Casual Residential Care Worker

About us

Hillingdon Council: Putting our Residents first.

Hillingdon is London's second largest borough, with fantastic transport links with the A40, M25, the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines all local to us, so you can travel to work with ease and boasting over 20 square miles of scenic countryside, consisting of canals, rivers, parks and woodland. We're also home to some of the world's most renowned brands such as Coca-Cola and United Biscuits.

With an ambitious strategy we pride ourselves on delivering services that improves the lives of all our residents, businesses and partners. Embarking on our journey of continuous improvement, we've set an agenda to ensure the provision of; safer communities, a thriving local economy, a greener more sustainable environment, whilst increasing our digital capabilities throughout the Borough.

Putting our residents first is at the heart of everything we do! We want talented individuals like you to share our aspirations for the borough, supporting us to deliver exceptional services for Hillingdon.

About the role

These are casual positions and your working hours will be as and when required. These roles will include shift work including weekends and bank holidays.

At Hillingdon we are always looking to improve the way we deliver services to our residents. We have now developed Casual Support Worker roles to work across Adults and Children's Services ensuring the best possible care and support is given.

Whether you are facilitating and encouraging adults with learning disabilities and complex support needs in activities appropriate to their needs and abilities, or supervising young people between the ages of 12-17 years with their day-to-day life, the job will be really rewarding. The roles will involve ensuring there are support plans, risk assessments and behavioural plans in place and you will undertake the necessary activities monitoring and reviews.

As a Casual Support Worker you will benefit from working across a range of Hilllingdon's services to include supported living, respite care, residential homes and resource centres.

Please see some further information on one of our Resource Centres at Queens Walk using the link below.

https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/queenswalk

About you

Flexibility and a passion to deliver the best possible care and support are key attributes.  Experienced with working with children, young people and/or adults, you will be able to demonstrate your ability to understand and support our service users' complex physical and emotional needs. Training will be offered and you will be encouraged to find creative approaches to ensure our service users maximise the opportunities open to them.

It goes without saying that you will be a highly motivated team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. If you meet the demands of these challenging roles you can be assured that you will be given the chance to develop your career and realise your potential.

What we offer

We offer a range of Company benefits. These vary according to the business area and role but may include:

• local government average salary pension scheme
• free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
• a 36-hour week for all full-time staff
• generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 25 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 28 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 36 days
• career breaks
• flexible working hours
• season ticket loan
• access to a Credit Union
• on-site staff restaurant at Civic Centre
• access to a wide range of training and courses
• discount on a variety of Adult Education courses run by the Council
• payment of professional fees where these are required
• discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
• cycle purchase scheme
• car sharing scheme
• 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses

Additional information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.