Home Care Support Worker Home Care - Days

Brighton & Hove City Council; Brighton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Higher pay than average market rate

Evenings/weekends/bank holidays bonus

Career average pension

Generous pro rata holiday

Paid travel time between calls

Paid mileage expenses

Regular supervision meetings

Staff benefits

Free uniform and PPE

QCF diploma progression support

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking Home Care Support Workers to deliver Independence at Home (Reablement) services across the city. Roles include personal care, mobility assistance and practical support to help people regain independence at home.

shire staff will work a fixed two-week rota with weekend and holiday duties. Training is provided, and enhanced pay applies for evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Caring and compassionate approach to support users.
• Reliable and flexible with shifts across a 7-day service.
• Ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Teamwork and initiative to respond to changing needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care such as washing, bathing, dressing and toileting.
• Assist with moving around the home and daily living tasks.
• Help with shopping, meal preparation and medications as needed.
• Offer emotional and social support and liaise with health services.
• Support clients to regain confidence in daily activities.

Skills

Caring

Reliable

People skills

Teamwork

Flexible

Initiative

Job description

Home Care Support Workers - Independence at Home (Reablement)

We have gaps in our day and split shift rotas that we would like to fill with new colleagues.

You will need to have a driver's license, access to a car and availability to use it for your shifts.

Day Shift worker

Shifts start at 7am and end at 1.30pm.

Split Shift Worker

Shifts start at 7am and end at 12 noon, then start again at 5pm and end at 8pm

Please see the attached rotas.

The service is 7-day and operates throughout the year.

We operate on a fixed two-week rolling rota for Home Care Support Workers. If you are successful, we will agree an individual two-week working pattern with you. This will set your contract hours.

You should expect that your rota will include some weekends, and there will be some working on bank holidays, Christmas and New Year holiday days.

All staff are employed and expected to work across the City as needed.

Interviews to be held: TBC

There is full information about the role below and attached but, if you would like an informal discussion, please contact Jean Windsor, or Julian Seaborne, Operations Managers on 01273 296479 or email [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Job Introduction

Are you looking to make a difference to someone's life?

Are you caring, reliable and good with people? Could you care for someone else? If so, then we would like to hear from you.

Our Independence at Home team provides short-term care and support, mainly to older people within the city, to help them re-gain their confidence and independence so they can stay living in their own homes where they are most comfortable and happy.

Our last CQC Inspection rated our service as "Good". It highlighted that "the service was well led" and staff felt that managers were "approachable and very supportive".

Our aim is to provide the highest quality of care to the people who rely on us and we put their needs at the heart of everything we do. But we can't continue to provide excellent care in the community without more dedicated, skilled and motivated carers.

Working as part of a dedicated team led by an experienced manager you will provide support to a wide range of people including individuals who have a physical disability, learning difficulty, sensory loss, mental health issues, dementia or a complex combination of needs.

This will include:

• personal care such as washing, bathing, dressing and toileting
• assistance with moving around their home
• help with shopping and preparing meals
• emotional and social support
• helping with medication
• liaising with other health care services and family members
• support to regain confidence with daily living skills.

You don't need any formal qualifications, but previous care experience would be an advantage. You will need to:

• have a caring, flexible and professional approach to your wo
• have good written and number skill
• get on well with people from a variety of backgrounds
• work well as part of a team
• work on your own initiative
• be willing to undertake the high-quality training we will provide for you

As part of your training, we will also give you the opportunity to shadow one of our experienced carers for a short period until you are able to undertake care calls on your own.

We can offer you:

• a higher rate of pay than the average market rate
• enhancements for working in the evenings, at weekends and on bank holidays
• a career average pension scheme
• generous holiday (Pro rata)
• paid travel time between calls
• paid mileage expenses
• regular supervision meetings
• a range of other staff benefits
• free uniform and personal protective equipment
• opportunities for career progression including support to enable you, if you wish, to study for the QCF diplomas in Health & Social Care (levels 2 and 3)

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Why work for us?

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

AI advice for candidates

We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.

We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.

All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants' responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Enhanced DBS :

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.