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Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance
23.33 hours per week
Your role:
You will be part of the night team supporting Residents with dementia to live well and age well in a busy residential care home in the heart of Leigh. You will provide person-centred care as identified in personalised individual care plans to lead full and purposeful lives, providing maximum choice, empowerment, and control. You will be a role model to staff and offer support and guidance to your team during the night; you will be responsible for decision-making and leading a team.
You will be responsible for the safe administration of medication in line with the departmental policies and procedures in place and deliver high standards of care to residents in a residential setting.
About you:
You will need to be flexible to the needs of the service and be able to work on a rota pattern that includes unsociable hours, including weekends. You will need to have excellent communication skills, both oral and written, to best support the residents and have knowledge of delivering person-centred care to residents. You will need to effectively communicate with your team and lead them. You should be kind and caring, have an understanding of dementia, and display values and compassion at all times.
You will need a good sense of humour and enjoy participating in events with residents. You should be able to respond to incidents and deal with emergency situations.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment, ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our two place missions: create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents, and businesses, and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.
We are a caring council committed to supporting adults who have been medically optimised in a hospital and to support adults to reach their full potential. We will provide you with a full induction and ongoing training to meet our high standards and service needs.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.
Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion, and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff in a positive learning environment and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
To be appointed to this role, you must be able to prove your right to work in the UK. Please visit the link below to check if you qualify to apply. Please note, at present we are not a licensed sponsor. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you require any further information or if you would like to visit, please contact Natalie Jones, registered manager, on 01942404496 or the shift leader on 01942602328. The closing date will be the 1st April 2025, with the scheduled interview date of the 8th April 2025. If successful at shortlisting, you will be invited to interview.
Interview date: Tuesday 8th April 2025
This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Procedure plus Adult barred list check
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