Southern Housing
Care & Support Worker
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Fixed Term Contract until March 2027
Newport, Isle of Wight
The role
We are looking for a Care & Support Worker to join us here at Southern Housing on the Isle of Wight!
You will work as part of a team providing personalised care and support to residents and people who use our services in line with established care and support plans. You will work with older people, frail elderly, people with a learning disability and autism, people with mental health issues and people with complex needs.
The Care & Support Worker role provides services in supported housing schemes, extra care schemes and community-based services.
You will need to work flexibly to cover weekends as required to meet the needs of the service. You must be physically able to undertake moving and handling, have the use of a vehicle with business use insurance and will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
This role is a FTC ending in March 2027 and full-time position, contracted 35 hours a week.
The location: Our CQC Registered Office is in Newport, however this is a role that is based in our services across the Island delivering care and support to residents living in our schemes or in their own homes.
What you'll be doing
- Provide care to residents and people who use our services, as identified in their person-centred care plan. This may include some intimate personal care.
- Deliver care in a way which promotes independence, rights, choices, and inclusion in the community.
- Summon professional assistance in the case of an emergency.
- Practice within the criteria set out in the Care Quality Commission standards ensuring residents have an up-to-date care plan and risk assessment which reflects their individual needs and wishes.
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What you'll need
- Hold 5 GCSE passes at grade C or above (or equivalent Grade 9-5) inc Maths & English
- Ability to listen and communicate effectively
- Good written communication and numeracy skills
- Basic IT skills
- Driving licence and access to a vehicle
- Able to work both as part of a team and also unsupervised
- Knowledge of personal boundaries
- Understanding of the requirements of CQC
Benefits in working with us
As a trusting and competitive provider of care and support services on the Island, we can provide you with paid travel time, generous mileage and holiday allowance, paid DBS and training as well as health benefits package. And if you're interested in career progression, then we are the employer for you!
- The ability to buy extra leave and discount cards
- Flexible working hours covering weekdays, evening & weekends
- Employee referral scheme
- Cash claim-back on medical treatments
- Full training provided at no additional cost
- Additional payment for sleep-in duties, where applicable
- Discounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, give as you earn, critical illness and travel insurance
Closing Date: 17th July 2026 at 23:59pm
Please note we hold the right to close the vacancy early depending on application volume.
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What's in it for you
About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to peoples lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Eyecare & dental
- Birthday leave
- Retailers discounts
- Cycle to work
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Season ticket loan
- In-house academy & career development
- Flexible working
Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
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