Home Care Support Worker

Bury Council; Bury; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Reablement is a free service in Bury for adults 18+ needing support after a hospital stay or crisis at home. This role helps customers regain independence by assisting with meals, personal care, dressing, and medications, and by signposting to services to meet ongoing needs.

It requires a driving licence and access to a vehicle, an enhanced DBS, and NVQ level 2+ in Health and Social Care. You will visit customers across the borough, using a work mobile and devices, and adhere to CQC standards

Qualifications

• What we need from you: driving and access to a vehicle with business insurance; DBS enhanced disclosure; community support experience; completion of Care Certificate; NVQ2+ in Health and Social Care; willingness to travel across the borough; use of a work mobile and devices.

Responsibilities

• Support customers with meals, personal care, getting dressed, and medication.

Skills

Driving licence

Community support

Independent living support

Communication

Education

NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care

Tools

Mobile phone

Tablets

Laptops

Electronic monitoring devices

Job description

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.

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 meeting 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 of 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 considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way.

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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.

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