Position reference:
Directorate: Place Health & Adult Social Care | Service: Adult Social Care & Health
Salary: £25,583- £25,989 Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: Mon-Friday 9am-5pm
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
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Closing date: 26/09/2025 at 23:59
The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check
If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
This role is defined as a safety critical role within the Drug & Alcohol Testing Procedure. You must therefore be willing to comply in accordance with this procedure.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
How do we sum up Barnsley Council? Well, we're a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some truly impressive outcomes in our communities. This is why we've been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ).
Our excellent Adult Social Care & Health servicehas been a key part of our win; we're so proud of what we've achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.
We're impressed. Are you? It's the perfect time to join our excellent team.
About the Post:
Can you help us to improve the independence and wellbeing of vulnerable adults in our communities? That's what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It's all about putting local people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities. We're now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money.
Shape a better future with us
We'd like you to be part of our success and help us take change further. Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let's make a better Barnsley for everyone.
Your role in our journey
As an Assistive Living Technologies Installer you'll be an important part of the team that provides 24/7 nationally accredited Monitoring Centre, Installation & Response to vulnerable adults in Barnsley.
You will visit service users and install and maintain Telecare equipment to help provide round the clock support to vulnerable adults ensuring they get the help they need as soon as possible for example, after a fall.
What you'll need
To join us, you'll need a relevant Level 2 qualification and experience of working with information based systems with knowledge and experience in a customer focused and office environment.
A lot to look forward to
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we'll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So we've created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you - whether that's training to be a leader, or learning flexibly online. That's one of the reasons why you'll find your career here inspiring and rewarding.
Apply
To achieve your ambitions while shaping a bright future for our communities, apply now:
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Job Profile Assistive Living Technology Installation
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile
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Why work for us?
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued and everyone truly feels able to be themselves. If you have any support needs during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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