The advertised hourly rate includes a supplement (JWC) to the base grade of the post. JWC supplements are conditional on the physical demands and /or working conditions of the role.

A market supplement is currently being applied to all night and weekend (Saturday and Sunday) shifts, uplifting your hourly rate in these periods to approx. £17.40. This will replace any previous market supplements and will apply to both your contracted hours and to any additional hours worked within the applicable time periods.

Location(s): Riverside House Residential Care Home, Kendal

Available Hours: Available Hours: Find a role that fits around you, we have a number of part time opportunities for Support Workers to join our Riverside House Team. Apply below and a member of the team will be in touch to discuss our current vacancies in more detail.

Contract: Permanent

About this opportunity

Are you interested in supporting Adults in Cumbria?

Would you like to be part of our friendly hardworking teams making a difference to someone's life?

We have opportunities for caring and compassionate people to join our Care Services team at Riverside House as Support Workers (Carer Care Worker Care Assistant) providing support and care within our Residential Care Services.

About Residential Care

Help older adults live their life how they choose and enjoy their later years. Support people to stay active and healthy by encouraging good nutrition and promoting fitness and mobility as well as supporting emotional wellness.

About the role

As a Support Worker (Carer Care Worker Care Assistant) you will get the opportunity to know people individually and support their wellbeing through physical and emotional care. You may also assist with medication providing personal care and encouraging our people to achieve or maintain independence.

No experience or qualifications are needed to get started. We will help and support you with fully paid training and development - we are looking for the right people with the right qualities. If you do have experience then take the next step in your career with us. As a large employer we can offer great opportunities to develop and build your skills to take you where you want to go.

If you're friendly compassionate and want to make a difference to people's lives' we would love to speak with you!

About Our Home

Riverside House is based in Kendal, and we have the capacity to support up to 34 residents, providing care, security, and companionship for those with Dementia, old age and the physically frail.

Working within our Residential Care Service will typically involve working shifts which usually cover between 7am until 10pm (days) or 9.30pm - 7.30am (nights) over 7 days 365 day a year - this will include alternate weekends (as part of a set rota) and Bank Holidays.

What can we offer you!

-Excellent training and development offers

-Flexible working opportunities

-Opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme

-Boost your pension with Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (facilitated by AVC Wise)

-Various perks and discounts schemes including money off your phone contract and local gyms

-Competitive rates of pay

DBS

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with a Adults Barred List check.

Please note this role involves working in regulated activity. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.

Application and Interview Information

We have made it easier to apply for a job in care. Simply fill in the details on our online application form and a member of our Recruitment team will be in touch to help you find the right role for you

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Safer Recruitment

At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children young people and adults at risk and expects all employees volunteers and the Externally Provided Workforce (EPWs) to share this commitment.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.

As a Disability Confident Employer disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of this job are guaranteed an interview.

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Post Specification

Role Profile

Package: Fees and allowances up to £657.13 per week per child – depending on the age and needs of the child and the type of fostering placement.

Would you like to join Cumbria’s biggest family?

Cumbria Fostering is looking for compassionate, caring and dedicated people to look after a children of all ages from Cumbria.

This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to make a direct and positive impact on the lives of children and young adults, whilst also having flexibility and independence in a role where they are supported every step of the way.

We need both short and long-term foster carers to care for a range of children including:

• Children of all ages (0-18 years)
• Teenagers
• Brothers and sisters
• Children with a range of disabilities
• Parent and child
• Emergency foster carers
• Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, who have left their parents and own countries and come to the UK

Types of foster care

There are different types of foster care to meet the different needs of the children and young people we care for. Some children need homes for a weekend or a few weeks, whereas some children need to stay for months, years or even longer.

The different types of foster carers we need include:

• Long term - provides children and young people with a family to support them into adulthood.
• Short term – provides support for a few days or months up to two years, depending on the circumstances of the child or young person.
• Respite - part time foster care for children to help families in difficulty, providing a break for parents, children or full-time foster carers.
• Shared Care - foster carers provide disabled children with regular short breaks by linking them with another family.
• Parent and child - foster carers provide support, in their home, to young parent(s) caring for their new baby or very young child.
• Emergency Foster Carers – provide children or young people somewhere safe to stay for a few nights until longer term arrangements can be made.

The Role

Becoming a Foster Carer is a varied, rewarding and challenging role, where every single day is different and you have the chance to make a huge difference to the emotional and physical wellbeing of a child or young person.

This could mean improving a child’s attendance at school or supporting them to step down from residential care back into a fostering ‘home’ environment. This really is a role like no other, and as a part of this, you will work with a dedicated team of professionals who will support through the training, assessment and approval stages, continuing even once you are improved.

Who are we looking for?

Foster Carers come from all walks of like, just like the children who need to be looked after.

We're looking for people who are patient, flexible, understanding, resilient and keen to learn. Your individual qualities and what you can offer to a child or young person are what matter to us. If you have fostered before and would like to return, or if you have ever thought about fostering, we can help you decide if fostering could be for you.

Fostering does not necessarily require people to be at home full-time, as different children will have different needs; the important thing is that you can arrange things to meet those needs. The fostering payments we provide may give you the flexibility to look at how you manage your working hours.

We already support over 250 foster families, but with more than 700 children in care in Cumbria, we are always looking for more people to join in.

To apply be a foster carer you must:

• be over 21 years of age and fit and active enough to care for a child. There is no upper age limit but you need to be able to meet the needs of the child.
• have a separate bedroom suitable for a child or young person (unless you are fostering a baby or child up to two years of age in which case the child can sleep in a cot in your bedroom).
• be a full-time UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain.

As a foster carer with Westmorland and Furness Council, you will benefit from:

• 24 hour support and regular contact from a dedicated social worker
• Ongoing specialist training
• Peer support scheme
• Links with virtual school
• Access to respite
• Access to an EHWB (emotional health and wellbeing) worker

We believe that all children and young people have the right to be healthy, happy and safe; to be loved, valued and respected; and to have high hopes for their future. If you share this passion, then please get in touch today!

How to Apply

Find out more about fostering or make an enquiry by going to fosterwithus.org.uk or by calling 0300 019 0200. On Facebook message us now, search @cumbriafosteringandadoption

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