Care Support Worker

At locations across Gloucestershire: Cirencester, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham

Pay range:£13.39 – £20.09 per hour (Paid Travel Time at National Minimum Wage per hour. Mileage paid at 45p per mile.)

Hours: We have a wide range of opportunities and working patterns to suit you, including full time and part time roles and guaranteed hour contracts.

We can fit your working hours around the other demands on your time. Need to fit in a school run? We can accommodate you.

So get in touch with us to discuss what pattern is the best fit for your own work/life balance.

Company Description

Crossroads Care are a Gloucestershire based charity specialising in supporting family carers and those they care for to live well at home.  We provide longer visits to enable the family carer to take a break from their caring role. In addition to our family carers support, we offer a home care service supporting our community to live well at home, as well as day club services across the county. We are rated OUTSTANDING by CQC and have been caring around the local area for 41 years.

Job Description

We support people and their carers to remain happy, healthy & independent in their own homes, and we pride ourselves on being customer focussed and delivering nothing but the best quality service. We do this by ensuring our staff are carefully chosen through our recruitment process and have values that match ours.

Typically our visits provide such a range of tasks that no two days are the same.  They can include: companionship and help with day to day tasks such as personal care, sometimes supporting people taking medication, helping people to go out into the community or even visit the gym! Working for us you will have a satisfying, meaningful role where you know you are making a difference to people’s lives.

If you are thinking of changing your career to something new and rewarding, or already work in care and are looking for a change, then look no further than to join Crossroads Care Gloucestershire as a Care Support Worker!

What we offer you;

• Improved hourly rate  for weekends
• Paid Travel Time at National Minimum Wage per hour. Mileage paid at 45p per mile.
• Variety of contracts available to suit you. This can include part time or full time contracted hours
• Paid Enhanced DBS
• Additional 5 days annual leave (pro-rata) after 5 year’s service
• 24 hour support, advice and guidance from a friendly and always supportive team
• Electric Vehicle Scheme offered
• Free eye tests
• Carer Friendly Charity – 5 days additional Carers leave (pro rata)
• Fully paid bespoke Induction Process
• Paid ongoing training and development plus fully funded NVQ 2/3/4 available
• Fantastic career progression opportunities in a growing business
• Company Pension Scheme
• Uniform provided
• Recommend a Friend Bonus of £500 per introduction
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Free, confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme from your first day of employment.

We ask you to offer;

• A full driving licence and access to a car
• Ability to work on a weekend rota (usually 1 in 3)
• Aged 18 or over
• UK applicants only – we are not sponsoring Visa applications at this time
• Warm, trusting, and supportive relationships with our clients, providing encouragement to help people to live rich and fulfilling lives.

Here’s what some of our Care Assistants have to say about working for Crossroads Care Gloucestershire:

“I love my job as I have a nice variation of people I visit and a good work/life balance.  As I’m a single parent I found it hard to find a care job that fitted in around my responsibilities to my children.

“They are the only company I have found that will go out of their way to be flexible and give me the hours I need but I get to see my kids enough”

“The support and understanding of staff is truly amazing and nothing is too much trouble and on a final note I feel part of the team and feel valued at Crossroads.  The organisation is the best I’ve worked for”

“Being a single parent and having been out of work for over a year, I found the prospect of getting back into work quite daunting. I have to make the right choices for my little family and I can’t afford to get it wrong. From the get go, all of the staff at Crossroads have been incredibly supportive, understanding, encouraging and uplifting. I genuinely love my job because of the positive difference I get to make to people’s lives as we all do as part of the team at Crossroads. I have a great variation of roles and responsibilities and love that I am still able to pitch in and help when needed with visits or day clubs etc. I hadn’t been working for Crossroads very long when I applied for and received my promotion for Senior Support Worker and it has meant the world to me and to my children, it has made me feel valued and respected as a new member of the team and I am really getting stuck in and enjoying the new role. Everyone has made me feel so welcome, any worries or concerns I have are listened to and dealt with as a matter of urgency and I already feel like a piece of the furniture! I have never before worked for a company that is so dedicated to ensuring I have a high quality work/home balance and will go out of their way to ensure I am happy and satisfied in my role. Staff of all levels at Crossroads come together and support one another, it feels like a family away from home.”

There are three ways to apply:

1. Contact our team

2. Email us your CV

3. Send us an application form