎳 Bowling
- 🚶 Walks and day trips
- 🌴 Holidays
- Supporting with shopping and managing finances
- Administering medication
- Completing daily logs and updating records using One Touch (digital platform)
- Carrying out daily, weekly and monthly health & safety checks
You’ll play a key role in promoting independence, safety and wellbeing every day.
⏰ Shifts
Hours are double shifts of 14 hours, and half shifts of 6 or 8 hours, night shifts are 10 hours.
We also have 12 hours per day of 1:1 hours for 1 person and this will also form part of the rota'd shifts.
You will be working on a rota basis so full availability is required across the week and weekend.
- Long days:07:30 – 21:30 (14 hours)
- Half shifts:
- 07:30 – 13:30
- 13:30 – 21:30
- Waking nights:21:30 – 07:30 (10 hours)
✅ Requirements
- Previous experience is desirable, but full training will be provided
- 🔒 An enhanced Adult DBS is required
🎁 Benefits & Rewards
- ✅Minimum 28 days paid holiday (including bank holidays – pro rata)
- 🎓 Accredited training to support your development
- 💼 Employer contributory pension scheme
Plus access to:
- 💙 Health Cash Plan (for full/part-time contracted hours)
- 🛡️ £10,000 life cover
- 📞 Free Employee Assistance Programme
(medical helpline, counselling, financial & legal support) - 🛍️ Reward Gateway with discounts on goods and services
- 🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme
- 💰 Financial wellbeing scheme
- 🧑🤝🧑 Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
- ⭐ Recognition initiatives
🌈 Our Values
We’re looking for people who live our core values every day:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle six or more of the skills below, you could be the perfect fit:
✔ Honest
✔ Good communicator
✔ Strong values
✔ Flexible
✔ Passionate
✔ Self-motivated
✔ Reliable
✔ Caring
✔ Inclusive
👥 Join Us
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know — we’re here to help.
📧 Please keep an eye on your email (including junk/spam folders), as initial contact may be sent electronically.
🔗 Apply today and begin your journey with Real Life Options — where you make the difference.
Information
- Reference:
MH1582707StoSW - Location:
Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, United Kingdom - Postcode:
TS18 5EW - Employment:
Permanent - Salary:
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