Home Support Worker NEW Bolton Council Posted today Bolton £25,183 – £27,269 Expires on 11/05/2025

Bolton Gin Company; Bolton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Support Worker with Bolton Gin Company, focusing on empowering individuals to regain skills and independence. This role involves personal care, medication assistance, and close collaboration with health professionals in a supportive environment. While no experience is required, a commitment to social care and effective communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Full Driving License and access to a vehicle for work.
• No prior experience needed but commitment to social care is essential.
• Ability to communicate clearly with all levels.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in regaining skills and maintaining independence.
• Provide personal care and assist with medication administration.
• Work collaboratively with health professionals.

Skills

Communication

Person-centred care

Initiative

Job description

Team: Home support Reablement
Hours: 28
Grade: D £25,183 £27,269 +7% for our of hours working
Essential car user allowance
Contract: Permanent

The Role:
The service provides a stepping stone to independence, by supporting people to regain lost skills, learn new skills and adapt to the challenges that living independently can present.
You will work within a CQC “Good” rated - Home Support Reablement Council Team, and will have an opportunity to work with other professionals such as our colleagues in the NHS, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists to provide all aspects of care, including moving and handling, personal care, administering medication and ensuring service users dignity and wishes are at the centre of the care provided.

Home Support Reablement is a short-term service, meaning there is a quick turn over of service users.

The role of a support worker is to support people in their own home who are at risk of needing social care or have an increased intensity of care. Support workers will support service users to regain functioning,
maintain life skills, rebuild their confidence and promote wellbeing.

28-hour contracts are available on a rolling rota with flexible approaches to shift patterns, including split shifts. See attached rota examples

About You

Are you a caring, person centred, committed individual? If so, we want to hear from you!

Do you have a Full Driving License and access to a vehicle to use for work purposes? If so, we are looking to recruit support workers that have a passion to support and care for adults in the community with the ability to work on your own initiative. You must have the ability to communicate clearly with people of all levels and have the skills to work in the community to encourage people to engage and reach their potential.

No experience is required for the role of home support worker, but a commitment to want to work in social care is essential.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.