Overview

Hours: 18 hours per week. Shift Pattern: Various shifts, must be available every other weekend.

Are you looking for a career that\'s both rewarding and offers opportunities to develop, but dread the thought of a desk job? Are you a people person who can strike up a conversation with anyone? Do you want to finish work knowing you\'ve made real a difference to someone\'s life? If this sounds like you - we\'ve got the perfect match!

As a Care Worker with Housing 21 you\'ll be part of a friendly, supportive team as you work together to support our residents. Once you\'re at work that\'s it - no travelling between calls as residents live independently in their own apartments within our schemes, which also offer communal lounges, gardens, cafés/bistros and hair salons for them to enjoy. Working with familiar residents and colleagues every day, you\'ll build strong relationships and feel part of the Extra Care family. We want to make sure you feel valued too and have developed our offer to set us apart from the wider care sector. Our Care Workers:

Responsibilities

• Tasks can include: Supporting with household and domestic tasks, such as laundry, shopping, cleaning, and financial transactions such as paying bills.
• Making meals, drinks and snacks where necessary.
• Encouraging and enabling residents to follow agreed care plans.
• Assisting residents with getting up in the morning, providing personal care including washing/bathing and dressing; helping with undressing and going to bed in the evening; providing help and ensuring medication is taken as required.
• Putting resident wellbeing at the heart of the service, going the extra mile to ensure residents can live their best lives and ensuring managers and key agencies are kept informed of progress.

Qualifications and requirements

• All you need is: To be kind and friendly; good written and verbal English communication skills; commitment to undertake necessary further training; a genuine desire to help people; reliability and flexibility; the ability to use your initiative; and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
• You don\'t need experience or any qualifications to be a Care Worker; just a positive attitude and kind manner. In fact, if you have ever cared for a relative or friend, raised children, or helped a neighbour with shopping or gardening you have already demonstrated many of the required skills.
• Many of our Managers and Assistant Managers started as Care Workers in our schemes, and the Extra Care Academy supports development into management roles.

Benefits

• Holiday Pay
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Occupational Maternity Pay
• Health Cash Plan
• Blue Light Card (discounts across retail, hospitality and leisure)
• Car Lease Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Uniform provided
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 50p hourly enhancement for all Level 2 Training and development to fulfil your career aspirations
• An offer of employment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced disclosure check, satisfactory references, and induction training.

Closing Date for applications is 22 February 2026. Due to the nature of this role this advert may close earlier than the closing date listed and once sufficient applications have been received. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.