Employer: North Yorkshire Council
Position: Care and Support Worker
Salary: £13.47 to £14.13 per hour
Job Type: Permanent Full-time Part-time Various roles available
Work location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Closing date: 09/09/2025
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Do you have a passion to enable people to live a quality and fulfilling life by providing the Right Support, Right Care, and Right Culture?
If you are someone who embraces the opportunity to work in a role which is as diverse as the people you meet, we would love to hear from you and welcome you to our team!
Harrogate Home Support is a Supported Living Service. As a key part of our supported living service, you will play a vital role in enabling people with a range of needs to live more independently. You will help them to engage with their communities and to live meaningful and fulfilled lives where they feel a genuine sense of belonging.
We support people with a wide range of needs including neurodiversity, autism, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and complex needs. Supporting people with personal care is an integral part of the role, including use of equipment in a person-centred approach, for which training will be provided.
Our service operates 24/7, you will need to be flexible as shifts will include weekend working. You will be confident to work independently – as there will be a requirement for lone working.
You will support people to enable them to be independent and enjoy the community in which they live to enhance their daily lives. This will enable them to develop new experiences, achieve their personal goals, and enrich their lives.
You will work in ways which are consistent with the NYC values and behaviours, which are:
- Inclusive
- Ambitious
- Creative
- Together
We want someone who is committed to promoting quality care and support with dignity and respect.
Are these values important to you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Have you got a recognised qualification in Health and Social Care? If not, don’t worry we would you like to support you to learn on the job?
At NYC we offer a range of benefits including:
- Full support to achieve level 2 in Health and Social Care
- Extensive training and learning
- Opportunities for progression into other roles
- Potential to explore other specialisms such as learning disabilities and mental health.
- Paid enhancements for any weekend or night working
- Fully paid DBS clearance
- Pay based on experience and qualifications, with the opportunity for progression.
- Generous mileage allowance for any travel incurred as part of the role.
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing by length of service.
- Discount platforms from high street and local retailers, childcare vouchers, home technology schemes, leisure membership
- Access to a secure and flexible employee pension scheme
To apply please complete our online application form. If you have any further questions about the role, please contact Kate.Wylie@northyorks.gov.uk
Key Documents
Job Description Care and Support Worker Grade E.docx
Total Rewards
Key Dates
Closing Date: Tuesday 9 September 2025
Shortlisting Date: Thursday 11 September 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025
Venue for Interview: Harrogate Home Support, The Drive, Bogs Lane, Harrogate, HG1 4ED
***DBS***
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.
Care and Support Worker
APPLICATION PROCESS
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