Casual Care and Support Worker - Weymouth, DT4 0DL, United Kingdom

At East Boro, we are passionate about helping people live as independently as possible in their own homes. We are looking for Casual Care and Support Workers to join our friendly Domiciliary Care and Support Team.

As a Casual Care and Support Worker, you will provide personalised care and practical support that enables people to remain independent and live their lives to the fullest. Our team works flexibly with adults in the community, supporting them to stay safe, healthy, and confident in their own homes.

What You’ll Be Doing

As part of the team, you will support service users with a range of everyday tasks and activities, including:

• Supporting individuals with their medication needs
• Helping with shopping, cleaning, cooking, and healthy eating
• Assisting with correspondence and applying for jobs
• Encouraging participation in social and leisure activities, such as day trips, outings, and discos
• Providing companionship and promoting independence

Personal Care Support

You may also assist service users with personal care tasks such as:

• Assisting individuals to get up in the morning or go to bed
• Washing, bathing, hair care, denture and mouth care
• Dressing and undressing
• Toileting, including safe cleaning and disposal of waste
• Moving and handling, including transfers or hoisting where required
• Supporting with food and drink preparation, eating and drinking
• Maintaining kitchen hygiene and cleanliness

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for caring, reliable, and compassionate individuals who want to make a real difference in people’s lives. Previous care experience is helpful but not always essential, what matters most is a positive attitude and a willingness to support others.

Why Join East Boro?

• Flexible casual working hours
• A supportive and friendly team environment
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in your local community
• Training and development opportunities

If you are passionate about helping others and want a rewarding role where no two days are the same, we would love to hear from you.

About us

Specialising in housing and support services for the elderly, adults with learning disabilities and other vulnerable people, we seek to provide our residents with more than just a home. Our customers are our reason for being so we try to involve customers in everything we do. We have provided care and support services since 1960 and currently serve a range of customers with different needs.

About you

You will need:

• Good communication skills
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills
• To be compassionate and patient
• Ideally some experience in a caring industry
• To pass our DBS check or be on the DBS update service
• Verify your right to work in the UK.

Even better if you have previous experience of a working for a personalised care services for adults of with physical, learning, and mental disabilities and providing personal care.

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives.

We cannot wait to hear from you! Apply as soon as possible with your most updated CV.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.

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