Care Worker

6 months ago

Alnwick, United Kingdom Northumberland County Council Full time

Job Introduction

**We are looking for a Care Worker to join our team at The **Pottergate** Centre, Alnwick.**

The Centre is open Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm and provides care and support for adults with learning difficulties.
- Location: The Pottergate Centre, Howling Lane, Alnwick, NE66 1DJ
- Salary: £24,294 - £25,979 FTE (pro rata for part time employees)
- Contract type: Permanent / Part Time - 30 hours.

The successful applicant will be expected to promote the wellbeing, self-confidence, and independence of our service users, providing activities that meet service users' needs and interests, create opportunities for social contact and learning opportunities supporting service users to access and make best use of local community facilities.

In your day-to-day duties you will be expected to provide care and support to the service users who attend the Pottergate Centre assisting the supervisory team in the delivery of the Centre's timetable of activities.

You will be expected to meet clients' intimate and personal needs and to maintain their privacy and dignity at all times. You will administer medication in accordance with medical advice and service procedures observing best practice. Training will be provided.

**About the centre**:
Being a Care Worker isn’t all about personal care and medication. We have lots of fun at the Pottergate Centre

Activity sessions run during the week, therefore you will support with visiting the local Sports Centre for a variety of sports such as kurling, cricket, pickleball, and working alongside Smile Through Sport.

We also have a drumming group called Rhythmstix, and have sessions such as FitSticks, Art, Creative Design, Gardening, Cooking/Baking, Pamper, Music and Sensory. You will be involved with regularly running discos, Bingo and BBQs, along with an Advent Calendar of Christmas events throughout December.

We’re always open to new ideas and run an annual Co-Production Day with our Service Users to find out what we’re doing right and what they would like to change about their Centre.

You will act as a keyworker and will be expected to maintain appropriate written records ensuring that all interested parties are kept aware of Service Users circumstances and report any concerns/issues promptly advising supervisor staff/management of any change to care and support arrangements for the service user. We transport several Service Users on our own Centre vehicles so you may also be driving our Centre transport or acting as a passenger assistant.

One of our current Care Workers describes the role as: _“Being a Care Worker means understanding the people we work with. Forming bonds and friendships. Creating a happy and fulfilling environment with activities and ideas that give lots of experiences, a sense of joy and achievement for everyone. Raising awareness that everyone is different Everyone has _a different set_ of skills that when put together can create magic_”_.

You should be aware of and comply with relevant legislation's National Standards and Codes of Conduct for Social Care staff. The key responsibilities and requirements of the role can be found in the attached job description.

You will have a good general education demonstrating good literacy and numeracy. We are looking for an adaptable person who will bring enthusiasm and energy to the Centre. Please tell us about your interests and hobbies, and what you would do to make our activity sessions at the Centre as engaging as possible for our service users.

For further information, please contact the centre on (01665) 602181 or 07790 559967 for an informal discussion. If you are not familiar with the service provided by the Pottergate Centre, we would recommend a visit.

**Why choose us?**
We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:

- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
- Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available
- Staff networks - run by staff, for staff, providing opportunities for peer networking, mutual support, staff development e.g. Armed Forces, ASD, Enable (disability), LGBT+, Menopause, Mental Wellbeing, Racial Equality

**Further information**

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For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930

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