Job Reference: HCC617554
Salary Range: £26,918 - £29,616 pro-rata, per annum
Work Location: Homewood Care Home, Andover
Hours per week: 30 or 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 13 March 2025
The Role:
We’re privileged to work with some amazing people here at Homewood. We provide a residential service for adults with learning disabilities and autism. As a Residential Services Officer, you’ll play a key role providing personalised support, so people can engage in a range of meaningful activities both out in the community and within our safe and comfortable environment.
What you’ll do:
* Use a person-centred approach to focus on strengths and promote independence.
* Tailor support to the individual, including assistance with eating, drinking, medication, personal care and communication.
* Share a culture of care, respect and independence with everyone using the service.
* Adopt an inclusive approach in all activities.
What we’re looking for:
* An understanding of the needs of the client group and have experience working with them to achieve independence.
* Demonstrates core values of patience, empathy, and compassion.
* A team player with strong collaborative skills.
* Excellent communication skills for building positive relationships with a diverse range of people, including clients, their families, carers, professionals and colleagues.
* Sound IT skills and able to accurately record information.
Take a look at our Residential Services Officer Candidate Pack for more information about the role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.
We have one full-time (37 hours) and one part-time (30 hours) position available. Please indicate on your application form which role(s) you wish to apply for.
As this is a 24/7 service, you’ll be required to work a shift pattern to respond to the demands of the service. Your working pattern will include working every other weekend and a variety of shifts including early, late, sleep-in shifts and bank holidays for which enhancements will be paid.
Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.
Values Based Recruitment
We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application. For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.
Vetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
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