JOB TITLE: Emergency Home Responder – Greater Manchester PAY: £25.58 per 12 hour standby shift £18.00 per callout for the first 90 minutes An additional £12.65 per hour for any callouts over 90 minutes £0.45p per mile car allowance LOCATION: Greater Manchester area CONTRACT: Permanent HOURS: On call for 4 days out of 12 (4 on 8 off) Day Shift 06:00-18:00 Night Shift 18:00-06:00 ABOUT THE POST: Are you a caring individual who wants to be a part of an essential service in your local community? Progress Lifeline are looking to hire more Emergency Home Responders to join our expanding team. We are a 24-hour home response service which helps older, disabled and vulnerable people who have fallen or had an emergency at home. We also attend to people who have fallen on the behalf of the Ambulance Service in Lancashire. As an Emergency Home Responder, you will work from home. You will be on call for a 12h shift that covers 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. This role involves working Weekends and Bank Holidays. Once called out you will attend the incident to assess and establish the nature of the emergency and provide the necessary support for the customer. At all times you must offer reassurance and make our customers as comfortable as possible. During day shifts you will also be expected to attend Independent Living Schemes throughout the Greater Manchester area to confirm that residents are safe and well. We are looking for caring people who can keep a calm head in an emergency to join our team on a fixed rota. We are currently recruiting for both day and night shifts. Day Shift - On Call between 06:00 – 18:00. 4 shifts on and 8 shifts off Night Shift – On call between 18:00 and 06:00. 4 shifts on and 8 shifts off. Please specify in your application whether you are applying for day or night shifts. Full training will be provided : This will include First Aid and dealing with emergency situations as well as the moving and handing of customers who have fallen. How to perform risk assessments, carry out welfare visits and when required lift customers using specialist lifting equipment. Due to timed attendance targets it is essential that you live in the Greater Manchester area and have access to your own vehicle. Our teams are made up of a variety of people with different backgrounds and previous experience. Previous experience isn’t essential for the role as training will be given to enable you to become valuable member of our team and provide support to the emergency services. Please see the attached PDF which provides more information about the pay scale and details a typical day in the life of one of our responders. If you are Compassionate and caring with a strong desire to support vulnerable clients Reliable, determined and hard working An effective communicator Calm under pressure and able to deal with emergency situations Possess a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle. We would love to hear from you Please upload your C.V. today. Please submit your interest today You can look forward to: Competitive salaries offered and benchmarked regularly We support employee development and promote continuous learning Training and Development Progress Lifeline is part of Progress Housing Group. The Group values equality and works to provide a fair and inclusive environment for a workforce that is as diverse as the communities it serves. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Association. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly welcome applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics. We’d especially like to hear from anyone living in one of our homes or communities. For further support contact our Progress Futures team, this is a free service for Progress Housing Group tenants that helps them access training, apprenticeships and employment support to improve their job prospects and achieve their goals. Additional Information Our website address is Application Closing Date: 11:59pm Sunday 1 st December 2024 Interview Date: To Be Confirmed. Please note on the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately.