Are you caring and compassionate, looking for an exciting challenge?This is a diverse social care role where every day is different!
Weare looking for motivated people who arepassionate about providing outstanding care for adults with care and support needs. We have an exciting opportunity to join a brand-new service supporting people in their homes to regain their independence and learn new skills. Our Independence At Home service will prevent hospital admissions and support people to age in place and stay at home for as long as possible.
This role requires travelling within the community, primarily East Staffordshire, and so a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential.
We have two part time position available with a range of shifts between 7am & 10pm, which will include weekends. We require our team to work flexibly, which means you may be required to work other days to complete training.
Our people are central to everything we do and so we’ll make sure you’re well supported and given the opportunity to develop and progress.
* We provide full paid training and ongoing development to enable you to pursue your career aspirations
* BLOCK pay, meaning you will be paid for the whole shift duration, including travel time
* For travel, we will reimburse you at £.45/mile, paid from a council base nearest to your home
* These positions are predominantly based with the Burton/East Staffordshire area but there is an expectation to travel across the North of Staffordshire to support other areas to suit business need
* Minimum shift is 4 hours in duration
* Supervision and support to enable you to provide excellent care
This post issubject to an enhanced DBS check and will require a pre-employment health assessment as part of the onboarding process.
Main Responsibility
Working flexibly across various locations in East & north Staffordshire, you will provide an excellent level of care to enable the people we support to have a comfortable and dignified life within their own homes.
As a Support Worker, you will:
* Deliver care and support plans which focus on re-gaining independence and developing independent living skills
* Administer medication
* Carry outmanual handling tasks, such as supporting with intimate care like showering and dressing
* Support people with eating and drinking
* Accurately complete care records
The Ideal Candidate
You'll bring:
* Enthusiasmabout working with people and caring, sensitive, and patient while supporting people to be as independent as possible.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate positively to the people we support, and have a positive outlook on life and can remain calm in challenging situations.
* Willingness and physically able to support people with personal and intimate care needs and physically able to undertake manual handling tasks.
* Abilityto adapt and respond positively to change and prioritise tasks and work within time restraints.
You'll have:
* A caring nature and ability to complete the Care Certificate
* Driver’s license and reliable vehicle
* Experience of working in a team
* Experience of delivering carein a regulated Service
* Effective verbal and written communication skills
* Literacy and numeracy skills
* Information and communication technology skills
Interviews will be held: Week commencing 14 July.
The recruitmentfor this position is ongoing and so we reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. Shortlisting will take place as soon as applications are received with interview dates to be confirmed.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a GoldAward Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as yourapplication meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
* Salary £26,409 - £29,093 (Additional 10.6% allowance for unsociable working hours) pro rota for Part-time
* Frequency Annual
* Job Reference staffscc/TP/29750/3359
* Contract Type Permanent Part Time
* Working Hours 18.5 hours
* Closing Date 01 July, 2025
* Job Category Social Care
* Business Unit Adult Social Care & Safeguarding
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