SWRK 479 - Home Carer (Various locations) - 400092

Are you the type of person who wants more from their job?

Do you want to make positive difference to the lives of others?

Are you committed to doing the best you can?

We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our Care at Home Team, with posts available throughout South Lanarkshire.

Positions are currently available in three service areas:

• Home First
• Care at Home
• Alert

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about care and delivering services of the highest quality. The posts offer variety, development and career opportunities and the potential to make a difference to the lives of others.

A number of opportunities exist for people wishing to work in this exciting, challenging and rewarding environment. We are looking for people of all ages, male and female to join the Care at Home Service.

The Grade for these posts is Grade 2 level 3 - £17.04 to £17.51 per hour. As this is a shift working post, you will receive an additional 1 or 2 increment (depending on your shift pattern) and this will be consolidated into your salary. This role will require flexible evening and weekend working. For all shifts, the morning shift can start between 7am and 8am, and backshift can end between 9pm and 11pm.

Home Carer (Home First) – You will work with service users using reablement and rehabilitation approaches, for a period of up to 6 weeks, and support them to attain or regain skills and abilities and help them to achieve as much independence as they can in their own homes. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Community Nurses and Social Care professionals with the aim of supporting, motivating and inspiring people to re-learn daily skills and enhance their quality of life. This may be required following a period in hospital or to prevent admission to hospital.

Home Carer (Care at Home) – You will work with service users to enable them to remain living within their own home, to achieve their goals with as much independence as they can by assessing, identifying and mitigating risks. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Community Nurses and Social Care professionals.

Home Carer (Alert) – You will provide an emergency response service to service users who require support following the activation of technology that is located within their homes. The service uses Technology Enabled Care equipment to support people living at home, and you should have an interest and understanding of technology and its use. The role involves the use of TEC equipment and responding to calls and dealing with intimate personal care tasks.

The Care at Home Service offers employees the opportunity to develop skills in a supported and professional environment and make a real difference to the lives of others. You will have access to training, and to opportunities for career development in one of South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s largest services and have access to the employee benefits that you would expect from one of Scotland’s leading Council’s.

There is a responsibility for the post holder to demonstrate a commitment to quality service delivery through continuous improvement for the benefit of the Service and the Organisation.

Requirements

South Lanarkshire Council will provide and fund all required training including onboarding and ongoing learning and development. You must have SVQ Level 2 in Social Care, or equivalent, to fully meet SSSC registration requirements of the post. You must provide proof of your qualifications when applying for this post as part of your application. If you do not include your qualification, the hiring manager will contact you to obtain this. If this is not received by mid day on 13th November then unfortunately we will be unable to progress your application.

View further information regarding the SSSC requirements for this post

You will be required to demonstrate your ability to work at SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care as a minimum standard and be willing to work towards achieving this qualification if you do not already hold this qualification/equivalent or greater.

You will be required to work in accordance with a roster which includes days, evenings, weekends, and will be required to work a shift pattern. Additional increments for working unsocial hours will also apply.

You will be provided with your work uniform and personal protective equipment, which includes an electronic hand-held device (mobile telephone) which you will use to undertake the role safely and effectively.

If you are a caring, patient, compassionate and adaptable individual who understands and respects the rights of other people, we would like to hear from you.

It is important to us that you feel valued and that this will reflect on the care you provide to people. As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you will benefit from excellent terms and conditions of employment.

http://www.newcarestandards.scot/

Not only will you receive an excellent rate of pay you will also benefit from:

• Flexible working hours, up to 33 days annual leave, 10 public holidays.
• Our employee discount scheme, discounted leisure membership, cycle to work scheme, physiotherapy, financial advice, employee counselling, complementary therapies, eye tests and occupation health support.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and the credit union.

Once you are fully trained you will also have the opportunity for career development in one of the largest Health and Social Care Partnership’s in Scotland.

You will be promoting service users rights and choices. For more information please visit:

https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200278/working_for_us/1752/social_care

https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200227/care_for_the_elderly/1009/home_care_service

https://www.slhscp.org.uk/

When answering the application question please include the following

• Provide examples of your work or other activities which demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake the duties of the post
• Provide an example of a time when you had to deal with a situation, where you had to act quickly, assess the risks, and use your initiative and judgement to deal with this? Tell us about what happened, what the risks were, how you used your skills to assess and mitigate the risks, and what was the overall outcome for the service user.
• Please provide your thoughts on what you feel would be important to the people you would be providing a service to, how you would approach this, and how you would support people while assessing risks.
• Provide examples of how you would be flexible to meet individual needs, and include details of a variety of situations from your own work experience that demonstrate this.
• Provide an example of a situation where you identified risks for an individual service user, describe what concerned you, why, what your actions were and what the overall outcome was for the service user.

When completing your application, please select one preferred location to work in from the following options:

• Care at Home - Rutherglen/Cambuslang
• Care at Home - Clydesdale
• Care at Home - East Kilbride
• Care at Home - Hamilton
• Home First - Hamilton
• Home First - East Kilbride
• Alert

Hours: Full time and part time hours available

Vacancy: Permanent

Salary: Grade 2 Level 3, £17.04 - £17.51 per hour

View the Home Carer (Home First) job profile

View the Home Carer (Care at Home) job profile

View the Home Carer (Alert) job profile 

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents. 

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.