Residential Social Care Worker - Adults

Together Trust; Hazel Grove; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 27 days + 8 BH rising to

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Blue Light card eligibility

Training and development opportunities

Long service awards

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Together Trust is seeking a Residential Social Care Worker in Hazel Grove to join the Adult Residential Care team. The role involves supporting adults with disabilities or complex health needs to live independently, across a 37.5-hour week on a 7-day rota.

Sleep-in payments and weekend shift enhancements are included, with biennial increments on starting salary. The successful candidate will provide a caring, safe environment, assist with medication administration, documentation, and care plans,

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in an adult residential setting
• Flexibility to work unsociable hours
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to write clear reports and maintain records

Responsibilities

• Provide care in line with residents' physical, health, emotional and social needs with emphasis on independence.
• Administer medications, assist with moving and handling and personal care.
• Follow hospital care plans and complete related forms accurately.
• Attend meetings, supervision, training and reviews; contribute to care planning.
• Undertake domestic duties, cooking and cleaning in line with health and safety policies.
• Undertake community activities and maintain up-to-date records and reports.

Job description

Job Reference togethertrust/TP/36307/491

Career in charity social care Together Trust Together Trust 379 subscribers Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.

Whether that’s helping people to live independently, or creating spaces to learn, work and play, you’ll be making sure adults with disabilities or complex health needs have a chance to thrive, right in the heart of their local communities .

We have an opportunity for a Residential Social Care Worker (RSCW) to join our Adult Residential Care team in Hazel Grove.

Hours – 37.5 hours per week (working 5 shifts each week over a 7-day rota, candidates must have the flexibility of working any day of the week – including weekends.)

Starting Salary - £26,230.00 (£13.45 ph) with biennial increments

Salary Enhancement - Sleep in payment of £107.60 per sleep. Enhanced pay of time and a quarter for weekend shifts hours worked.

About the position….

• You will work as part of the Adult residential care team providing support for individuals with their physical, clinical, health, emotional and social needs with an emphasis on promoting independence.
• The core tasks of a Residential Social Care Workerare to provide a caring, safe, secure and accepting environment that meets the physical, health, social needs and rights of the residents.
• Support includes ventilation, tracheostomy, gastrointestinal tract support and peg feeding.
• A major part of this role is the administration of medication, moving and handling and personal care.
• You will follow hospital care plans and processes therefore completing and updating of these forms in a concise manner is a requirement of the role.
• Due to the intensity of the service users, you must have a good understanding of English and be happy to complete all the paperwork and care plans to a good quality.
• The postholder will assist with the assessments of need and formulation of plans considering the wishes, feelings and Best Interests of the residents.
• You will undertake direct work that is designed to meet the needs of agreed care plans, enabling residents to reach their full potential.
• A number of administrative hours will be spent attending meetings, supervisions/appraisals, training and annual residents reviews.
• The RSCW will also undertake activities with the residents within the community.
• You will maintain accurate and up-to-date records of the work undertaken with the residents, completing written reports for planning meetings and statutory reviews.
• A part of this role is to undertake a range of domestic duties, including cooking and some cleaning ensuring compliance with health and safety policies.

What can you bring to the team?......

We are seeking a Residential Social Care Worker who has previous experience of working in an adult residential setting and working unsociable hours.

Do you have flexibility to respond to the needs of the service and residents along with good communication and interpersonal skills?

We are seeking individuals who have an ability to write reports with good organisational and time management skills.

• Annual Leave 27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
• Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit , up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6 x basis salary death in service
• Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• Proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
• Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeingacross the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home

To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust look at our Job Description. The Job Pack outlines lots of information about the Trust.

We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged.

Please Note: We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can do to support you

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.