Support Worker – Personal Support Service in York inYork PUBLISHED FRI 18 APR 2025 Jump to job information section
City of York Council rvWP2715
Job description
Are you looking for a rewarding role in social care supporting customers in their own home as part of our Independent Living Communities?
The City of York Council’s Personal Support Services are now recruiting for some great part time opportunities within Glen Lodge and across other Personal Support Service Schemes.
You may have limited experience or qualifications in this field, but we are happy to work with you to reach the standard required to develop into an excellent Support Worker.
As a Support Worker, you will be supporting customers living in their own homes within York delivering personal care and promoting daily living skills to enable customers to maximise their independence. The duties are varied, so no two shifts will be the same.
Key Skills And Experience Required
This role is suitable as a job share opportunity.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Sarah Benton, Registered Manager at or on .
Closing date: Sunday 20 April 2025 at 12 midnight
Interview date: To be clarified
The City of York Council’s Personal Support Services are now recruiting for some great part time opportunities within Glen Lodge and across other Personal Support Service Schemes.
You may have limited experience or qualifications in this field, but we are happy to work with you to reach the standard required to develop into an excellent Support Worker.
As a Support Worker, you will be supporting customers living in their own homes within York delivering personal care and promoting daily living skills to enable customers to maximise their independence. The duties are varied, so no two shifts will be the same.
Key Skills And Experience Required
- Good communication skills
- Ability to record defensible documentation.
- Work within a team/able to use your own initiative.
- Able to administer medication.
- Confidence to work with other professionals and families.
- Commitment to identifying personal development and attend mandatory training.
This role is suitable as a job share opportunity.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Sarah Benton, Registered Manager at or on .
Closing date: Sunday 20 April 2025 at 12 midnight
Interview date: To be clarified
Not sure?
If you're interested in this role but you have questions or you're not yet ready to apply, then please book a quick call with us and we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and tell you more about the role.
If you're interested in this role but you have questions or you're not yet ready to apply, then please book a quick call with us and we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and tell you more about the role.
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