Job Description

Home Support Worker

Scale 4 +2 increments (£23,194 - £24,498 pro rata) plus essential car user payment of £80.25 per month

Full and Part time hours available. (Working on an early and late shift pattern between 7am – 10pm over 7 days, including Bank Holidays)

Permanent

Community-based roles in Stockport

Come and Join our Reablement and Community Home Support Team (REaCH).Both Reablement & Enhanced Support Worker roles are available.

We are looking for the following people to join our fantastic, welcoming team:

• Are you caring and a good communicator?
• Are you able to listen and talk to our clients?
• Do you have a desire to support and help people in the community?
• Do you have a reliable vehicle insured for work purposes?

The Role:

The role of a Reablement support worker is to support people in their own home who are at risk of needing social care or an increased intensity of care to regain functioning, maintain life skills, rebuild their confidence, and promote wellbeing. The role also provides a steppingstone to independence, by supporting people to regain lost skills, learn new skills, and adapt to the challenges that living independently can present.

The role of an Enhanced Support worker is to work in collaboration with Generalist and Specialist Palliative Care services. Working directly and alongside District Nurses, Macmillan Nurses, and the Palliative Care Respite Team to deliver Gold Standard Framework End of life Care. Supporting people to experience a good death in their preferred place of care at home in the community.

It doesn't matter whether you have previous experience or not, but if you want to help people, the role of enhanced support worker/reablement support worker could be for you.

You don’t need any qualifications or previous work experience to apply for this role, what’s important are your values and your attitude towards working with people who need care and support as well as commitment to want to work in social care.

If you enjoy working as part of a team, but are also able to work independently, this is the job for you! We will also offer you training and support to be able to do the following tasks:

• Provide all types of personal care to people we support and make sure they are safe, comfortable and feel they have been treated with dignity and respect whilst they achieve their goals
• Write clearly and accurately in-service users daily records
• Safely administer medication as prescribed
• Follow our policies and procedures that keep you and the people we support safe

Benefits include:

• Choice of shift patterns to suit you
• Comprehensive induction, training and mentoring programme
• Blue light eligibility
• Assistance to gain your Care Certificate and your Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Uniform, tablet, and mobile phone provided
• Very competitive rates of pay, including enhancements for flexible working
• Generous mileage rates
• 25 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays (pro rata) rising to 30 days after five years
• Opportunity to purchase an extra 10 days annual leave
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Professional career development
• Excellent management support and appraisal.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme providing 24/7 support, advice and counselling for employees and their immediate family

About Us

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues.

As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

Applicants to this role must have a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://greater.jobs/content/13405/greater-manchester-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 16-35 per week

Salary: £23,194.00-£24,981.42 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Wellness programme

Physical setting:

• Homecare

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Licence/Certification:

• UK Driving Licence and car for work purposes (required)

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: ST-75988

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