Support Worker

Support Worker 

Earn £13.45 per hour (£26,300 per annum,pro rata) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Permanent, Part time (30 hpw)

St Austell, Cornwall

We can’t offer a CoS for this role

Home, a place where you belong

Join us and make a real difference every day.

You’ll help customers live independently, feel valued and stay connected.

This role is all about care, respect and practical support that improves lives.

Personal care is not required in this role.

What you’ll do


* Assist customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.


* Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.


* Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.


* Working collaboratively to empower our customers

Why join us

This is more than a job, it’s a place where you feel valued.

You get great training, support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day.

Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work! 

You have


* Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail 


* Experience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children


* The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach


* Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs 


* A Level 2 diploma in Care or equivalent experience (or willing to study towards it)

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves.

That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The practical bits


* You’ll work 37.5 hours a week and these hours will be allocated between Monday and Sunday.


* The rota might need to be changed based on the needs of customers and the business but don’t worry, we’ll give you plenty of notice (up to 4 weeks) if we need to change this.


* Although you’ll work nights / lone work, we do get together regularly in the daytime for training and team meetings


* Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.


* You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

What’s in it for you?


* 34 days leave increasing to 39 (including bank hols and a “me day”)


* Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more 


* Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)


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