Employer – Trafford Council
Address – Care at Home, Ascot House, Ascot Avenue, Sale M33 4GT
Salary – £11.42 per hour (£19,171 per annum full time equivalent)
Salary Grade – Band 3
Contract type – Casual
Closing date – 05/04/2020 at 23:59pm
Interview date – To be confirmed

About us:
Care at Home is a re-ablement service that supports service users in their own home. We provide short term support with personal care, meal preparation, medication and domestic tasks for people who have experienced recent illness or injury. Our focus is to support our service users to regain their confidence and independence. There is no restriction on the times of visits and each service user is given the time and space they need to progress.

The team consists of 16 Support Workers (permanent), 2 Senior Support Workers, a Team Coordinator, an Occupational Therapist and the Team Manager.

If you have never worked in care before we will provide you with the training and support you need. If you have never done care work before, you may want to look at this online test to check whether it is for you: http://www.aquestionofcare.org.uk/whats-involved

About you:
Your style and approach will reflect your values and you will be passionate about what you do, always striving to improve things, valuing and respecting others. You will take pride in your work and always getting things right the first time and learn from when things do go wrong. You will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You will have good communication skills with both service users and other professionals.

About the role:
Care at Home is a short-term reablement services and our goal is to support our service users to continue to live independently in their own homes. You will support service users in their own homes with personal care tasks, meal preparation, medication and domestic task. Your remit will be to promote independence and personal centered care at all times.

You will undertake all training courses as required.

You will be required and undertake all tasks conducive to the role.

About the benefits:
Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running & walking groups and health and wellbeing events.

Trafford the place - Trafford continues to be one of the best places to live, in the country. According to statistics, the borough scores highly in terms of recycling, education, employment and crime reduction, and has a reputation of being one of the safest places to live in Greater Manchester.

Trafford has some of the best schools in the country; it also has excellent transport links and is globally recognised for its, sport, culture and leisure interests.

Any appointments made to these roles will be subject to the candidate obtaining an enhanced DBS as part of our clearance processes.

For more information contact Carol Monteith
Tel: 0161 912 5976
Email: carol.monteith@trafford.gov.uk
Please do not send CV’s to this email address.
Previous applicants, need not apply.

Job Description/ Person Specification.pdf
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