Hourly rate: £12.00

Care Worker

To cover our Support Living location in Bristol Lawrence.

Hourly rate of £12.00 an hour, we are looking for 2 full time equivalent positions.

Due to an increase in hours required, we are looking for a Care Workers to join our team!

This is a great opportunity to join our friendly and highly professional team, we respect hard work and dedication towards the local community in Bristol.

We are one of the UK’s leading housing and care providers offering solutions to both the private and public sectors with over 5,500 employees.

Mears Group’s vision is to make a positive difference to the people we serve by improving homes, improving communities, and improving lives.

About the Role:

Care Workers really make a difference to the lives or our service users, offering a highly personal service you will be helping to enable people to live as independently as possible, by providing the best standards of care and support.

Assisting with all elements of personal care, to ensure service users are supported in being as independent as possible in preparation for their day ahead
Assisting service users with getting washed and dressed, preparing meals
Prompting and assistance with taking medication
Light household tasks
Light Cleaning
Gardening if required and able to
Budgeting for finance
Taking then shopping
Day trips to the beach
Offering companionship and helping build service users confidence and independence

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears- does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Mears Benefits

DBS check
Enrolment onto NVQ level 2 after successful completion of your 6 month probation.
Refer a friend scheme (entitlement up to £1000)
Incentive payments made, once training and probationary periods have been completed
Pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Share saver scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Alton Towers, Drayton Manor where your entrance and lunch will be paid for.
Care Worker of the Month Award
Mears Connect Discounts – include discounts and money back on high street shops, holidays, groceries, and lots more
Paid volunteering leave
Offering a range of shifts to balance home and work life.

We are Mears - Proud to be voted a one of the Top 25 Best Big Companies to work for in the Sunday Times.

Role Criteria:

Successful candidates must be willing to work alternate weekends
No previous experience is required, full training will be provided.
Practical subject such as cooking and household responsibilities
Personal care
Medication Administration
Day trips

If you feel you have skills needed, please apply via the link below and for any further questions please contact Vickie on

vickie.rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk

, quoting the job reference number.

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.

We are also a Forces Friendly employer and an ERS Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award holder.

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