Support at Home

**Wiltshire Support at Home Support Workers | Casual, Full & Part-time positions available across Wiltshire | £20,043 - £20,852 pro rata, plus 10% Unsociable hours for qualifying staff**

**Wiltshire Support at Home - Your home, Our Support, Your Independence**

Wiltshire Support at Home is a short-term service to support hospital discharges and people who require support in their own homes as part of a rapid response service. There is a reablement ethos with the service aiming to prevent, reduce and delay the need for ongoing care.  The service supports people who have been discharged from hospital and people who are being supported at home by the Rapid Response Service and require a short to mid-term homecare support to enable them to be as independent as possible.

**Wiltshire has a vision to work with people in the community to live the best life they can. Join us as a Care Support Worker to become part of that vision**

**LIVE ∙ **WORK **∙ SUPPORT**

**Why Wiltshire Council?**

We are passionate about our community and take pride in our work. We encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - through trust and respect, empowering our people to develop skills, collaborate and innovate to find solutions, be open, take responsibility, to listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you.

**Our offer to Care Support Workers**:

- Career progression opportunities
- Flexible Hours
- Comprehensive induction, training, and mentoring programme
- Completion of the care certificate
- Generous mileage allowance
- Regular supervision, support, and appraisal
- Excellent Government Pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years service
- Ability to purchase an extra 20 days annual leave
- Uniform provided
- Free Wiltshire Council DBS
- Wiltshire Rewards, staff benefits scheme

**About the role**

As a Wiltshire Support at Home Support Worker, you would be working with people in their own homes playing a key role in enabling customers to achieve their goals and objectives. This is an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives. Extensive training is provided to all staff and there are both progression and diploma opportunities available.

We can offer our Support Workers flexible hours as this role involves shifts to meet the needs of the service. The service runs between 7 am to 10 pm, 365 days a year. We are looking for both part time and full time staff. There is a requirement to work on a rota that will cover morning, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.

**To be a Wiltshire Support at Home Support Worker**

Our Support Worker staff would have a caring and friendly attitude with ideally care experience but this is not essential as training will be given via our comprehensive induction, training, and mentoring programme. You would need a driver’s licence and it’s preferred that you have access to a vehicle with your travel time & mileage being paid.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Volunteer
Part-time hours: 0 - 37 per week

**Salary**: £20,043.00-£20,852.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company car
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- On-site parking
- Relocation assistance
- Sick pay
- Store discounts
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Salisbury, Wiltshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- UK driving licence (required)

Reference ID: ALW01482