What is the job role?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Housing with Care Team. To assist and support the management in the overall administration of a Housing with Care scheme, supervising and working with a group of staff, deploying resources that meet the needs of tenants through person-centred service delivery.
We are looking for individuals who really care about people in their community and want to enable and empower people to live independently and to assist tenants in maintaining their independence and achieving their outcomes. The Service delivers Care and Support to tenants in 6 of our Housing with Care Schemes, located across the city.
You will be accountable for carrying out all duties and responsibilities with due regard to the City Council's Equal Opportunities and providing a quality service by promoting the physical (including the administration of medication), emotional, social, and intellectual well-being of each service user.
Ensuring that Health and Safety requirements are adhered to with due regard to service users, staff and all persons accessing our service. Safeguarding vulnerable adults. Making sure the service provided meets the needs and outcomes of each service user. Supporting the staff team to meet and excel the expected behaviour guidelines.
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Who are we looking for?
Have a good knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures and able to work with management to ensure that all Service Users’ needs are being met to support their individual outcomes.
The ability to use one's own initiative and respond flexibly to the needs of Service Users promotes dignity, respect, and choice at all times.
A willingness to be flexible is essential. You will be required to work various shifts starting from 7.00 am mornings, evenings up until 10 pm & weekends and bank holidays on a rota shift basis of 18 ½ hours per week working across 6 Housing with Care locations.
Previous experience of working in a Health or Social Care Setting is essential. You will need either a Diploma 2 or equivalent (NVQ 3 in Social Care) to achieve a Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
1. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
2. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
3. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview dates: 15th June, and 16th June
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.