Intermediate Care Support Worker, Whiston
Client: St Helens Borough Council
Location: Whiston, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 788a15f7670f
Job Views: 9
Posted: 09.02.2025
Expiry Date: 26.03.2025
Job Description:
We Are St Helens Borough Council, located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester, and Lancashire. St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working, and learning and development support.
Make A Difference as an Intermediate Care Support Worker (ICSW) in our Reablement Team.
Responsibilities:
1. Deliver care support and rehabilitation programmes.
2. Work with adults aged 18+ to support their independence in their own homes.
3. Be flexible and use initiative in implementing care support/rehabilitation programmes.
4. Engage with Health and Social Care professionals and service users in the community.
5. Prevent hospital admission and facilitate timely hospital discharge.
We are also about to start our exciting new collaboration with the Whiston Hospital Discharge team called Home First which we hope will speed up safe discharges from the Hospital.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their ability to support colleagues, have experience with electronic care systems, and be a car driver with the use of their own vehicle.
Our office is based at Nightingale House (adjacent to Whiston Hospital), and our service will operate from 07.30 am to 10 pm, 365 days per year. You will work 22.5 hours on a 6-week rolling rota, including early (7.30 am - 3.30 pm) and late (2.00 pm - 10.00 pm) shifts.
We will provide you with the necessary training and support to enjoy and succeed in the role.
Employee Testimonial: “I love my job. It makes such a difference to vulnerable people’s lives every single day. No day is ever the same, with different challenges every day. If we can leave a smile on people’s faces when we leave, we have done our job right. All my colleagues are amazing, we support each other, we are there for each other when needed. We feel appreciated by Management and we all feel valued. It is a great team to work with and to join. If you have the qualities to support the most vulnerable in St Helens, COME AND JOIN OUR TEAM.”
St Helens Cares is the new approach to delivering Health and Social Care in St Helens; bringing together a wide range of public and community service organisations to work in partnership, with a united goal of improving people’s lives and the place as a whole.
If you feel you can work both as part of a multi-disciplinary team and on your own, this post will suit you. You should also be willing to learn new skills and participate in identified training programmes to enable you to work in new ways.
Contact Information: If you would like more information or a chat about the role, feel free to call Contact Cares - Roger Jones - Reablement Registered Team Manager on 01744 676767.
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity: St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Leader. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life: All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
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