Home Care and Support Worker
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Part time
Advert Start Date:
21/01/2022
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 13/02/2022 23:59
Salary:
£18,933 - £19,698 grade 3 (pro-rata )- hourly rate of £9.81 rising to £10.21
Allowances:
enhanced payments for working unsocial hours
Job Category:
Social Care - Adult Service
Employment Location:
The Orchards, Brandon
Further Information
ADULT & HEALTH SERVICES
ADULT CARE
IN HOUSE SERVICES -EXTRA CARE SCHEMES
The Orchards, Brandon
Home Care & Support Worker
Part-time 18 hours 30 minutes
Flexible rota
1 x Temporary 18.5hrs until 31/08/2023
Vacancy Ref: AHS/22/59
SALARY: £18,933 - £19,698 pro rata to hours worked (an hourly rate of £9.81 rising to £10.21) - grade 3 ** plus enhanced payments for working unsocial hours**
For evenings (after 8.00pm), night shift and weekends £13.00 rising to £13.60 an hour.
(plus further enhanced hourly rate payable for working Bank Holidays)
If you have elderly friends and relatives, you will understand the value they place on independence.
This role will give you the opportunity to work in social care and contribute to a vital and valuable 24 hour community service in your local area, by providing care and support to service users within The Orchards, Brandon.
The post requires candidates to work flexibly on a rota basis as part of a supportive team, working a variety of shifts covering days, evenings, nights and weekends.
Applicants will require good communication skills, demonstrate a common-sense approach, be able to work on their own initiative after completion of an extensive induction, along with the ability to build positive relationships with service users and colleagues.
No previous experience required however applicants should be willing to undertake personal care.
Benefits include:
- Induction into the service and the role,
- Working as part of a team within a building,
- Support from the senior team and Supervisor on site,
- Structured career path including professional development,
- Guaranteed hours with the opportunity of working extra hours,
- Full training, equipment and uniform provided,
- Pension scheme,
- Physiotherapy service.
Qualifications: NVQ Level 2 in Care or willingness to achieve within a set timescale
It is anticipated that interviews will be undertaken through video call via internet. Help with arranging the video call is available.
The appointment for this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Enhanced level check.
For an informal chat about the post please contact:
Margaret Metcalfe ,The Orchards, Brandon tel 0191 3789277
email margaret.metcalfe@durham.gov.uk
**Covid-19 Vaccination
This role falls within the scope of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021. These Regulations require you to demonstrate that you have received a complete course of your Covid-19 vaccination, unless exemptions apply. A complete course may refer to one or two doses of the vaccine, depending on the type of vaccine. It does not cover booster doses. Extending the policy to cover booster doses would require amending the regulations and be subject to parliamentary approval.
If you are successful and before taking up the role you will be required to provide evidence of this as part of your pre-employment checks.
Apply on-line via www.northeastjobs.org.uk or for further assistance contact the Payroll & Employee Services Team telephone no. 03000 267241
Email: PESAHS@durham.gov.uk
If you need support in completing the application the council Care Academy team can support you. Please email careacademy@durham.gov.uk and one of the advisors will be in touch
In line with the County Council’s Recruitment & Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CV’s. Any information provided on CV’s will not be considered for short-listing purposes.
Permanent DCC employees wishing to undertake a temporary post within the Council, whether this is within their substantive service, or across services, should seek the approval of their Line Manager / Senior Manager to undertake this temporary post with the guarantee to return to their substantive post at the expiry of the temporary post. If the temporary post is reviewed and further extended, agreement must be sought from the employee’s substantive line manager
Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘DONOTREPLY@NORTHEASTJOBS.ORG.UK’ as you will not be notified by any other means.
As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.