AbleMe Practitioner

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Wirral Adult Social care, All Age Independence and Provider Services are looking for 4x Reablement Practitioners for The AbleMe Community Reablement services. The AbleMe services is a new Care Quality Commission Registered services. You'll be expected to work flexibly and be able to work an extended day and/or over a seven-day period, 52 weeks of the year if required by the service. The contracts on offer are 3x 30 hours per week and 1x36 hours per week.

The role will be required to support people through a reablement pathway in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring the best outcomes are achieved for the individuals, to maximising independence, reducing social isolation and improve Health and Wellbeing. Supporting the person to be the best they can be, living in the place they want to be with ongoing support from people they choose. Work in the community, in the homes of people who required reablement services, to promote independence and choice. To provide a short, intensive reablement service to adults who are frail, recovering from illness or injury, or early signs of dementia with the focus on helping them to restore their optimum level of independent function.

About the role (information to be obtained from job description – job role purpose and key tasks)

Duties will include physical care, domestic duties and, where applicable, social duties, aimed at creating a supportive homely atmosphere where person can develop and maintain activities of daily living.

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