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Job summary

Main area
Extra Care
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
B0399-8412939
Employer
St Anne's Community Services
Employer type
Private Sector
Site
Redwood Glades
Town
Hull
Salary
£12.71ph rising to £12.91 after successful completion of probation
Closing
15/11/2026 23:59

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Core Support Worker - Redwood Glades

Job overview

Core Support Worker

Redwood Glades, Hull

Starting salary £12.71ph
Rising to £12.91 after successful completion of probation, increasing to £13.45 after a further 12 months in post.

 

Make a difference every day with St Anne’s Community Services. Join our Extra Care Wellbeing Service at Redwood Glades and help people live independently, with dignity, choice and confidence.

You’ll provide responsive, person-centred support, answering alarms, carrying out welfare checks and responding calmly to emergencies and unexpected needs. From practical reassurance and personal care to encouraging community connections, your support will reflect what matters to each person.

You’ll also keep accurate records, work closely with colleagues and partner agencies, and contribute to building safety and security outside normal business hours.

We’re looking for a compassionate, reliable communicator who can prioritise competing demands, build respectful relationships and work independently and within a team. Understanding safeguarding and confidentiality, alongside a willingness to complete training and use electronic systems, is essential. Relevant care experience is desirable.

You must be able to work a rota including evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Help us deliver ‘A Life Not a Service’. Apply today.

Main duties of the job

To deliver the core and floating-support elements of the Extra Care Wellbeing Service at Redwood Glades, providing a responsive on-site service for people living within the scheme. The postholder will respond to emergencies, unplanned support needs, alarm activations and changes in wellbeing while promoting independence, choice, control and community participation.

The role supports the ‘A Life Not a Service’ approach through person-centred, strengths-based and outcome-focused practice. It also includes defined out-of-hours duties that contribute to the safety, security and effective operation of Redwood Glades.

Working for our organisation

St. Anne's wants to reward its employees for their hard work. Employee benefits include;

  • New pay framework launched in 2025. Rewarding the dedication and work of staff across the charity. Potential increases after 6 months, 2.5 & 5 years. 
  • Rising annual leave each year to a maximum of 33 days (including statutory holidays)
  • 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme
  • Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development
  • Cycle To Work scheme
  • Refer A Friend recruitment initiative
  • Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period
  • Group Personal Pension Scheme
  • Discounted income protection scheme
  • Free car parking at most services
  • Free life assurance cover

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Core and Floating Support

·  Deliver the floating-support function across Redwood Glades as part of the contracted on-site service.

·  Remain available during the shift to respond promptly to unplanned support needs and person-related emergencies across the scheme.

·  Respond to alarm, pendant and telecare activations in accordance with support plans, risk assessments and local procedures.

·  Undertake welfare checks where requested or where there is a reasonable concern about a person’s safety or wellbeing.

·  Provide immediate practical assistance and emotional reassurance when a person is distressed, unwell or experiencing a crisis.

·  Respond to unplanned personal-care or support needs where necessary to protect safety, dignity or wellbeing and where within training and competence.

·  Provide additional monitoring and short-term support following hospital discharge, illness or a temporary change in need.

·  Work flexibly across the whole Extra Care scheme and prioritise according to urgency, assessed risk and individual need.

·  Ensure core support is not routinely substituted for individually commissioned planned care.

·  Maintain clear records of each intervention, action, outcome, escalation and required follow-up.

2. Person-Centred and Outcome-Focused Support

·  Treat each person with dignity, compassion, respect and sensitivity.

·  Deliver support in accordance with assessed needs, outcome-based support plans, preferences, communication needs and risk assessments.

·  Work with people to identify what matters to them and the outcomes they wish to achieve.

·  Encourage people to complete activities for themselves wherever safe and appropriate, promoting confidence, resilience and daily living skills.

·  Recognise and build on each person’s strengths, abilities, relationships and community connections.

·  Support informed choice, positive risk-taking and the least restrictive approach.

·  Respect each person’s home, tenancy, privacy, possessions and right to decide how they live.

·  Identify and promptly report changes in physical health, mental health, behaviour, communication, mobility or general wellbeing.

·  Contribute relevant observations to support-plan reviews and multidisciplinary discussions.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to person-centred, strengths-based and outcome-focused support.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in extra care, supported living, domiciliary care, housing-related support or a comparable service.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Investors in PeopleMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sue Tyson
Job title
Extra Care Manager
Email address
[email protected]