Hourly Rate: £13.26 - £13.47 (£13.76 - £13.97 with supplement)
A market supplement of £0.50p per hour is also attached to this role and is included in the advertised hourly rate. This will be applied to both your basic salary and to any additional hours.
The advertised hourly rate includes a supplement (JWC) to the base grade of the post. JWC supplements are conditional on the physical demands and /or working conditions of the role.
Location(s): Support at Home Service covering the Allerdale and Copeland area,
Available Hours: We have a number of permanent opportunities available, ranging from 18 – 30 hours per week. We aim to work with candidates individually to find a role that suits you, so please apply below and a member of the Care Services Recruitment Team will be in touch soon!
Support at Home is a 365 day a year, 7 day a week, 24-hour service. This will include weekend and Bank Holiday rotas. Typically, we our shifts run between the hours of 7.30am – 9.30pm.
Would you like a rewarding role, where you can not only promote a person independence, but make a real difference to someone’s life every single day?
We have opportunities for caring and compassionate people to join our Support at Home teams across Allerdale and Copeland, as Reablement Support Workers.
Our Reablement Team, work with people who have been identified as having reablement needs to enable them to achieve identified outcomes; supporting them to retain as much independence as possible and remain living within their local community in their own home environment.
About the role
As a Reablement Support Worker your role is to enable individuals to remain in their own homes, supporting their recovery after a stay in hospital.
You will get the opportunity to know people individually, supporting their recovery and wellbeing through physical and emotional care, including support with everyday tasks, personal care and ensuring that reablement outcomes are met in accordance with a person centred, strength based reablement plan.
No experience or qualifications are needed to get started. We will help and support you with fully paid training and development – we are looking for the right people, with the right qualities.
If you do have experience, then come and take the next step in your career with us!
If you’re friendly, compassionate and want to make a difference to people’s lives’, we would love to speak with you!
Please note: There will be a need to respond to service users who will not always be accessible via public transport, due to the geographical dispersal of the staff and people we support, throughout the Service.
What can we offer you!
- Excellent training and development offers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Boost your pension with Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (facilitated by AVC Wise)
- Various perks and discounts schemes, including money off local gyms
- Competitive rates of pay
DBS
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with a Adults Barred List check.
Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.
Application and Interview Information
We have made it easier to apply for a job in care. Simply fill in the details on our online application form and a member of our Care Services Recruitment team will be in touch to help you find the right role for you.
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Please note: This is a rolling advert meaning applications will be considered as and when received. This may also mean that this advert will need to be paused or closed at short notice depending on application volumes.
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss.
If you are invited to a virtual interview, this will preferably be undertaken using the Microsoft Teams software, which is currently free for new users, however if there are any issues with accessing this technology, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements prior to the interviews.
Safer Recruitment
At Cumberland Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all employees, volunteers and the Externally Provided Workforce (EPWs) to share this commitment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Cumberland Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
As a Disability Confident Employer, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
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