Support Worker Combe Lea 27.375 Hrs Bath, England
Job description
Hours: 27.375 Per Week
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Service Area: Adult Social Care
Department: Residential Services
We are looking for a CRC Support Worker to join our team at Combe Lea, Dementia Care Home in Midsomer Norton. Combe Lea Community Resource centre, cares for older adults living with dementia over two floors, Gardener’s Row and Willow View. Within the CRC Support role, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a fantastic team of staff of up 70 individuals excluding casual/bank workers.
This role is on a part time basis covering 27.375 hours per week on a 4-week rolling rota. The Shifts will include weekend and bank holidays. This a temporary for one year to cover a secondment of an employee to another role.
The ideal candidate should be a good team player, have good communication skills and be able to develop appropriate and professional relationships with service users and carers, which value them as individuals, including establishing and maintaining effective communication.
You should also be able to promote and maintain person-centred service and operate safely appropriate equipment with training. We provide care to the standard we expect for ourselves and our families. We offer a working environment where high quality care and compassion are respected and rewarded.
Previous comprehensive experience of working in care would be desirable, but a commitment to deliver quality care is essential. We like to ensure that we encourage people to be empowered in a supportive environment. We would welcome applicants from different employment backgrounds such as nursing, learning disabilities and health care.
This post attracts a welcome payment of 5% of the starting salary for the grade to enable individuals to join our permanent workforce. This is payable upon successful completion of your probationary period and is subject to eligibility criteria.
Why Bath and North East Somerset Council?
- Salaried Hours
- Up to 25 days annual leave (Rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Excellent Training
- Career Progression Opportunities
- Discount Card and Reward Scheme including Cycle to Work
- Comprehensive Employer Assistance Program
- Uniform Provided
- Free DBS
Interested to find out more?
If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact the Registered Manager Debra Clifford on 07971704916 or [email protected]
Please be aware, Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
To apply
Please use the online application facility.
For further information on applying please see “Application Form Help” page on the Jobs website.
Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.
Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.
We are unable to sponsor candidates for this role under the Home Office Tier 2 points-based system (skilled worker route), therefore you must be able to obtain and provide your own right to work in the UK’. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to bring your right to work documents with you to your interview so they can be copied and verified at that stage.
As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
Interview Date: TBC
Safeguarding Statement:
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.
As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.
Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.
