Care Support Worker – Harker House

For a limited time, join us now and receive £300 bonus!!*

Care Support Workers

Salary:  £9.60 – £10.15 Per Hour

Hours:  Part-Time & Full-Time Hours 

Location:  Harker House, Long Stratton

NorseCare are Norfolk’s largest care home provider, delivering dedicated and individually driven care services throughout the region. Our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and we build teams of caring professionals to ensure their needs can remain our main focus.

Harker House is our residential Care Home located in the heart of Long Stratton, we provide dedicated care and support to up to 38 residents, including those living with dementia and other complex care needs.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for hardworking, passionate individuals to join us in delivery our person-centred care with opportunities available on a permanent basis working full-time / part-time on days.

Working for NorseCare

Working for Norfolk’s largest Care Home provider offers interesting opportunities to get involved in exciting projects across the business, with excellent career progression opportunities available.

We offer training to fully support the development of our employees and to create a rewarding and collaborative working environment that reflects our core values.

What we are looking for

Whilst previous experience within the care industry would be ideal, we are happy to offer full training and support to those who share our core values. Aside from experience, we are looking for you to;

• Be supportive and caring always ensuring you are providing exemplary service to our residents
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team
• Willingness to go that extra mile

We Offer:

All of our staff are fully supported by operational teams, management and staff at head office providing you with the training and development opportunities to succeed in a successful career. Alongside this we offer;

• Competitive rates of pay with excellent benefits
• Enhancements for working weekends, Bank Holidays and additional hours
• We will fully support your personal development to achieve your career aspirations through award winning training and courses paid for by NorseCare
• An ethos centred around supporting are employees including access to free physiotherapy and chiropractic treatment
• 24/7 staff helpline to assist with legal or financial information, as well as personal support and guidance
• A DBS check and uniform, paid for and provided by us
• A comprehensive induction programme
• Regular learning and training reviews with access to our digital E-learning platform and our learning resource library
• Reward & Recognition scheme, including the opportunity to be awarded Love2Shop vouchers and attend NorseCare’s Awards Ceremony
• A fantastic Refer a Friend scheme
• NEST Auto-Enrolment pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Free on-site parking
• Access to a Credit Union for excellent savings and loan options
• Cycle to Work scheme

Please read the attached job description and person specification to ensure you meet the criteria for the role before applying.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Please click here for details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders.

At Norse Group, we are dedicated to providing a safe environment for our residents, employees and local communities. We remain compliant with Government legislation on the full vaccination of staff working within resident care settings again Covid1-19 as of 11^th November 2021, with limited exemptions. For further information on the Government policy and any exemptions, click here.

*£100 will be payable at 3 months, a further £200 will be payable at 6 months. This is subject to successful performance, sickness reviews and completion of successful probation period. You will not be eligible for this bonus if you are currently an employee of the Norse Group.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. We expect all our employees to embrace and share our values:

Compassion – Aspiration – Respect –  Empowering