Unit Support Worker - Adult Social Care
Team: CAS – Beech Close & Evergreen
Job Family: Supporting - CBG4
Salary: £22,737- £23,114 per annum pro rata or £11.79 - £11.99 per hour (plus enhancements for weekend working )
Hours: 21 hours per week
Base location: Evergreen, Wingfield Court, Neotsbury Road,Ampthill, Beds, MK45 2TE
Contract Type: Fixed - Permanent
Closing Date: 15th November 2024
Interview Date: TBC
About the role:
The goal of our Reablement Service is to help older people live independently in their own homes. By giving as many people as possible an active life within the community. A small proportion of people will need and benefit from short-term care in a 24-hour bedded facility for the purposes of rehabilitation or recovery where time is given to the assessment and consideration of options for longer term care. This could be in a rehabilitation facility, care home or hospice care.
We are making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work. As a Unit Support Worker, you’ll have a vital role to play. You will support people to maximise their independence.
Join us and find your greatness by giving older people freedom and the chance to lead a fulfilling life.
Recovering from illness or a stay in hospital can take time – and make everyday tasks very difficult. As a Unit Support Worker, you’ll be there to help older people and get them back on their feet again. You will encourage people to regain skills and enable them to manage daily living tasks such as washing, dressing, and preparing meals for themselves.
As someone who’ll see our service users regularly, you’ll also be responsible for assessing each person’s particular needs. It’s therefore important that you have a good understanding of older people, those with disabilities and reablement. An NVQ level 2/3 in a relevant subject (or equivalent qualifications or experience) is desirable. Beyond this, you need to be organised, used to a caring role and able to work unsupervised. It’s also important that you’re good with people – able to put them at their ease and encourage them to improve. If you’ve got what it takes, you’ll have a highly rewarding role.
Please note that you’ll be expected to work to a set rota to alternate weekend working.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies detailed within this Recruitment Pack.
For informal discussion about this position, please contact: Sarah Milton at sarah.milton@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or 0300 300 6803
For queries related to the recruitment of this vacancy, please contact: The Recruitment Team at recruitment@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 8000
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
Central Bedfordshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. Therefore we welcome applications from everyone. In addition we are a Disability Confident employer, we are working to become a Disability Confident leader in our community.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.