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Overview
Who are Pobl Group?
Pobl Group are a proud employer of over 2,300 colleagues providing diverse services and making a difference in communities throughout Wales. Our Care team provides registered care services throughout South Wales at dozens of locations and for a wide range of customers.
Pobl means ‘People’ and people really are at the heart of everything we do. We support some truly amazing people to live positive, independent lives in their own home and help get them where they want to be in life.
What is the role?
This is a 38-bed service split between sheltered and care accommodation with a day centre. The tenants that are supported here have individual personalities and different support needs including some with dementia.
As an Extra Care service, the individuals we support here are 55+ and live in their own self-contained flat.
As a Care Worker you will take a person-centred approach with our valued residents to ensure they are living their life to the fullest. You will support with day-to-day independence, enhance their various skills and support them with daily activities as well as providing emotional support and personal care.
You will be expected to support with daily aspects of living, including:
* Medication administration
* Cooking skills and other household skills
* Accessing the community and supporting to local groups
* Supporting with individuals’ hobbies and activities
* Being a team player and having good communication skills
* Completing relevant paperwork to a high standard
* Supporting individuals to budget finances
* Providing companionship to the people we support through talking about their interests and wellbeing
* Encouraging and supporting with cleaning and administrative duties
* Being able to bring fresh ideas to the team and implement different ways of working
* Supporting Individuals with their individual needs
It is important you are committed and able to commit to the shift patterns in this service.
What skills and experience do you need?
A background of working with older people with dementia is desired, but not necessary as full training and support from senior staff and management is provided. More important are:
* A passion to work with and enable people to live as independent a life as possible
* An enthusiasm and passion for making a difference to people’s lives
* A strong initiative and ability to work alone as well as being a great team player
What are the pay and benefits?
* Hourly rate of £12.15 making the annual salary £22,744 (36 hour FTE)
* Time for Talking – a free counselling service
* Health Cash Plan
* Savings Scheme
* Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
* Cycle to work scheme
* Give as You Earn charity donation scheme
* Gym and shopping discounts
* Pobl socks and Pobl Bobl hats!
* Training and progression opportunities – including QCF Level 3 training to qualify you as a Care Worker.
FREDIE
At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.
What do you need to do now?
If you have the skills and motivation required to be our next difference maker, please apply now. We will just require an up-to-date CV along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you.
We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, we would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey.
Interviews will be held on December 17th.
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