About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
Please refer to the Role Profile for the criteria of this role and if you are;
1. Do you have experience working in a caring role?
2. Are you passionate and committed to supporting older and disable people to be as independent as possible and maximise their quality of life?
3. Keen to develop your skills and knowledge within a dynamic, cutting edge service?
4. Reliable and available to work morning and evening shifts between 7:00 to 13:00 & 16:30 to 23:00, maximum 30 hours per week available over 7 days with a minimum requirement to work alternate weekends and Friday evenings.
5. Do you hold a full clean UK driving licence and a car available for work?
6. Are you a confident driver who is able to drive borough wide?
7. NVQ level 2 qualification (or equivalent) or willingness to work towards.
8. Experienced; Moving and Handling
About Us
The START team provides a flexible short-term assessment and reablement service, assisting people to maximise their level of individual ability and independence within their own home.
We are a multi-disciplinary team consisting of professionals from social services and the NHS including Support Workers, Social Workers, an Occupational Therapist and a Physiotherapist.
Following a CQC inspection in, we were awarded an overall GOOD and in we were awarded “Best contribution in Adult Social Services”.
We continue to thrive on making a difference in our service users lives and to keep our service users as independent as possible in their own homes.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
9. A generous annual leave entitlement of 26-32 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade
10. Enhanced Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
11. Two volunteering days per year
12. Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
13. Adjustable and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
14. Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
15. Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
16. Interest free season ticket loans
17. Local Government Pension Scheme
18. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
19. Electric vehicle leasing scheme
20. Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support