Home About Us Our Care Services Career FAQ Contact Us Job Opportunities Jemcare Domiciliary Agency strives to employ people to provide them the fair chance to make a big difference in the community. We value the skills, knowledge, experience and above all, compassion of all of our who work with us. We will ensure upon joining Jemcare, you will receive the training and support needed to be the best of the best. We offer jobs across West Cumbria and aim to provide a healthy work-life balance. We pride ourselves on being a family run local business and like to look after our staff and service users like they are our own family. See below all of the current job opportunities available at Jemcare. This is regularly updated so stay tuned for newly listed opportunities. Job Opportunities Support Worker 16 Hours | 24 Hours | 35 Hours Wigton Single Round Your Roles and Responsibilities As a support worker, you will working within the community to provide care and promote the independence and well-being of our service users. You must own a full driving license and drive your own car as you will be required to drive the service user(s) homes to provide care and support in the Wigton area. We are recruiting support workers in Wigton to start a brand new home care round. We have a vacancies for 16, 24 and 35 hour contracts. We work in small teams visiting adults in their own homes to provide care and support and encouraging their independence. We support with a range of tasks including: Personal Care – Washing, Dressing, Showering, Mouth Care Meal Preparation – Warming and preparing food, ensuring nutritional needs are being met, supporting with feeding Medication – Assisting with prompting and administering medication, specialist medication tasks such as PEG feeding. Social – Going to local shops, clubs and accessing social support with adults We also support with mobility, using equipment to enable adults to move safely around their home. You are paid mileage for travelling between homes and are provided with Full PPE and access to the covid-19 vaccine should you wish you have it. Every team has the support of a senior staff member who will mentor you at the beginning and throughout your employment. You will work on the same round with the same team, visiting a small number of service users which enables you to learn their routines and wishes and builds a good relationship. We pride ourselves on providing high quality training at the beginning and throughout your employment, you will have the option to work towards your NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care and will learn about health conditions such as Parkinson’s and Diabetes from training sessions taken by those living with the disease. For this position you do not need any qualifications, just a caring and helpful nature and a pleasant and approachable manner. We can only accept applications from those who currently hold a full UK driving license and you must have access to your own car. All positions are subject to a DBS Check although convictions do not mean you will be refused a position, speak to us about it. Salary: £9.35 per hour Schedule: Day shift Monday to Friday Night shift Weekends COVID-19 precaution(s): Personal protective equipment provided or required Sanitisation, disinfection or cleaning procedures in place Apply Now: Fill in an Application Form If you wish to apply via application form, you can either: Print it and deliver to Jemcare Head Office Visit our Contact Us and email your application form with your CV Fill in an Application Form Fill in an Application Form Jemcare There's no place like Home. About Us Home About Us Our Care Services Career News & Events Contact Us Where to find us: Jemcare Head Office Main Road Flimby Maryport Cumbria CA15 8RP Contact Us: Telephone: 01900 602200 Email: admin@jemcare.org.uk Site Support Terms of Service Our Policies Jemcare CQC overall rating Good 10 November 2021 See the report Jemcare Domiciliary Care Agency (c) 2019 All rights reserved.