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About the role

Can you tick the "Yes I am box" against the following, are you, Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive, Trustworthy if so the Reablement North Team are wanting to recruit You.

We are searching for enthusiastic people to help us support frail vulnerable adults with their individual Reablement journeys to enable them to regain their independence. You would be working with people who have been discharged from hospital back into their own homes, across North Northamptonshire, supporting them to achieve their goals and helping them with their daily living needs.

However please be aware that North Northants Council can not employ people on a Sponsorship.

Did we mention, no experience needed? Full support and training given.

Oh, and contracted hours so you get guaranteed pay each month.

Shift Pattern: 15.00 - 22.00 hrs. Alternating weekends. 4 week rolling rota averaging 22.75 hours per week

Unit Base: Haylock House, Kettering, NN15 6EY

Our main goal is to find people who can make a difference!

--A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Our CQC Rating is Good

To view the report in detail please click here:

https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-10490050685/inspection-summary

Thank you for your interest in working for North Northamptonshire Council.

We reserve the right to close the job early dependant on the number of applications received.

If you have any queries please contact Linda Adams on 01536 534218

What will you be doing?

Key requirements for a Reablement Care and Support Worker:

• You will need to be genuinely concerned about people's quality of life and be enthusiastic and able to think creatively.
• You will be enabling individuals to regain their independence.
• You would be working with the customer, setting and achieving goals in their own homes in the community.
• You may be responding to emergency situations in the community in partnership with health services and Seniors in the Team.
• You would be working with customers supporting their personal care and administering medication and nutritional needs.
• Regularly review customers' progress, monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of the support plan and supporting Seniors within the office to make adjustments as necessary.
• Maintaining case records, including utilising department electronic record systems.

(This list is not limited to the tasks require for the job role.)

About you

We are looking for people who have a genuine passion to help people to live independently in their own homes.

You need to be physically fit and in general good health.

You need the ability to be flexible and compassionate and act with honesty and integrity and treat others with dignity and respect.

You need to be a person who takes pride in their work with a non judgemental attitude to others.

Any caring experience would support your application.

You need to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)