Overview
The HART service provides several care and support offers under its registration as a domiciliary care service. This includes reablement to help people return home from hospital or prevent hospital admission, homecare support to facilitate timely discharge from acute and community hospitals, short-term crisis support for urgent social care needs. These service offers are short-term, helping someone become as independent as possible and ensuring the right support pathway is in place to meet any ongoing care and support needs.
The nature of the work may involve carrying out duties outside of normal working hours. Ability and willingness to travel and work from various locations throughout the County and travel between sites as required.
Responsibilities
* This post is eligible for a DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (i.e. it involves certain activities in relation to children and/or adults) and is defined as regulated activity under Part 1 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. Therefore, a DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity (includes a barred list check) is an essential requirement
Qualifications and requirements
* Ability to work flexible hours on a rota basis between 10.30pm and 7.30am 365 days a year rota, including weekends, evenings and Bank Holidays; NVQ level 2 in a relevant field or other equivalent qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent level of relevant experience working with adults in a social care setting.
* Experience of working with other agencies and/or working in a multi-agency environment to identify and meet need with creative and pragmatic solutions.
* Knowledge of work with people from all walks of life, and the desire to provide good quality services within allocated resources.
* Ability to assist with moving and handling of people who use the service.
* Ability to communicate clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing, with a wide range of people, including representatives from other agencies, using skills of negotiation and persuasion.
* The ability to prioritise effectively across a wide range of competing demands to meet deadlines.
* An understanding of the Council's Adult Social Care strategies, relevant regulations/legislation and service frameworks underpinning practice in community care and residential settings. You must have a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work.
* In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents.
* Disability Confident – A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
How to apply
If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we'd love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. Without this information, we won't be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
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