Care Assistant (Extra Care)

Bath & North East Somerset Council; Bath; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Stepdown Support Worker to join their dedicated team. This rewarding role involves helping frail and elderly adults maintain their independence at home through personal care and health support. You'll work closely with a friendly team to deliver person-centred care, making a significant impact on the lives of those you support. If you're passionate about making a difference and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you. Join a team where your contributions are valued and your efforts lead to meaningful outcomes for service users.

Benefits

Welcome payment of 5% of starting salary

Supportive team environment

Opportunity for personal growth

Qualifications

• Experience in providing personal care and support to adults.
• Ability to work as part of a team and under guidance.

Responsibilities

• Support service users to live independently in their homes.
• Provide personal care and basic health care to clients.

Skills

Personal Care

Health Care Support

Mobility Practice

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant Health and Social Care Qualification

Job description

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives.

This post attracts a welcome payment of 5% of the starting salary for the grade to enable individuals to join our permanent workforce. This is payable upon successful completion of your probationary period and is subject to eligibility criteria.

About the Team

The Extra care team based at Hawthorn court in Keynsham and St Johns court in Bath also provide a step down service in partnership with Curo housing Association.

The team supports people and operates to provide rehabilitation and support to adults - often frail and elderly, within a home environment to promote optimum levels of independence; to prevent hospital admission, to facilitate hospital discharge, maximise independent living in the community and assess requirements of appropriate ongoing care packages. This involves working closely with our District Nursing, Social Care and housing support colleagues to provide person-centred care.

We are a friendly team consisting of a Registered manager, care manager, shift leader and support workers. We work closely with our District Nursing, Social Care and housing colleagues to deliver joined-up care.

About the Role

The role of a Stepdown Support Worker is to support our service users to enable them to live as independently as possible within their own home. We support these individuals by providing personal care, basic health care and therapy such as mobility practice, supervising exercises and practice of techniques to help the individual to maximise independence as far as they are able.

About You

The successful candidates will be well supported and will work under the direction of a shift leader and/or care manager. The Stepdown support worker and shift leader will help Service Users’ work towards their outcome-focused re-ablement goals as set out in their support/treatment plan.

We are looking for one Stepdown support worker, who will be based at St Johns Court in Bath.

The working arrangements will include weekends and bank holidays on a rostered basis with split shifts between the hours of 7am and 10pm.

This is how our staff feel about working within our service: “Seeing people progress is so rewarding”; “I feel that we make a real difference to people’s lives – keeping them at home with their independence”.

So if you are looking for a rewarding career, then this could be the job for you!

If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Glenn Hartley, Service Manager by email: [e-mail] and phone on 01225 395702.

Interview date: TBC

Please note Applications will be checked weekly and we will shortlist and interview on a rolling basis.