242910 - Reablement Care & Support Worker

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Do you want to make a difference to someone's life, giving them choice, control, dignity and respect?

If so, then we may have the right position for you!

Our Reablement Service are seeking to appoint a Care & Support Worker, working a 26.25 per week contract. This essential service works 7 days per week, 52 weeks a year, providing the best possible quality of care in the community.

The successful person will be a car driver and be prepared to work a 4-week rolling rota which includes Am shifts 7.00am- 15:00 and Eve shifts 14.30pm - 22-30pm.

The positions do include weekends and bank holidays.

Want to know more?

The aim of our service is to enable service users to remain in their own homes by promoting independence and delivering a quality service.

To ensure individuals are treat with dignity and respect and to work alongside other professionals and agencies in a person-centred way to deliver effective services by working within national guidelines and standards

The Reablement Service provides short term care, usually delivered in the person's own home and is offered to people with disabilities and those who are recovering from an illness or injury and have the potential for significant improvement.

The purpose of Reablement is to help people who have experienced deterioration in their health or have increased support needs, to relearn skills required to keep them safe and independent at home.

We provide a bridging service which provides care and support to people who are waiting for a long-term package of care to be agreed or to bridge a period of time before a package of care can restart.

Our resettlement service provides care and support for a short period of time to settle people back into their previous daily routine and gives extra support with confidence building and time to readjust after a period of time away from home.

We also provide emergency care and support response to people who need extra support whilst further assessments can be completed.

The position will help you gain invaluable skills to deliver person centred care at every opportunity.

Make a difference to someone's life - give them your care!

If you don't have the essential qualifications for the position don't worry!

The successful candidate will be given a comprehensive induction programme, full training to deliver high standards of care, and we will fund the qualification for you on successful completion of the probation period.

With a starting salary of £24,790 to £25,183 (FTE), enhancements for weekend and bank holiday working, plus overtime opportunities, why wouldn't you want to choose a career in care?

There are lots of other benefits which make up our overall employee package too, such as:

A career average pension scheme
Enhanced rates of pay for evenings / weekends
Employee Benefits scheme such as discounted gym membership, and travel cards and discounts and offers across media and telecoms, entertainment, health and leisure, services for your home, shopping, food and drink and vehicle benefits
Access to Occupational Health including Health and Wellbeing Services
A comprehensive Induction Programme, regular one-to-one meetings, and a strong commitment to your personal development

Please ensure you read all guidance available on the Council's website about how to complete your application form, remembering you must meet all essential criteria to be shortlisted.

You must have the right to work in the UK and bring evidence along to prove this.