caregiver Portsmouth, South East England, England
Job description
Job details:
Salary: Band 4 £21,205 - £22,437 pro rata
Hours: 22.5 hours per week - Monday Tuesday and Friday 08.00am until 4pm
Contract: Permanent - Part time
Closing date: 6th August 2023
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we’re all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city, but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority’s main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city.
From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The Service:
Royal Albert Centre is a day centre offering innovative day care for older people with dementia and high dependency needs. It is an exciting place to be for service users and staff and has the facilities to promote healthy living and wellbeing to enable older people to maintain independent living.
As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what's important so that we make a real and positive difference. Our values are outlined in our Ways of Working and our Guiding Principles and if they reflect how, you are and how you work then this could be the role that meets your expectations.
The Role:
Using a person-centred approach, you will look after the physical, emotional, culture and social needs of service users, which will involve activity planning and provision. This role will also include driving and escorting service users to and from the unit and out on planned trips.
You will be looking after the needs of a diverse group of service users with a wide range of care needs and this will include some moving and handling and personal care duties.
You will be expected to work as part of a team or on your own, liaise with multi-disciplinary professionals in respect of the needs of service users.
You may be transporting and supporting service users to and from the day service in the morning and home in the afternoon from and will need to have the ability to drive a minibus,
Midas training will be provided, and it is an essential requirement for this role is that you have a full driving license (D1 category desirable but not essential). Candidates will need to complete a MIDAS assessment (practical and theory and accessible) prior to a job offer.
What you'll need to succeed
You need to have/be:
- Patience and an understanding of the needs of older people who have a diagnosis of dementia / cognitive impairment.
- Flexible and adaptable to be able to take part in escort duties to meet and respond to the operational needs of the service.
- Good communication and be able to interact well with service users, the team, and other professionals and an excellent team player.
- Able to deal with emergencies in a calm manner.
- A full driving licence (D1 category desirable but not essential).
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more
Additional Information:
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion or visit: Please contact the Royal Albert Day Centre [email protected] or call us on 02392 851419
The full Job Profile can be found here
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on their ability to use good examples that meet the criteria of this role.
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement you application.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
