Home, a place where you belong
Calling all night owls! Prefer staying awake and working through the night rather than snoozing away like the rest of us? We’re looking for a dedicated night worker who won’t fall asleep on the job. If you’re as energised as a new Duracell bunny with the alert skills of a meerkat, this is the job for you!

We have a fabulous opportunity for you to join our kind and caring team. We support our customers with range of support needs which may include frailty and dementia, we help them regain or maintain their independence and ‘live well’ in their own homes. Watergate Court is a large community wellbeing service in Gateshead, supporting older people with all aspects of their daily living, including medication administration and personal care.

About the role
Earn £26,300 per annum, we pay £50 per sleep in shift, and £14.30 on call payment, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

What you’ll do

• We provide 24-hour support to our customers
• Working closely with the care team to follow support plans and reporting any concerns.
• You'll work in a large community wellbeing service in Gateshead, supporting older people with all aspects of their daily living, including medication administration, personal care and everyday daily living activities.
• You’ll have plenty of time for cuppas, chats and catch ups, there’s no rushing from one customer to the next here!

Why join us
Join a team that cares about you as much as the customers we support. From flexible working to brilliant wellbeing support, you’re free to bring your best self to work and grow in a way that suits you. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work! We can’t offer a CoS for this role.

You have

• A level 2 or above, or equivalent in social care or being willing to work towards this
• If you’ve worked in a CQC care setting previously, that would be great!
• Have a positive, caring can-do attitude, and empathy to really make a difference to our customers lives.
• Previous experience of working with support plans, recording and using information concisely and effectively.
• Knowledge of local community and networks would be brilliant.

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

• Working a 4 week rolling rota 3 x 12.5 hour shifts per week, including weekends, 37.5 hours per week
• Able to use technology for creating and updating support plans.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS and health check done and we pay for that.

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave, rising to 39 (this includes bank holidays and a “me day”)
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Instant pay access with Stream
• 800+ discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more
• We’ll pay for your Care Certificate if you don’t already have it

Finally
For reasonable adjustments email [email protected]. Roles can close early, so don’t delay applying. If you can’t see the Job Description at the top of this page, click APPLY to view it on our pages and find out more about us.

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