Support Worker
| Posting date: | 26 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,479 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 June 2026 |
| Location: | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | British Red Cross |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Bedford |
Summary
• Helping transport service users
• Listening to service users needs and delivering support to help them with their needs
• Providing basic emotional support
• Ensuring service users have essential items, such as food, medication etc
• Ensuring service users homes are safe by conducting basic home safety checks
• Signposting to relevant voluntary and community groups and activities identified and
supporting service user to make contact and engage
To comply with service specific policies and processes including those on lone
working, manual handling and infection control.
• Completion of all mandatory training requirements as specified for the role.
• To ensure that the highest standards are delivered which comply BRC Quality
Standards framework.
• To ensure service users’ health and wellbeing is preserved and safeguarding policies and procedures are always followed.
• To work within a safe services culture of proactive engagement and shared learning when considering safeguarding and protecting people from harm.
• Listening to service users needs and delivering support to help them with their needs
• Providing basic emotional support
• Ensuring service users have essential items, such as food, medication etc
• Ensuring service users homes are safe by conducting basic home safety checks
• Signposting to relevant voluntary and community groups and activities identified and
supporting service user to make contact and engage
To comply with service specific policies and processes including those on lone
working, manual handling and infection control.
• Completion of all mandatory training requirements as specified for the role.
• To ensure that the highest standards are delivered which comply BRC Quality
Standards framework.
• To ensure service users’ health and wellbeing is preserved and safeguarding policies and procedures are always followed.
• To work within a safe services culture of proactive engagement and shared learning when considering safeguarding and protecting people from harm.
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