Home Support Worker

**Home Support Worker Reablement**
**Scale 4 (£25,584 - £27,269 pro rata) +2 increments for weekend working**
**35 Hours, Full Time**
**Permanent**
**Community-based roles in Stockport**

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 4th December 2024
Shortlisting Date: 5th December 2024
Interview Date: 10th December 2024
Interview Type: Face to Face, Stopford House

We have an exciting opportunity for the following people to join our welcoming Reablement and Community Home Support Team (REaCH):

- Are you caring and a good communicator?
- Are you able to listen and talk to our clients?
- Do you have a desire to support and help people in the community?
- Do you have a full UK driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle insured for work purposes?

Are you looking to start your career in care? Or perhaps you need part time hours to fit flexibly around your other commitments? You could be looking for a new role which is fulfilling and a fresh start. If any of these sound like you, we would like to hear from you.

**Your Role**

The REaCH service places person centred care at the heart of everything we do, recognising the strengths of the Stockport residents who we support. The role of a Reablement Support Worker is to support people in their own home 365 days a year who are at risk of needing social care or an increased intensity of care to regain functioning, maintain life skills, rebuild their confidence, and promote wellbeing. The role also provides a stepping stone to independence, by supporting people to regain lost skills, learn new skills, and adapt to the challenges that living independently can present.

**About You**

It doesn't matter whether you have previous experience or not, but if you want to help people, the role of enhanced support worker/reablement support worker could be for you.

Please note you will need to be able to commit to full time (35 hours) in the first month due to training and induction schedules.

If you enjoy working as part of a team, but are also able to work independently, this may be the job for you We will also offer you training and support to be able to do the following tasks:

- Provide all types of personal care to people we support and make sure they are safe, comfortable and feel they have been treated with dignity and respect whilst they achieve their goals
- Write clearly and accurately in-service users daily records
- Safely administer medication as prescribed
- Follow our policies and procedures that keep you and the people we support safe

**Applicants to this role must have a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.**

**Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.**

**About Us**
- A permanent contract with a Choice of shift patterns to suit you
- Comprehensive induction, training and mentoring programme
- Blue light eligibility
- Assistance to gain your Care Certificate and your Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Uniform, tablet, and mobile phone provided
- Very competitive rates of pay, including enhancements for flexible working
- Generous mileage rates (up to £963 per annum)
- 25 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays (pro rata) rising to 30 days after five years
- Opportunity to purchase an extra 10 days annual leave
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Professional career development
- Excellent management support and appraisal.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme providing 24/7 support, advice and counselling for employees and their immediate family

At **Stockport Council** we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

**Click **here** to find out more about the Employee Benefits you will receive when you join our team**

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- Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria. _

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