Home Care Support Worker
Reablement is a free service available to anyone living in Bury who is aged 18 or over and needs support to get back on their feet after a recent stay in hospital or a crisis at home.
It is a short-term service, and its aim is to work with people, supporting them to manage as many everyday tasks as possible on their own and in their own home, and ultimately regain their independence.
Duties
You will support customers with the preparation of meals, personal care, getting dressed, medication, and signpost customers to services that meet their ongoing needs. That will include:
- Contributing to the delivery, evaluation, and changes to goal plans as required to maximise independence outcomes and meet identified goals within the agreed timelines.
- Proactively working in partnership with colleagues from health and other professional agencies.
- Maintaining a safe and stimulating physical environment for customers, creating opportunities and choice for customers to be as independent as possible.
- To work in accordance with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulations.
- To meet and maintain the standards of the Choices for Living Well Handbook.
What we need from you:
- You will need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle, and have business insurance, as you will be travelling to customers' homes.
- You will need to be able to work across all areas of the borough.
- Satisfactory DBS disclosure at the enhanced level to be reviewed in line with the authority's timescales.
- You will need to have experience in supporting people in the community and be prepared to complete the Care Certificate.
- You will need to have obtained NVQ level 2 or above in Health and Social Care.
- Let's do it approach to encourage and support customers to reach independence and to continue to live in their own homes.
- You will use a work's mobile phone and appropriate applications to allow contact during working hours and use other electronic and IT equipment such as tablets, laptops, and electronic monitoring devices, in the course of daily activities.
- You will need to maintain a high standard of personal appearance and cleanliness, including wearing, maintaining, and safekeeping of uniforms.
At this present time, we are not supporting sponsorship candidates.
Our office base is at Killelea House, Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1JJ.
Your line manager will be a Coordinator who reports to the Wellbeing Manager, who reports to the Registered Manager.
Normal hours of work are 17.5 hours per week, which is on a two-week rota:
Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday 16:30 - 21:30
Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 16:30 - 21:30
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history, and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years, and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver consider our care-experienced young people, promote their life chances, empower them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champion their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way.
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities, and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community.
Therefore, we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
