Reablement Worker
Tingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Part Time hours (15 hpw) OR weekends only
Pay £12.00 per hour (£23,464 per annum [pro rata]) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
We have a fabulous opportunity for you to join our kind, caring team of Reablement Workers. We support our customers with range of support needs which may include frailty and dementia, we help them regain or maintain their independence and ‘live well’ in their own homes. Some of our customers have more complex support needs and may require personal care, including bathing, toileting and getting dressed.
Typical day as a Reablement Worker
• We provide 24-hour support to our customers
• Support our customers in their own apartment who have a range of support needs including frailty and dementia.
• Help to regain or maintain independence and live well in their own home by carrying out every day daily living activities by themselves
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• Supporting customers who have more complex needs with personal care including bathing, toileting and getting dressed
• Assisting in the delivery of tasks based on our customers personal support plans, making them feel valued, respected and maintaining their dignity.
• You’ll have plenty of time for cuppas, chats and catch ups, there’s no rushing from one customer to the next here!
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!
You bring
• If you’ve worked in a CQC care setting previously, that would be great!
• Have a positive, caring can-do attitude, and empathy to really make a difference to our customers lives. Previous experience of working with support plans, recording and using information concisely and effectively.
• Care Certificate or willing to complete within the first 12 weeks of employment. A Level 2 Diploma in Care or equivalent experience working in a personal care environment or willing to study for a Level 2 Diploma in Care.
• Passion to support our customers to live their best life. Knowledge of local community and networks would be brilliant.
• Experience of working on own initiative, remaining calm under pressure, and having a resilient approach.
• You’ll have experience of risk management, supporting and empowering customers through their care plans.
• Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review
Our team
Our fabulous team are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. To us we’re not just a team we’re a ‘work family’.
You’ll report to Melissa our Registered Manager, working alongside our Care and Support team and our housing management teams too. Our team includes a Client Service Manager, Lead Reablement Workers and Reablement Workers.
Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!
Job details
• We provide 24-hour support, so you’ll work on a rota basis with shifts between 07:00am and 10:00pm, taking your turn to work days, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays. Example shifts include 07:00-14:45, 17:00-21:00 and 14:00-22:00.
• Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
• Although you’ll work shifts, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
• Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
• Able to use technology for creating and updating support plans.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies, and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike, or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Reablement Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out.
Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
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