Senior Reablement Worker

These roles can be full-time or part-time and will entail a working rota pattern covering 7am to 10pm, weekends and bank holidays to meet the needs of the business.

They are home-based, but you will be required to attend the Sir John Robinson Way site for meetings, supervision and training. 

Due to the creation of a countywide community reablement team, we are seeking dynamic individuals with a passion for both providing care and helping people to live as independently as possible. 

The role is both demanding and exciting and you will be responsible for visiting people in their own homes to introduce the service and plan support that is based on a person’s abilities and what they do well. This will also include ensuring safe levels of health and safety and taking into consideration any issues that stop a person becoming independent should they be unable to make their own decisions. 

You will help people to be independent so they can undertake their personal care, do meal preparation and take medication through support that is dignified, respectful and places that person at the centre of your care. 

Do your values match our ours? We think it is important to:

• ·   Promote the principles that give people choice and control in what they want to do
• ·   Take a personalised approach to supporting people
• ·   Provide care and support with dignity and respect
• ·   Take pride in the quality of the work we do 

If you share our values, we would love to hear from you!  

In return you will be supported through supervision both formally and informally and have access to extensive training opportunities. Ideally you will have a level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent or be willing to work toward this and we will support you to undertake a level 3 qualification.  

We are committed to ensuring all our critical, priority workers are offered and receive the required doses of the Covid 19 vaccine in accordance with Government guidance.  

In addition to this, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a fundamental aspect of infection prevention and control with the Council’s commitment to ensuring a supply of PPE to our critical, priority employees to protect employees continue to safely provide support to people. 

Induction and training requirement on how to safely use PPE is mandatory for all our critical, priority employees and as a service committed to health and safety, Covid risk assessments are being carried out to identify and address initial and immediate risks in the homes of people we support prior to undertaking home visits.  

Applicants require a full driving licence and access to a car to undertake home visits with the Council providing reimbursement for mileage incurred for business use purposes. 

Click Here to watch a short video on what Reablement involves.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Zaya Osborne on 0115 8044310 or email zaya.osborne@nottscc.gov.uk.  

We encourage you to complete your application at your earliest convenience as we hold interviews for these posts on a regular basis up to and after the closing date . Your application will be reviewed for shortlisting as soon as we receive it for consideration at our next interview panel.