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About the Role

As a Community Support Worker, you’ll support people to stay independent in their own homes, maintain their routines and keep doing the things that matter to them. You’ll provide practical support, companionship and personal care, joining a team that helps you learn, grow and feel confident in your role.

Responsibilities

Provide personal care, always respecting each person’s dignity, privacy and choices.
Support clients with personal care: Helping with washing, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and continence care.
Support clients with medication: Collecting prescriptions, providing reminders and supporting or administering medication in line with training and care plans.
Support clients with meals and drinks: Preparing meals, snacks and drinks that reflect individual preferences and dietary needs, and helping with eating and drinking where required.
Support clients with mobility: Supporting safe movement, transfers and the use of mobility aids and personal equipment, following training and care plans.
Support clients with everyday tasks: Helping with shopping, making and changing beds, laundry, light cleaning, tidying and emptying commodes.
Offer companionship, conversation, reassurance and a listening ear, helping reduce loneliness.
Support activities, outings and appointments, and helping people stay connected with friends and family.
Recognise hazards, respond appropriately to concerns or emergencies, and report changes in a client’s wellbeing through the appropriate channels.
Record care accurately and work with colleagues, families and healthcare professionals to provide consistent support.
Encourage people to do what they can for themselves, offering the right support to help them maintain their independence.

Requirements

A kind, respectful and compassionate approach
Good communication and listening skills
Reliability and good timekeeping
A willingness to provide personal care with dignity and sensitivity
Confidence travelling between clients’ homes
A practical approach to solving problems and knowing when to ask for help
Resilience, flexibility and a willingness to learn
The existing right to work in the UK
Must be comfortable travelling locally between visits.
No previous care experience is needed.

Skills

Listening skills
Patience
Ability to put people at ease
Communication skills
Listening skills

Location

Shepherd’s Bush
Westminster
Brixton Hill
Streatham
Chelsea
Clapham
Earls Court
Fulham
South Kensington
Greater London

Work Type

Full-time
Part-time
Day shifts
Evening shifts

Salary/Compensations

£14.80 per hour
£15.30 per hour

Benefits

Fully paid training, online and face to face
Ongoing development and career progression opportunities
Local community work, with paid travel time between visits
Paid mileage where applicable
Enhanced Sunday pay and bank holiday pay arrangements
28 days’ annual leave, pro rata
Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay
Enhanced occupational paternity pay
Death in Service payment
Pension scheme
Benefits and wellbeing platform
Refer-a-friend scheme – earn £300 per referral
Blue Light Card eligibility, giving access to discounts at leading brands
Cycle-to-work scheme
Access to our in-house app

About the Company

Sage Care is part of City & County Healthcare Group, one of the UK’s largest care providers.
We offer the support of a national organisation alongside the relationships and community feel of a local team.
We’re investing in our people, technology and ways of working to improve care.

Equal Opportunity

Sage Care is an equal opportunities employer.